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26-Feb-2008
Australia is expected to oppose the exemption of five items from the envisaged FTA with Japan: wheat, rice, beef, dairy and sugar.
25-Feb-2008
New Zealand is poised to sign a trade deal with powerhouse economy China, in what is being touted as our biggest trade breakthrough in 25 years.
24-Feb-2008
Korea Times
What was once a possibility has become a reality, as Seoul carries over one of the most burdensome agendas from its former President Roh Moo-hyun’s administration. Now facing more uphill conditions, prospects for the deadlocked Korea-U.S. free trade agreement (FTA) look even dimmer, experts say.
24-Feb-2008
Sugar sector players have finally agreed on a raft of radical proposals aimed at boosting the competitiveness of the ailing industry ahead of full liberalisation in 2012.
24-Feb-2008
Central to many of the contentious planks that remain (especially 4-9) is the observation of Timothy Kondo (Alternatives to Neo-liberalism in Southern Africa) that the draft EPA, which formed the basis of negotiations for his region was prepared by the EU, (Third World Economics, October 1-15, 2007). This observation was reiterated more generally by Marc Maes: "The texts that the Commission has tabled have reflected the Commission’s approach to global trade. They do not reflect the interests and needs of ACP countries." (ibid, p12)
24-Feb-2008
Barack Obama accused Democratic presidential rival Hillary Rodham Clinton on Sunday of trying to walk away from a long record of support for NAFTA, the free trade agreement that he said has cost 50,000 jobs in Ohio, site of next week’s primary.
24-Feb-2008
A proposed free-trade agreement with Korea has cleared an early hurdle, a joint study concluding that it would bring substantial benefits to both countries.
24-Feb-2008
The possibility that Dominican Republic and Haiti could sign a free trade agreement as early as next year is being met with approval by commercial, governmental and industrial sectors, as well as economists and poultry producers, newspaper El Caribe said Sunday.
24-Feb-2008
Made-in-Korea products are increasingly losing ground in the American market.
In contrast, market shares of seven other countries including Mexico, whose free trade agreements with the U.S. came into force, are rising steadily.
24-Feb-2008
Barbados’ Prime Minister has expressed reservations about the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) which CARICOM will sign with Europe in April, and he says he’s given instructions for his government to review the deal.
24-Feb-2008
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is to leave Sunday on a four-day trip to Japan, with an eye to boosting bilateral trade.
24-Feb-2008
Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda is keen to relaunch stalled talks for a bilateral free trade deal with South Korea as soon as possible, Jiji Press reported Friday.
23-Feb-2008
The United States and India are discussing whether to negotiate a bilateral investment agreement as part of ongoing efforts to expand and deepen economic ties, a US official said on Friday.
23-Feb-2008
Schisms have begun to show in the united front CARIFORUM leaders showed after signing the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with Europe before the December 31 deadline last year.
23-Feb-2008
The Caribbean Banana Exporters’ Association (CBEA) is expressing grave concern that the European Union (EU) might bow to pressure from Latin American banana producing countries and reduce its 176 euros per tonne tariff for bananas from that region.
23-Feb-2008
A potential free trade agreement with Korea is being seen as the start of what could become a key economic partnership.
23-Feb-2008
The Economic Association Agreement between Cariforum and European Union (EPA) countries will lead Dominican Republic and Haiti to negotiate a Free Trade Agreement in one year, said Industry and Commerce minister Melanio Paredes, during the Business Table organized by magazine The Economist.
22-Feb-2008
IPCDigital
The Japanese appliances giant, Panasonic, has called for the establishment a free trade agreement between Japan and Peru.
22-Feb-2008
Bridges
Brazil has alleged that a clause in the EU’s recent trade agreements with several former colonies could discourage these countries, among the world’s poorest, from pursuing deeper trade integration with other developing nations.
21-Feb-2008
IPS
Just a few weeks before the signing, some key governments appear uncomfortable with the final agreement
