bilaterals.org» Articles by language
Articles by language
EN ES FR DE NL PT ID JA

Articles by language

  • 21-Dec-2012
    EAC calls for fair trade deals with Europe
    East Africa Community says any agreement reached should not upset the common market protocol and customs union in the region.
  • 21-Dec-2012
    Time for an EU-PHL free trade deal — ECCP
    The European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (ECCP) on Thursday said it is committed to support a Philippine-European Union free trade agreement, which it expects to possibly come about in the next three years.
  • 21-Dec-2012
    Asean services pact talks concluded
    India and the Asssociation of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), the 10-member regional grouping, moved closer on Thursday to completing a bilateral trade pact, by finalising a free trade agreement (FTA) on services and investments. They are expected to sign the pact in August 2013.
  • 21-Dec-2012
    Vietnam’s president hopes for swift conclusion of free trade talks with S. Korea
    Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang voiced hope for a swift conclusion of negotiations with South Korea on forging a bilateral free trade deal but noted that an agreement should take each other’s interests into consideration.
  • 20-Dec-2012
    ASEAN, India conclude FTA talks on services, investment
    The 10-member Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN) concluded a long-bargained free trade agreement (FTA) with India on services and investment on Wednesday ahead of a two-day commemorative summit in New Delhi, India.
  • 19-Dec-2012 Mondaq
    Chinese practice of foreign investment protection: Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs)
    Due to the dispute over sovereignty of the Diaoyu Islands between China and Japan, large-scale anti-Japanese demonstrations occurred in several Chinese cities around Sep 18, 2012, resulting in Japanese corporate losses of lost about $125 million, according the Japanese government. Japan says the Chinese government should compensate.
  • 19-Dec-2012 LawAndTax-News.com
    EU provides legal certainty to bilateral investment agreements
    With foreign direct investment now being an exclusive European Union (EU) competence under the Lisbon Treaty, the European Commission (EC) has welcomed the adoption by the European Parliament and Council of a new Regulation on bilateral investment agreements, which was first proposed in 2010.
  • 19-Dec-2012 PTI
    India-Israel FTA: Next round of talks in January
    India and Israel will hold in January another round of negotiations for the proposed free trade agreement, a move which would increase bilateral commerce and investment between the countries, Parliament was informed today.
  • 19-Dec-2012 The Star
    Asean-India FTA likely to be finalised at summit
    The long awaited Free Trade Agreement between Asean and India in the services and investment sectors will most likely be finalised at a summit in New Delhi this week.
  • 17-Dec-2012 BBC
    EU in major free trade deal with Singapore
    The EU and Singapore have clinched a free-trade agreement (FTA) - the second such deal between the 27-nation bloc and a major Asian trading partner.
  • 17-Dec-2012
    President Mahama wants better EPA deal for ACP countries
    President John Dramani Mahama has described as unfortunate, the deadlines set for the signing of the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA), explaining that it will adversely impact the economies and trade systems of other nations.
  • 17-Dec-2012
    Rumpf bemoans EPA support in Brussels
    Ambassador to Belgium, Hanno Rumpf, has expressed concern over the lack of support from developmental partners in Europe when it comes to economic partnership agreement (EPA) at the European Union (EU) Council in Brussels.
  • 17-Dec-2012
    TPP traps - we need to know the costs as well as the gains
    I’m not an economist, but I do understand what a net loss or a net gain is. Most people will be familiar with the concept - at the end of the day, are you better or worse off? To figure that one out you need to know what you’ve brought in, and what you’ve paid out.
  • 15-Dec-2012 rabble.ca
    Harper government resists strong labour rights chapter in slow-moving TPP trade talks
    Canada’s first week as a full-fledged member of the Trans-Pacific Partnership has been … well … a little dull, writes Stuart Trew
  • 15-Dec-2012 Domain B
    Free trade pacts hurting, not helping India: FIEO news
    Disappointed with India’s exports growth for the month of November, the Federation of Indian Export Organisations on Friday said that the government needs to revisit its export strategy as some recent free trade agreements are encouraging imports rather than exports.
  • 15-Dec-2012 Colombia Reports
    Europe urges Colombia to speed up FTA
    The European Union on Wednesday urged Colombia’s congress to fast track ratification of a free trade agreement signed in June and ratified by the European Parliament earlier this week.
  • 15-Dec-2012 METI
    Second round of negotiations for the Japan-Mongolia EPA
    The second round of the negotiations for the Japan-Mongolia Economic Partnership Agreement was held from 11 to 14 December 2012 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tokyo, Japan
  • 15-Dec-2012 The Nation
    Thailand: Business worried about India FTA
    Private sector concerned about opening of professional labour market; Yingluck reportedly keen to wrap up full free-trade deal soon
  • 12-Dec-2012 NZ Herald
    Jane Kelsey: Secret talks breed scepticism
    As the 15th round of Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement (TPPA) negotiations in Auckland comes to an end the New Zealand public has still not been told what is being discussed behind closed doors.
  • 12-Dec-2012 Daily Times
    Thailand, Pakistan to move forward in signing PTA, FTA
    Thailand and Pakistan move forward to sign accords for Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) leading to Free Trade Agreement (FTA).