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29-Jun-2012
Jamaica Gleaner
European Union says Jamaica risking credibility with failure to act on partnership agreement
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29-Jun-2012
Caribbean 360
A statement credited to Alexander Walford, Policy Officer of the Caribbean-European Union in the European Commission, says that eight Caribbean countries have not implemented tariff cuts on EU goods as required by the Economic Partnership Agreement signed in 2008.
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29-Jun-2012
The Nation
Learning and action points for a US audience
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29-Jun-2012
Financial Express
An investment litigation strategy and investment negotiation strategy on BITs and investment is clearly the need of the hour for India.
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28-Jun-2012
Shopfloor
The US National Association of Manufacturers is asking the Obama administration to give Ecuador three months to meet the requirements and standards under the US-Ecuador bilateral investment treaty or be removed from the Andean Trade Preference Act.
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28-Jun-2012
VNA
Vietnam’s Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang and the EU’s Trade Commissioner Karel De Gutch officially began negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement between Vietnam and the EU in Brussels, Belgium, on June 26.
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28-Jun-2012
Adelaide Now
The South Australian Government has signed a trade and economic cooperation agreement with China in a bid to grow exports.
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28-Jun-2012
Bernama
The European Union Tuesday signed a multipartite free trade agreement with Peru and Colombia which is expected to become effective before the end of this year, according to EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht.
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28-Jun-2012
Saudi Gazette
The Gulf Cooperation Council countries and India are expected to conclude a free trade agreement for boosting trade within a year, K K M Kutty, former chairman of Confederation of Indian Industry, has said.
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28-Jun-2012
AFP
Washington’s de facto ambassador to Taiwan on Wednesday urged the island to further open its market if it hopes to sign a trade deal with the US, amid a lingering dispute over American beef imports.
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27-Jun-2012
IA Reporter
French multinational Veolia has had an ICSID arbitration claim registered against the Arab Republic of Egypt.
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26-Jun-2012
Be Your Own Leader
The U.S. led Trans-Pacific Partnership talks could be used to update aspects of existing trade pacts among member nations. This would provide an opportunity for a backdoor renegotiation of NAFTA.
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26-Jun-2012
Rwanda Express
The United States and East African community have agreed on a new partnership could serve as a building block towards a more comprehensive trade agreement over the long term.
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26-Jun-2012
Guelph Mercury
The Dairy Farmers of Canada believe Harper’s promise and fully expect Canada to emerge from the Trans-Pacific Partnership talks with the protected market and paid-for quota systems intact. To an outsider, it’s difficult to see how this could happen.
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26-Jun-2012
Bloomberg
Progress in free-trade talks between the European Union and Vietnam may trigger a resurgence of investment in the Southeast Asian nation from companies within the 27-nation bloc, the EU’s top representative in Vietnam said.
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26-Jun-2012
DNA India
At the meeting with the European Trade Commission on June 26 in Brussels, the Indian delegation, headed by commerce minister Anand Sharma, will focus on the government’s achievements including opening up single-brand retail to foreign direct investment.
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26-Jun-2012
Korea Times
The leaders of Korea and Colombia announced early Tuesday morning that the two countries had finished the negotiations for a free trade agreement.
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26-Jun-2012
Tax News
Colombia and Costa Rica have agreed to rapidly conclude negotiations towards a free trade agreement which will cut tariff barriers to trade from as early as the first half of 2013, and pave the way for Costa Rica to become the fifth member of a regional trade bloc.
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26-Jun-2012
Tax News
According to minister Ed Fast, the deal would “serve as a gateway to a deeper Canadian commercial presence in North Africa and the Mediterranean region”.
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26-Jun-2012
AP
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said the Asian giant is interested in a possible free-trade deal with the Mercosur regional trade bloc.
