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11-Jan-2013
Free trade should follow fair elections
Should Australia be signing up, and giving the gift of a Free Trade Agreement with countries that are manifestly undemocratic and authoritarian? -
11-Jan-2013 Toronto Star
First Nations seek to hold up ratification of Canada-China foreign investment treaty
First Nations groups have added their voices to opposition to Canada’s planned foreign investment agreement with China, notifying the Harper government they are going to court in an attempt to hold up ratification of the controversial treaty. -
11-Jan-2013 Pakistan Today
Thailand to sign FTA with Pakistan
Thailand has expressed its intention to sign a Free Trade Agreement with Pakistan to further promote trade and economic relations between the two countries. -
10-Jan-2013
Red Electrica seeks arbitration over Bolivia nationalisation
Spanish power grid operator Red Electrica said on Tuesday it had begun to seek World Bank arbitration over Bolivia’s expropriation of its transmission business TDE. -
10-Jan-2013 PTI
India, Mauritius to meet next month to review tax treaty
India and Mauritius will meet next month in the capital to review the bilateral Double Taxation Avoidance Convention (DTAC) which seeks to prevent misuse of the provisions of the near three-decade old treaty. -
10-Jan-2013 IANS
Call for speedy signing of India-EU FTA
Leading industrialists and members of government have gathered in New Delhi in a move to speed up signing of the free trade agreement between India and European Union (EU). -
10-Jan-2013 The News
Europe not interested in FTA, PTA with Pakistan
Several European countries have declined Pakistan’s offer for signing a free trade agreement (FTA) or preferential trade agreement (PTA) with them as Pakistan will not agree to their demand of opening the auto sector and government procurement under the said agreements. -
10-Jan-2013 Ip-health
Transatlantic trade talks near lift-off
Like putting an astronaut on Mars, a US-EU bilateral transatlantic trade deal has been a long-held dream of policy makers that seemed always out of reach. Yet Brussels and Washington are edging closer to the launch pad. -
10-Jan-2013 The Hindu
European Commission taken to court over India-EU trade pact
The European Commission is set to appear before an EU Court on Friday, over access to information regarding negotiations on the EU-India Free Trade Agreement. -
10-Jan-2013 East Asia Forum
How to multilateralise Asian regionalism
The Asian Financial Crisis of 1997-98 provided the impetus for the region to look to increased regional cooperation to reduce its vulnerability to future financial shocks. -
9-Jan-2013 Tax-News.com
Canada, Benin sign investment protection agreement
The Canada-Benin Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement includes an article on corporate social responsibility, which Canada now aims to include in all its future FIPAs. -
9-Jan-2013 rabble.ca
Canada-EU trade talks continue this month, but Canadian ultimatum on beef too tough for EU tastes
The New Year has barely begun and European trade negotiators are already in Ottawa for more work on a comprehensive, "gold standard" Canada-EU trade and investment deal (CETA), reports Stuart Trew -
8-Jan-2013 The Hindu
Need to align bilateral investment treaty regime with global reality
The changing dynamic of the global economy has led to a transformation in the role of developing countries as both capital importing and exporting States. There is an urgent need to redefine the global BIT regime to reflect this changing paradigm. -
8-Jan-2013 WSJ
China’s investments prompt call for new rules
The US is trying to use negotiations over a Pacific free-trade pact, called the Trans-Pacific Partnership, to formulate rules governing the behavior of state-owned concerns. China isn’t a party to the talks, but the US hopes Beijing would ultimately agree to whatever limitations the pact imposes on state-owned companies, reports the Wall Street Journal -
8-Jan-2013 domain-b
Parliament panel seeks people’s views on India’s free trade challenges
The standing committee attached to the commerce ministry has sought views from stakeholders including the public on the advantages and disadvantages of India’s free-trade engagements with the various countries and groupings. -
7-Jan-2013 Focus Taiwan
Taiwan-Singapore trade pact near final stage: officials
Talks on a Taiwan-Singapore free trade agreement "have nearly concluded" and are expected to yield a result in the first half of 2013, Taiwanese officials said Monday. -
7-Jan-2013 Daily Yomiuri
’TPP’ keyword in cyber-attack? / Culprit appears to have searched for term-specific information
A cyber-attacker suspected of stealing more than 3,000 documents from Japan’s Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry looked for specific information through a keyword search, according to government sources. -
7-Jan-2013 MercoPress
EU expects to advance trade talks with Mercosur late this month in Chile
The European Union expects to advance cooperation and trade discussions with Mercosur late this month in Chile in the sidelines of the EU/Celac (Community of Latin American and Caribbean States), said EU ambassador in Chile, Rafael Dochao Moreno. -
7-Jan-2013 Financial Express
Dhaka to re-assess benefits of FTA accord with Ankara
Bangladesh has decided to re-assess the necessity and possible benefits of signing a Free Trade Area accord with Turkey, official sources said. -
7-Jan-2013 CNA
Singapore keen to start exploratory talks on FTA with Turkey
Singapore is keen to begin exploratory talks on a Free Trade Agreement with Turkey.