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25-Jul-2010 Hindustan Times
Pak-Nepal plan free trade pact: Report
Pakistan and Nepal plan to ink a Free Trade Agreement (FTA), with a high-level bilateral task force set to finalise the pact soon in a bid to boost bilateral trade and business, a news report said today. -
25-Jul-2010 Global Arab Network
Egypt establishing free trade area with Latin American
Egypt will sign next week a free trade agreement with the Latin American Grouping Mercosur, according to Minister of Trade & Industry Rasheed Mohamed Rasheed. -
25-Jul-2010 France 24
India, EU in new bid to clinch free-trade deal
India and the European Union are to hold a fresh series of free-trade talks next month in Brussels in a bid to clinch a deal by the end of the year, an official said. -
23-Jul-2010 Andina
Thailand-Peru FTA could be sealed next month
The Thai government will propose the Parliament to endorse a bilateral free trade area agreement with Peru next month in order to enhance the effectiveness of trade pacts this year, according to Thai Commerce Minister Porntiva Nakasai. -
23-Jul-2010 LBO
Sri Lanka told time running out for new trade deal with India
Sri Lanka could lose more opportunities to access India’s huge market owing to delays in striking a new economic partnership deal with her neighbour, the Indian envoy in Colombo has warned. -
23-Jul-2010 AFP
Lawmakers demand ’major changes’ to US-S.Korea trade deal
More than 100 US lawmakers wrote to President Barack Obama Thursday demanding "major changes" to a landmark free trade agreement with South Korea, which they called a "job killing" pact. -
23-Jul-2010 Manila Times
RP to forge more free-trade deals
The Philippines is keen on joining the negotiations for the inter-regional economic integration (TPP) as well as starting informal talks with the European Union for a possible bilateral trade pact, the Trade department said. -
22-Jul-2010 PIJIP
EU seized in Vienna
It appears that the EU has dropped its demands for patent extensions and may have made data exclusivity subject to compulsory licensing in the EU-India FTA. -
22-Jul-2010 Arab News
’Developed countries must stop using arm-twisting measures in FTAs’
The European Union is demanding longer patents through free trade agreements (FTAs), longer than demanded by the World Trade Organization. -
22-Jul-2010 Farm Futures
R-CALF proposes renegotiation of FTAs
R-CALF USA sent a letter to President Obama Tuesday requesting a moratorium on future FTAs and rejection of the pending FTAs with Colombia, Korea and Panama until the impacts current FTAs have on the profitability and viability of US producers is assessed. -
22-Jul-2010 Bloomberg
Taiwan may try to reach free trade accord with Singapore, negotiator says
“We also hope to sign FTA with countries in South East Asia and even Japan,” Taiwan’s top negotiator with China, Chiang Pin-kung, said. -
21-Jul-2010 AFP
Le stand de l’UE à la conférence sur le sida "saisi" par des militants défenseurs des génériques
Le stand de la Commission européenne à la Conférence internationale sur le sida à Vienne a été "saisi" symboliquement mercredi par des militants pour protester contre des saisies dans l’UE de médicaments génériques destinés à des pays en développement. -
21-Jul-2010 Tempo Interactive
Government agrees to speed up free trade talks with Australia
Indonesia has agreed to speed up the free trade talks with Australia to have the agreement in place soon, Trade Minister Mari Elka Pangestu said today (20/7). -
20-Jul-2010
India-Belgium/Luxembourg Bilateral Investment Treaty (1997)
BIT between India and Belgium and Luxembourg PDF of English version -
20-Jul-2010
India-France Bilateral Investment Treaty (1997)
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20-Jul-2010 rabble.ca
European Commission seeks water services in CETA
We know through a leaked version of an earlier CETA text and verbally from Canada’s negotiating team in Brussels that the European Commission wants access to Canadian water and sanitation services. -
20-Jul-2010 Deutsche Welle
EU lawmakers urge probe of Colombian intelligence operations
EU parliamentarians have called on the Commission to look into Colombian intelligence operations in Europe designed to ‘neutralize the influence’ of critics of the Colombian government in parliament, the UNHCR and NGOs. EU officials fear that an investigation could torpedo ratification of the free-trade agreement, which they see as crucial support of Colombia. -
19-Jul-2010 Edmonton Journal
When EU talks trade, it receives more than it gives
The reality is that Canada wants CETA more than Europe needs it. Europe recognizes this and will use its leverage to extract a high price. -
15-Jul-2010 Reuters
S.Korea open to "creative" fix for US autos, beef
South Korea is ready to consider "creative" solutions to open its market to more US beef and auto imports to help win US approval of a bilateral free trade agreement, South Korea’s ambassador to the United States said on Wednesday. -
15-Jul-2010 New Era
Namibia: Meat industry holds breath
The Namibian beef industry has come to terms with the fact that it has to look for alternatives, as there exist no concrete indications that the government will sign the controversial trade agreement with the EU.