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  • 8-Apr-2012
    China-ROK FTA ’makes a larger cake’
    Beijing and Seoul’s positions have been "reasoned and well communicated" as they prepare for formal negotiations on a bilateral free trade agreement that is expected soon, Kim Min-cheol, one of Seoul’s major negotiators, said in an exclusive interview with China Daily.
  • 8-Apr-2012
    City state will remain testing ground for mainland reforms
    The Hong Kong Government forged a Closer Economic Partnership agreement (CEPA) because it admired New Zealand’s free trade credentials.
  • 8-Apr-2012
    Govt to explain TPP stance to U.S.
    The Japanese government will try to make sure the United States understands its stance toward the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations, according to Katsuyuki Ishida, senior vice minister at the Cabinet Office.
  • 8-Apr-2012
    EU closer to rescinding deal, could tax Kenyan flowers
    The European Union Parliament has tasked a British MP to prepare a report that will determine whether Kenyan flowers exports will be subjected to duty in the EU markets, or continue operating in the quota-free market regime.
  • 8-Apr-2012
    South Korean voters set to make left turn
    A coalition of left of centre parties is well positioned to win South Korea’s parliamentary elections on Wednesday with a platform of improving social services and renegotiating a free-trade pact with the United States.
  • 7-Apr-2012
    Free trade pact negotiations should begin as soon as possible: premier
    Taiwan must begin as soon as possible to discuss with other countries its desire to forge free trade agreements (FTAs) with them, Premier Sean Chen said Saturday.
  • 7-Apr-2012 Tax News
    EFTA, Indonesia Hold FTA Negotiations
    The fourth round of negotiations towards a ’Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement’ between the European Free Trade Association states and Indonesia concluded on March 29, 2012.
  • 6-Apr-2012
    Prices of certain US, EU products unchanged despite FTAs
    Prices of certain imports from Europe and the U.S. have remained the same despite tariff cuts from free trade agreements with both economic blocs, the Fair Trade Commission in Seoul said Thursday.
  • 6-Apr-2012
    India plans to abolish ISD clause in FTAs
    India plans to abolish the investor-state dispute system and renegotiate FTAs with South Korea, Singapore, and other countries, an Indian newspaper reported.
  • 6-Apr-2012
    ECFA talks to be finished in two years: president
    Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou yesterday said the government will complete negotiations on the cross-strait Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) with China in the next two years, as well as deepen economic and trade relations with other countries to raise the nation’s economic competitiveness.
  • 5-Apr-2012 China Daily
    FTA process will take time
    Compared to ten years ago, China is now better prepared to initiate talks with the US on establishing an FTA, and accelerating the implementation of the FTA is an important part of its further opening-up policy. Furthermore, it is one of the strategic tasks of the 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-15).
  • 5-Apr-2012 Japan Times
    Japan: Preparatory FTA talks with EU near end
    The so-called scoping exercise, aimed at identifying matters of mutual concern and interest related to a free-trade agreement, will conclude "probably in weeks," Arianespace Chairman Jean-Yves Le Gall said at a news conference in Tokyo following a two-day meeting of the EU-Japan Business Round Table.
  • 4-Apr-2012 Reuters
    China keen on free trade pact with US: Greenberg
    China is eager to begin talks on a free trade pact with the United States and key leaders seem willing to step away from the state capitalism Beijing has been pursuing, a senior U.S. executive with access to China’s leadership said on Tuesday.
  • 4-Apr-2012 Tax News
    De Gucht calls for an EU-ASEAN FTA
    Negotiating at a regional level rather than on a country by country basis is still the EU’s preferred option in the long-term
  • 3-Apr-2012 The News
    Pak-US investment treaty draft sent to cabinet
    The draft of the Pak-US Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) has been sent to the Pakistani cabinet for approval, official sources told The News on Monday.
  • 2-Apr-2012 Mondaq
    Canada and China negotiate investment treaty
    On February 8, 2012, Canada and China signed a Declaration of Intent, signalling that the substantive negotiations between them on a bilateral investment treaty have come to a close. What do we know about this treaty?
  • 2-Apr-2012 Bernama
    Future direction of proposed Malaysia-EU FTA to be known by June
    "We would probably have made decision by June whether we should proceed or review the proposed FTA," Malaysia’s trade minister said after meeting the EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht on the sideline of the Asean-EU Business Summit, in Phnom Penh.
  • 2-Apr-2012 Manila Bulletin
    Q4 RP-EU FTA negotiations seen
    Negotiations for the Philippines-EU bilateral free trade agreement could start late this year or early next year when all studies and consultations have been completed said Trade and Industry undersecretary Adrian S. Cristobal Jr.
  • 1-Apr-2012
    EU won’t get further access to government business
    India will not concede to EU’s demand that European companies be allowed to participate in procurements made by public sector enterprises in the country as part of a free trade agreement being negotiated.
  • 1-Apr-2012
    AFL-CIO Joins Honduran Unions in Petitioning US Labor Department
    This week the AFL-CIO joined the main Honduran trade unions to file a petition with the United States Department of Labor’s Public Office of Trade & Labor Affairs (OTLA) concerning the failure of the government of Honduras to effectively enforce its labor laws and comply with its commitments under the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA).