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  • 24-Jan-2013 AllAfrica.com
    Egypt endorses FTA agreement with Mercosur
    Egypt has just endorsed the Free Trade Area agreement signed with the Mercosur (Southern American Common Market) on August 2, 2010, said Deputy Spokesman for the Foreign Ministry Nazieh el-Nagari.
  • 23-Jan-2013
    MEP Laima Andrikiene expects the decision on free trade agreement to be reached till November
    Laima Andrikiene welcomed the steady progress in the EU negotiations with Armenia and Georgia and expected that political decisions on the conclusion of the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreements would be reached later this year
  • 22-Jan-2013
    Arabs agree to establish a free trade zone by 2015
    The agreement to create a customs union to establish a free trade area in 2015 stands out among the results of the Third Summit of Arab Economic and Social Development, which closed here today.
  • 22-Jan-2013
    Further liberalization urged
    The United States is pleased with the pace of the Philippines’ growth but would like to see economic expansion sustained in the long term by further liberalization, a visiting US State Department official yesterday said.
  • 22-Jan-2013
    ‘Prickly’ issues must be resolved before signing EPAs
    Government will continue negotiating with an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union (EU) in an effort to resolve the contentious issues before signing the agreement.
  • 22-Jan-2013
    India’s firmer eastward gaze
    India’s free trade agreement (FTA) with the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations ( Asean), which kicked off for trade in goods from 2010, is an important building block of its Look East policy, and its efforts to integrate with a wider pan-Asian economic community encompassing China, Japan and Korea.
  • 22-Jan-2013
    What have you done to protect small traders from FDI, court asks Centre
    “Have you got any Foreign Direct Investment or it is just a political gimmick? Has the FDI policy in multibrand retail sector announced by the Centre in October 2012 brought some fruits” the Supreme Court asked Attorney-General G.E. Vahanvati on Tuesday.
  • 22-Jan-2013 The Hindu
    BIPA talks put on hold
    In a significant development, the Government of India has ordered a freeze of all Bilateral Investment Protection Agreements (BIPA) negotiations till a review of the model text of BIPA is carried out and completed. This follows a spate of show cause notices on the Government by foreign companies seeking to recover their investments under the agreement.
  • 22-Jan-2013 rabble.ca
    Canada, EU in final push for trade deal; latest investment chapter shows blatant pro-investor bias
    The political trade-off in the CETA negotiations appears to hinge on lower tariffs and higher quota for Canadian meat entering the European market, reports Stuart Trew
  • 22-Jan-2013 Business Standard
    FinMin wants gold removed from India-Thailand FTA
    Government of India is contemplating removing gold jewellery from the list of items allowed to be imported under the India-Thailand free trade pact as several traders are misusing provisions to bring the precious metal from the South East Asain nation.
  • 22-Jan-2013 Bangkok Post
    Thailand’s move to join the FTA race: A good thing?
    Thailand has recently stepped up its efforts on opening its market by joining various Free Trade Agreement negotiations such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership. What would these FTAs mean for Thailand?
  • 21-Jan-2013 Xinhua
    Lone Star files investor state dispute lawsuit against S. Korea
    The finance ministry said that the South Korean government rejects Lone Star’s accusations regarding this dispute, noting that the government has been preparing for trial. It added that the government will pay full attention to the arbitration proceedings and will aggressively defend its self against Lone Star’s unjust accusations.
  • 21-Jan-2013 Terre-net Média
    Importations controversées - La CP attaque l’accord libre-échange UE/Maroc en portant en justice Idyl
    Le Sahara occidental n’est pas le Maroc. Aussi, l’accord de libre-échange entre le Maroc et l’Union européenne n’a pas à être étendu au Sahara occidental même si le royaume du Maroc s’arroge un droit de souveraineté. C’est la faille de cet accord, mis en œuvre depuis le 1er novembre 2012, qu’exploite la Confédération paysanne pour le dénoncer une nouvelle fois.
  • 21-Jan-2013 The Star
    In unprecedented move Asean iron and steel associations seek review of FTA with China
    Six regional iron and steel associations have joined forces seeking for a review in the Asean-China Free Trade Agreement following the dramatic influx of steel products from China into Asean over the past three years, said Asean Iron and Steel Council president Chow Chong Long.
  • 21-Jan-2013 Manila Bulletin
    Full-blown RP-Taiwan FTA mulled
    A full-blown free trade agreement (FTA) between the Philippines and Taiwan is being explored abandoning an earlier proposal to create a special economic corridor that would include only Subic and Clark freeport zones and Kaohsiung.
  • 20-Jan-2013
    Zim to sell to EU
    Zimbabwe will soon be allowed to sell its goods to the European Union (EU) without paying tariffs and quotas, the clearest indication yet that the relationship between the EU and the southern African nation is thawing.
  • 20-Jan-2013
    Mercedes supports SIAM view of excluding auto sector from FTA
    Luxury carmaker Mercedes Benz India said it supports industry body SIAM’s position on not including automobile sector in the proposed free trade agreement with European Union.
  • 20-Jan-2013 Ottawa Citizen
    Canada closing in on free-trade pact with EU
    The federal government appears only weeks away from completing negotiations on a Canada-European Union free-trade agreement that would be the country’s largest and most important international trade pact in a generation.
  • 19-Jan-2013
    Investment crucial for KORUS FTA success: official
    South Korea’s vice finance minister on Saturday stressed the importance of boosting investment between Seoul and Washington to fully utilize their free trade agreement.
  • 17-Jan-2013 Press TV
    Asian business leaders push trilateral free trade
    Over 200 business leaders from China, Japan and South Korea gathered in Seoul to further promote and commemorate the launch of the trilateral free trade negotiations.