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Canada announces start of bilateral investment treaty negotiations with Mongolia
14-Jan-2008 TLB
On January 9 2008, Canada announced that it will commence negotiations of a bilateral investment treaty with Mongolia. This is good news for Canadian mining companies...
India, EU to make trade pact offers in February
13-Jan-2008 Business Standard
Even as experts doubt the possibility of a “deep free trade agreement” between India and the European Union (EU), both sides are likely to exchange offers on goods and services by the end of the next month.
Senator says passage of JPEPA lost cause
12-Jan-2008 SunStar
The passage of the controversial Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) is most likely a lost cause, said Philippine Senator Pia Cayetano, chair of the Senate committee on environment. She said even Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago, chair of the Senate committee on finance, said JPEPA "is not going to make it".
FTA with China unlikely: Nath
11-Jan-2008 NDTV
India and China are expected to sign dozens of trade deals during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s three-day visit to China from January 13, but India is wary of Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with China.
Mexico: Catastrophic outlook for NAFTA; protests being organized
11-Jan-2008 Cattle Network
"The competition is not about Mexican agriculture against American agriculture, but about a Mexican worker against large companies like Cargill, Conagra or ADM."
Guyanese President weighs in on EPA agreement
11-Jan-2008 Radio Jamaica
President Bharat Jagdeo of Guyana confessed that the economic partnership agreement signed by the Caribbean with the EU is a bad deal and the region has little to gain from it.
Seoul to resolve beef trade spat for ratification of US FTA deal
11-Jan-2008 Asia Pulse
South Korea will ratchet up efforts to resolve a beef trade spat with the United States as early as possible in order to help a free trade deal signed last year between the two countries win parliamentary approval, officials said Friday.
Feb. deadline looms for Korea-US FTA
11-Jan-2008 Chosun Ilbo
It was in late June last year that the much-touted Korea-US free trade agreement was signed between the two countries. More than six months later official ratification of the deal has yet to be made by either US Congress or the Korean National Assembly. Korean business organizations say if the stamp of approval is not given by February’s end, the hard-won trade deal could go down the drain.
Costa Rica, China begin talks on free trade
10-Jan-2008 New Post India
A Chinese business delegation is in Costa Rica to explore the possibilities of a bilateral free trade agreement. The feasibility study would take at least six months.
US, India eye bilateral investment treaty
10-Jan-2008 AFP
The United States and India are to explore the possibility of forging a bilateral investment agreement in high-level talks next month, US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said.
Farmers protest all over Mexico
10-Jan-2008 Prensa Latina
Farmers from the Mexican states of Durango, Chiapas, and Chihuahua carried out street protests and roadblocks Wednesday in rejection of the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Workers’ rights to be tied to free trade
10-Jan-2008 The Province
Free-trade agreements between Canada and countries in Central and South America must be tied to workers’ rights, Labour Minister Jean-Pierre Blackburn said. "We have now an agreement [on labour rights] reached with [Peru and Colombia], but it won’t be made public until there will be a free-trade agreement formally signed by the two countries because there is no labour-rights agreement if there is no free-trade agreement," he said.
Malawi’s ’free trade’ revolt
10-Jan-2008 LA Times
If bickering US presidential candidates are wondering why the Iraqi economy is in disarray, why Chavez is popular in much of Latin America and why so many people in the developing world see US-led globalization and free trade as a form of servitude, they might take a careful look at Malawi’s peaceful and successful economic revolution.
White House planning ’relentless’ campaign for FTAs: trade official
9-Jan-2008 Yonhap
The White House is planning a "relentless" campaign this year to push Congress to approve pending free trade agreements with South Korea and Latin American nations
Free trade with US in the works
9-Jan-2008 Telegraph
Union commerce minister Kamal Nath today said India was in talks with the US and Canada for free trade agreements. “Bilateral trade agreements are currently in the pipeline with at least 10 potential partners ranging from the Asean (Association of South East Asian Nations), the EU, the US and Canada,” the minister said.
Costa Ricans countdown on free trade with US
9-Jan-2008 Periodico 26
The Costa Rican Congress resumed discussion Monday on the complementary agenda required by March 1 for implementation of the Central American-US Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR). Of the 13 bills needed, only 2 have been approved so far.
Pharma-chemical lobby demands unhindered trade
9-Jan-2008 swissinfo
The influential umbrella group of the Swiss pharmaceutical and chemical industries has demanded that the government act to remove global trade barriers. It said such demands should be made when creating free trade agreements with selected countries, preferably Brazil, Russia, India and China, as well as the United States.
FTA-like India-US pact in pipeline
9-Jan-2008 The Hindu
India on Wednesday said it is in talks with the US and Canada for a market-opening bilateral agreement, on the lines of trade pacts being negotiated with the European Union and the ASEAN.
La Société civile mauritanienne déterminée à combattre les APE
9-Jan-2008 Mauritanie Web
La société civile mauritanienne est déterminée à combattre les Accords de partenariat économique (APE) proposés par l’Union européenne à la signature des Etats africains
Investor-State dispute settlement and impact on investment rulemaking
9-Jan-2008 UNCTAD
The experience with the investor-State dispute settlement of a number of countries, mostly in the Asia-Pacific region, is influencing the development of new international investment agreements in those countries