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  • 21-Jul-2012
    EPA would boost Japan, European economies
    Both Japan and the European Union would reap substantial benefits and enjoy growth if the two concluded an economic partnership agreement, the European Commission said Wednesday.
  • 21-Jul-2012
    Ma touts FTAs as way to revive flagging economy
    Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou yesterday pledged to speed up trade liberalization and raise the nation’s international competitiveness by seeking to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership within the next eight years and signing free-trade agreements with major trade partners.
  • 21-Jul-2012
    Free trade pact with EU likely by year-end
    India’s Ministry of Commerce is confident of concluding the Free Trade Agreement with the European Union by the end of the year.
  • 20-Jul-2012 Bangkok Post
    Call to bar alcohol from Thailand-EU FTA
    Thailand’s National Economical and Social Advisory Council has urged the government to exclude alcoholic beverages from the list of goods to be covered by the proposed Thailand-EU free trade agreement (FTA).
  • 20-Jul-2012 ForUm
    Ukraine, EU initialed FTA agreement
    Yesterday, on July 19, in Brussels, the representatives of Ukraine and the European Commission initialed the text of the agreement on free trade area between Ukraine and the EU, which is an integral part of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement
  • 20-Jul-2012 AFP
    FTAs not cause of trade boom in Asia, says ADB
    Free trade agreements cannot be credited for the increase in intra-Asian trade as they are often restrictive in scope and difficult to implement, the Asian Development Bank said Thursday.
  • 19-Jul-2012 Be Your Own Leader
    Paving the Way for a U.S.-Canada Economic and Security Perimeter
    The Beyond the Border deal provides the essential framework for U.S.-Canada integration with the action plan being incrementally implemented.
  • 19-Jul-2012 The Nation
    Thailand, Germany to speed up free trade agreement
    Thailand and Germany have agreed to accelerate negotiations to conclude a free trade agreement between Thailand and the European Union (EU) as a key mechanism to boost mutual trade and investment.
  • 19-Jul-2012 PTI
    India, Russia agree on Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement with Belarus-Kazakhstan
    With an aim to boost trade ties, India and Russia have agreed to jointly study a Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement with Belarus-Kazakhstan and exuded confidence to acheive ambitious an trade target of $ 20 billion by 2015.
  • 19-Jul-2012 Ottawa Citizen
    Canada’s path to trade with Asia goes through Europe
    As another round of CETA negotiations takes place in Brussels this week, the Canadian government must know that an early and good trade agreement with Europe is crucial to Canada’s new economic and trade agenda in Asia.
  • 19-Jul-2012 La Tribune
    Bruxelles veut forcer les portes de la forteresse japonaise
    Mercredi, le commissaire européen au Commerce a reçu le « feu vert » de la Commission européenne pour engager la négociation d’un accord de libre-échange avec le Japon.
  • 19-Jul-2012 The Detroit News
    Ford upset EU wants Japan free-trade talks
    Ford Motor Co. on Wednesday was the first automaker to voice displeasure after the European Union announced it wants to start free-trade negotiations with Japan.
  • 19-Jul-2012 Xinhua
    EU calls for launch of FTA talks with Japan
    The European Union’s executive arm on Wednesday called on its member states to start Free Trade Agreement talks with Japan.
  • 19-Jul-2012 BBC
    China pledges $20bn in credit for Africa at summit
    China has pledged $20bn (£12.8bn) in credit for Africa over the next three years, in a push for closer ties and increased trade.
  • 17-Jul-2012 Mizzima News
    Burma hopes for end of EU tariffs
    Burmese authorities are now discussing the lifting of tariff taxes with European countries under the EU-Asean Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
  • 16-Jul-2012
    ¿ Arde Mercosur?
    La cumbre de mandatarios del Mercado Común del Sur (Mercosur) efectuada a finales del mes pasado en Mendoza, Argentina, prendió las alarmas en torno del futuro del principal proceso de integración de la región creado por el Tratado de Asunción en 1991.
  • 16-Jul-2012 Bangkok Post
    Thailand: Private sector pushes free trade with EU
    The Thai government is being urged to step up Thailand-EU free trade agreement talks to allow Thai products to gain greater access to European markets.
  • 16-Jul-2012 The Sun Daily
    TPP talks likely to conclude by October 2013
    The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), which has gone through 13 rounds of negotiations, could be concluded by October next year, East Asian International Economic Law and Policy Programme chairman Lim Chin Leng said.
  • 16-Jul-2012 Yonhap
    Korea ratchets up drive to upgrade FTA with ASEAN
    Korea is stepping up efforts to seal high-level bilateral free trade pacts with some members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in a bid to further boost trade volume, Seoul’s Trade Ministry said Sunday.
  • 12-Jul-2012
    Commission pushes for Japan trade deal
    The European Commission will next Wednesday (18 July) ask member states for a mandate to start talks with Japan on a bilateral free-trade deal.