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  • 28-May-2012
    India, Myanmar agree to step up trade & economic ties, fight terrorism
    New Delhi/India today extended a $ 500 million line of credit to the Government of Myanmar as the two countries signed 12 agreements for cooperation in various areas and agreed on a vision for the future in the pursuit of the common good - bilaterally, regionally and globally.
  • 28-May-2012
    South Korea, Colombia close to striking FTA: trade officials
    Trade officials in Seoul indicated yesterday that South Korea and Colombia will soon conclude a free trade agreement (FTA).
  • 28-May-2012
    Civil Society unhappy with interim EPA
    The Economic Justice Network (EJN) has accused the Minister of Trade and Industry, Ms Hannah Tetteh, of stabbing ECOWAS in the back by indicating that the country can no longer linger on the idea of signing and ratifying the interim agreement on Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA).
  • 28-May-2012
    Academicians, Diplomats Caution Continent on EPAs
    The signing of Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) must be based on Africa’s integration priorities and not dictated by Europe’s interests, a continental forum heard in Dar es Salaam on Friday.
  • 28-May-2012
    China-Taiwan trade agreements complex as shared history
    As Ma Ying-jeou starts his second four years as president of Taiwan, his opening up of the economy to China in his first term is presenting the island nation with as many head-aches as opportunities.
  • 28-May-2012
    EU retailers to seek Korean partners at Seoul trade fair
    The Korea Trade Investment Promotion Agency said Monday that it will hold a business fair for European retail companies next month on the first anniversary of the Korea-EU free trade pact.
  • 28-May-2012
    Japan ’eager’ to join trilateral FTA with China, South Korea
    Japan is becoming increasingly “eager” to join a free trade agreement (FTA) with China and South Korea while it is unable to join a broader Asian trade pact, and as Beijing and Seoul began negotiations on an agreement, said the ministry of commerce.
  • 25-May-2012 Mainichi
    Japan to draw up new strategy for Asia by fall
    Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba said Thursday Japan will map out a new strategy by fall aimed at supporting other Asian countries and promoting trade in the region, with a focus on four key sectors including building infrastructure and economic partnerships.
  • 25-May-2012 Infojustice
    PIJIP trade agreement table updated: Compares TPP, ACTA, TRIPS, US-Chile FTA
    New comparative analysis shows that TPP contains a plethora of TRIPS-plus provisions as well as ACTA-plus and Chile FTA-plus provisions.
  • 25-May-2012 The Citizen
    Be careful on EPA talks, Eala cautions bloc
    The East African Legislative Assembly has warned that the region stands to lose if it is not careful with Economic Partnership Agreement negotiations with the European Union.
  • 25-May-2012 Japan Times
    Mexico to Japan: Participate in TPP talks
    Mexico would welcome Japan’s participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership talks because it would help make the free-trade pact "a very important actor" in the international community, Mexican Ambassador to Japan Claude Heller said.
  • 25-May-2012 Ghana Web
    Civil Society Group alleges Trade Minister is rushing to sign Interim EPAS
    Ghanaian workers, manufactures, faith-based groups and civil society organisations have said they are alarmed by the knowledge that the Trade and Industry Minister is allegedly pushing for the signing of the Interim Economic Partnership Agreement (IEPA).
  • 25-May-2012 GBN
    Ghana to lose $378m if country signs EPA with EU – Group
    Ghana will lose $378 million if the country goes ahead to sign the Economic Partnership Agreements with the European Union, a trade activist has said citing a United Nations Economic Commission for Africa study
  • 24-May-2012
    Churchill Mining files international arbitration against Indonesia
    Churchill Mining (LON:CHL) said it has now filed for international arbitration in its dispute regarding the East Kutai coal project (EKCP) in Indonesia, 75 per cent owned by Churchill.
  • 24-May-2012
    EPAs future still hanging in limbo
    The future of Malawi in signing the Economic Partnership Agreements still stands in limbo due to the current change of government administration in the country.
  • 24-May-2012
    EU-Canada trade deal in jeopardy if visa problem not solved, Czech PM says
    Czech Prime Minister Petr Nečas (Civic Democrat, ODS) has warned his Canadian counterpart that the Czech Republic could create problems with a trade and economic agreement between the European Union and Canada unless Ottawa backs down over its visa requirement for Czechs visiting the country.
  • 24-May-2012 Tax News
    Kirk looks at future of US-EU trade relations
    After, earlier this month, the European Commissioner for Trade Karel De Gucht had foreseen the possibility of a comprehensive free trade agreement (FTA) between the United States and the European Union in 2014, the US Trade Representative Ron Kirk provided his view on US-EU trade policy during a recent speech in London.
  • 24-May-2012 The News
    Investment treaty with Canada opposed
    Pakistan’s ministry of commerce has opposed the proposed bilateral investment treaty with Canada on a number of grounds as the controversial clause of covered investment is only to favour Canadian companies, The News learnt reliably on Thursday.
  • 23-May-2012 Huffington Post
    Secrets revealed: The Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement
    Tight-lipped police officers and security guards: not exactly what I expected to see when I walked onto the second floor of the Intercontinental Hotel in Addison, Texas where trade negotiators convened last week.
  • 22-May-2012 Agencia Cubana de Noticias
    Alba and the FTA: Poles Apart
    Through its diversity, Latin America continues to reveal enormous cracks and counter-positions on how sovereignty should be exercised.