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  • 18-Apr-2013 Reuters
    Indonesia overcharging on Japanese car imports - Nikkei
    Indonesia has not reduced its import duties on certain Japanese cars as required under a trade agreement between the two countries, the Nikkei said.
  • 18-Apr-2013 First Post
    Bilateral investment pacts can’t be subject to foreign jurisdictions: FM
    India’s Finance Minister P Chidambaram has made it clear that any bilateral investment protection agreement has to be subject to jurisdiction of domestic legal institutions and India will not allow it to be subjected to foreign courts or tribunals.
  • 18-Apr-2013 Business Day
    Treaty-based disputes between investors, states on the rise, says Unctad
    Dispute settlements between investors and states saw 62 new cases initiated last year, the highest number of known treaty-based disputes filed in a year, according to a report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad)
  • 18-Apr-2013 Tico Times
    Canadian groups tell gold company to ‘stop harassing’ Costa Ricans
    A war of words heats up between environmental groups and a gold company threatening to sue Costa Rica.
  • 18-Apr-2013 ABC
    Free trade agreements no farm saviour, analysts warn
    FTAs will result in political agreements which won’t bring substantial tariff reductions on Australian agricultural goods
  • 18-Apr-2013 Japan Daily Press
    Australia, Japan close to signing FTA
    Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade revealed on Wednesday that the country is very close to finally formalizing a free trade agreement with Japan.
  • 18-Apr-2013 China Daily
    Sino-Gulf FTA ’may be signed this year’
    A free trade agreement between China and the Gulf Cooperation Council may be concluded this year, the United Arab Emirate’s ambassador to China said.
  • 18-Apr-2013 The Australian
    Free trade talks deadlocked over foreign investment restrictions
    Chinese political leaders had made the lifting of foreign investment restrictions on state-owned enterprises a non-negotiable condition of any free trade talks with Australia.
  • 17-Apr-2013 The Nation
    Thailand: EU wants FTA talks to end in 18 months
    The Delegation of the European Union to Thailand is pushing hard to have the negotiations on a Thai-EU free-trade agreement concluded within 18 months, through a commitment to "take into account concerned interests" for a "win-win" deal.
  • 16-Apr-2013 Livemint
    India, EU fail to sort out differences on free trade agreement
    Both sides reiterated their positions and scheduled another ministerial meeting in June to review progress in talks
  • 16-Apr-2013
    Workshop on potential impacts of the EU-Armenia Deep and Comprehensive FTA
    A workshop on potential impacts of the proposed EU-Armenia Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area will be held in Yerevan on April 17. The workshop aims to ensure a better understanding by national representatives, business associations, social partners and civil society of the Trade SIA process and to promote an interactive dialogue between the different players.
  • 16-Apr-2013
    India, European Union open new round of talks on FTA
    India and the European Union (EU) on Monday opened a new round of trade talks in an attempt to overcome their remaining differences, which have been holding back the signing of a long-awaited free trade agreement ( FTA).
  • 15-Apr-2013 Bloomberg
    Iceland is first in Europe to sign free trade pact with China
    Iceland became the first European country to sign a free trade agreement with China in a bid to sell its expertise in geothermal energy to the $7.3 trillion Asian economy.
  • 15-Apr-2013 Lexology
    BIT claim brought against Turkmenistan following UN finding of human rights violations
    Following a decision of the United Nations Human Rights Committee (“UNHRC“) in 2010 that a Turkish businessman had suffered violations of his human rights after being illegally convicted of economic crimes, a claim for compensation is now being pursued under the Turkey-Turkmenistan bilateral investment treaty (“BIT“). This case therefore highlights the interesting interaction between the human rights and investment protection regimes.
  • 15-Apr-2013 World Bulletin
    Business people to discuss FTA with US
    Turkish business world to discuss proposals for Turkey in reaction to an Free Trade Agreement between EU & US
  • 15-Apr-2013 Hindu Business Line
    India-EU FTA: Dairy sector seeks insulation
    India’s dairy industry, led by the country’s largest milk cooperative that owns the Amul brand, has opposed the proposed India-EU free trade agreement on the ground that it would led to subsidised dairy products from Europe flooding India.
  • 14-Apr-2013 http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/ca...
    M’sians must reject the US trade deal
    One of the least discussed and least reported issues is the Obama administration’s effort to bring the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement to the forefront, an oppressive plurilateral US-led free trade agreement currently being negotiated with several Pacific Rim countries, including Malaysia.
  • 14-Apr-2013 Economic Times
    Crucial meeting of India, EU on FTA tomorrow to iron out issues
    India and EU will hold a crucial meeting on the proposed free trade agreement tomorrow in Brussels to iron out the impediments in concluding of the bilateral pact.
  • 14-Apr-2013 CNA
    Taiwan hoping to join ASEAN-led trade agreement on WTO model
    Taiwan wants to take part in a proposed regional trade agreement but is still assessing the mode of participation and its impact on industry, an official of the Ministry of Economic Affairs said Saturday.
  • 14-Apr-2013 DW
    Trans-Atlantic free-trade tango
    After years spent cautiously eyeing each other across the Atlantic, the EU and the US appear ready to improve their trade ties. But, a first meeting has revealed how difficult that may be.