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8-May-2010
The Economic Times
India is not likely to entertain requests for opening government procurement in its FTA negotiations with EU and Japan respectively.
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7-May-2010
Toronto Star
Canadian critics of the EU free trade deal believe that Harper’s real aim in the negotiations is to get rid of barriers to free trade within Canada.
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7-May-2010
AFP
The United States said Thursday it was keen for Malaysia to enter negotiations on a trans-Pacific trade deal after the two countries shelved talks on a bilateral agreement.
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7-May-2010
Reuters
The EU said in February it wanted a clear timetable for signing the deal, but Tanzania’s trade minister said then the EAC would not budge unless Brussels gave firm commitments on development assistance, especially for infrastructure.
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7-May-2010
AFP
Le gouvernement français s’oppose à une reprise des négociations avec les pays du Mercosur (Argentine, Brésil, Uruguay et Paraguay) qui pourraient fragiliser l’agriculture française et européenne
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7-May-2010
Bernama
The Malaysian business community hopes the government can speed up the decision to start free trade agreement negotiations with the European Union, Malaysia-China Business Council Joint Secretary-General Datuk Dr Michael Yeoh said.
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6-May-2010
On Wednesday, China once again put conditions on the government of President Ma Ying-jeou. This time it was Wang Yi, director of China’s Taiwan Affairs Office, who set the conditions by saying that, as long as the two sides of the Taiwan Strait can work together to oppose Taiwanese independence and uphold the “1992 consensus,” that will be the political guarantee for cross-strait cooperation.
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6-May-2010
Australia Thursday said it had taken a major step towards a free trade agreement with India, with a study carried showing a bilateral deal would offer "significant economic benefits" to both sides.
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6-May-2010
Taiwan Today
The Ma Ying-jeou administration would seek to nullify the economic cooperation framework agreement expected to be signed with mainland China if the Taiwanese people vetoed the pact via a referendum, Minister of Economic Affairs Shih Yen-shiang said in the Legislative Yuan May 5.
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6-May-2010
Focus Taiwan
The Taiwanese government working toward the goal of signing the proposed economic cooperation framework agreement (ECFA) with China in June
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6-May-2010
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6-May-2010
Asia Times Online
The US-China Congressional Committee has released a study it commissioned in June 2009 for the purposes of investigating why the United States and China have not yet executed a bilateral investment treaty (BIT).
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6-May-2010
BusinessDay
Parliament’s trade and industry committee wants South African MPs to play a greater role in negotiating international agreements and has urged that the legislative framework and rules for dealing with them be reviewed.
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5-May-2010
Buenos Aires Herald
The European Commission has proposed to reactivate its negotiations with the Mercosur bloc, stagnant since 2004, with the objective of reaching an association agreement.
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5-May-2010
AFN
A joint study finds that an Australia-India FTA will bring billions of dollars to both countries.
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5-May-2010
Southeast Asia Globe
The European Union adopts a piecemeal approach to trading with Southeast Asia.
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5-May-2010
Feedstuffs.com
The Canadian government will resist pressure from European Union trade negotiators to open the domestic dairy and poultry markets to European product in talks on a free trade agreement, the country’s number-two agriculture minister said May 3.
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5-May-2010
Vancouver Sun
Despite a persistent propaganda campaign by Ma’s Kuomintang (KMT) administration, most Taiwanese people appear to continue to worry that any kind of free trade agreement with Beijing will expose domestic industries to the threat of cheap, subsidized Chinese products.
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4-May-2010
Letter to the Government of India about the impacts of FTAs on livestock keepers and traditional pastoral communities
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4-May-2010
Tico Times
The last link in the free trade agreement with the United States passed through Costa Rica’s Legislative Assembly
