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Vietnam ratifies FTA with Japan
22-Apr-2009 Fibre to Fashion
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has ratified a comprehensive free-trade agreement with Japan. It will take effect in July this year.
Stronger IP enforcement finds a home in bilateral trade agreements
22-Apr-2009 IP Watch
Bilateral free trade agreements can have a profound effect on national intellectual property legislation. A recent panel offered countries a deeper understanding of the stronger enforcement provisions typically found in such agreements.
Activists protest Colombia FTA outside White House
22-Apr-2009 Colombia Reports
Close to one hundred activists gathered outside the White House Monday, asking President Obama to make a radical change to the US’s political relationship with Colombia.
SKorean parliamentary committee approves US FTA
22-Apr-2009 Taiwan News
A South Korean lawmaker says a parliamentary committee has approved a free trade agreement with the United States, paving the way for the deal to be voted on by the entire legislature.
Harper pushes the Canada-Colombia FTA, the people fight back
22-Apr-2009 Dominion
Since the Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement was tabled on March 26th, people across Canada have been getting the word out and showing their opposition to the deal.
China proves tough negotiator for Costa Rica
21-Apr-2009 Tico Times
During the second round of free trade negotiations last week, China’s negotiating team discussed allowing 94 percent of Costa Rican goods to access the Chinese market, but left out key products such as coffee, sugar, beef, pork and chicken.
Free Trade Alliance forms new Cross Border Trucking Coalition
21-Apr-2009 San Antonio Business Journal
The coalition is being formed to address the US Department of Transportation’s recent cancellation of its Cross Border Trucking Demonstration Project and will be comprised of companies, industry organizations, trade associations and business chambers that support the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Espionage and property theft triggers call to suspend Israeli access to US market
21-Apr-2009 PR Newswire
A major legal filing urges the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to suspend preferential Israeli access to the US market.
Morocco/Canada FTA discussions hailed
21-Apr-2009 Country Guide
Talks that may lead to free trade negotiations between Canada and Morocco may help protect a major export market for Canadian durum and pulse crop exports, ag groups said this week.
EU Par wants India FTA to address "child, bonded labour"issues
21-Apr-2009 PTI
"Concerned" over "child and bonded labour" in India, the European Parliament has strongly pressed the European Union to include the issues in the Free Trade Agreement talks with New Delhi, which is stoutly against inclusion of social issues in commercial deals.
Assembly Committee to vote on KORUS FTA motion Wednesday
21-Apr-2009 Korea Times
The Korean National Assembly Foreign Affairs and Trade Committee will vote on a motion to forward a free trade pact signed with the US government to the full Assembly for ratification.
US Security Council ’wants FTA with Korea ratified’
21-Apr-2009 Chosun Ilbo
"Inside US Trade", an American magazine, last Saturday quoted sources as saying NSC officials believe that the passage of the FTA bill will cement the Korea-U.S. alliance at a time when tension is mounting on the Korean Peninsula in the wake of North Korea’s launch of a long-range rocket.
Report: Plummeting profits drive tomato farmers to suicide
20-Apr-2009 Modern Ghana
With cross-border price-undercutting, mounting debt and a lack of buyers, many tomato farmers in Ghana’s Upper East Region are turning to suicide. Yet with European Union Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) currently being negotiated, West African markets are about to be flooded with heavily subsidised EU products
‘Negotiations for a comprehensive EPA on track’
20-Apr-2009 East African
"The European Commission-East African Community interim economic partnership agreement on trade in goods, which we initialled in November 2007, should be signed shortly", says an EU representative
European Union pushes trade deal on Africa
20-Apr-2009 Final Call
The signing of a finalized economic partnership agreement (EPA) between the European Union and southern African countries seems imminent-despite regional trade fragmentation remaining a danger.
EU aims for 15% growth in food exports to China
20-Apr-2009 China Daily
A China-EU FTA is not in the cards, but new European Union initiatives aim to boost EU food exports to China by 15% over the next several years.
Japan disagrees to sign EPA with Bangladesh
19-Apr-2009 New Nation
Despite repeated efforts from Bangladesh government, Japan is yet to agree to sign Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), an accord to strengthen bilateral economic ties.
Zim balks from treaty with SA
19-Apr-2009 Zimbabwean
A bilateral investment treaty between Zimbabwe and South Africa could not be signed last week after Harare requested more details on the accord before it could commit itself, Industry Minister Welshman Ncube said.
Taiwan to discuss trade agreement with China
19-Apr-2009 AP
Taiwan will discuss a partial free trade agreement with China and sign pacts to enhance economic cooperation during high-level talks in late April, negotiators said Saturday.
FTA talks have begun: Colombia
19-Apr-2009 Colombia Reports
US president Barack Obama has given "instructions" to his Trade Representative Ron Kirk to start talks with Colombia about the pending free trade agreement between the two countries, Colombia’s Trade Minister Luis Guillermo Plata said Friday.