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28-Jun-2010
Hankyoreh
At the South Korea-US summit in Toronto on Saturday, Presidents Lee Myung-bak and Barack Obama reached agreement on two major issues: a delay in the transfer of wartime operational control (OPCON) and “adjusting” the South Korea-US Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA). Criticism is mounting that a trade was made between the two.
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28-Jun-2010
CNA
Singaporean firm Oceanus, the world’s leading producer of abalone, is counting on Taiwan’s trade deal with Beijing to expand in China.
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28-Jun-2010
Voice of Russia
Russia is going to draft an agreement before the end of the year on a CIS free trade area involving at first Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, says the First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov.
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28-Jun-2010
FT
The US said at the weekend it will seek to complete a long-stalled trade deal with South Korea, while the G8 acknowledged deep troubles in global trade talks by shifting the focus to bilateral pacts.
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27-Jun-2010
Toronto Media Co-op
Behind razor sharp security walls and thousands of armed police, Canada’s Conservative government is utilising the G20 summit as a political platform to push forward bilateral trade agreements globally, according to recent statements from the Canadian government.
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27-Jun-2010
Taipei Times
"How will Taiwan survive if our export-oriented industries relocate to China and our domestic market-oriented companies are replaced because of competition from Chinese products?" asks the head of Taiwan Solidarity Union.
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27-Jun-2010
Business Day
Southern African Development Community (SADC) executive secretary Tomáz Salomão yesterday criticised the European Union for trying to "impose" a preferential free-trade agreement on countries in the region.
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26-Jun-2010
Canadian Press
Sri Lanka’s trade benefits with the world’s biggest consumer market are due to expire Aug. 15. The EU had asked Sri Lanka to give a written commitment by July 1 pledging to improve human rights before it would consider renewing them.
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26-Jun-2010
The Economist
Economic success has not trickled down to many Taiwanese, and for them the ECFA is an abstract idea of frighteningly radical engagement with China, writes The Economist
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26-Jun-2010
Bloomberg
The European Union and the Philippines initialed on Friday in Brussels the text of a new partnership and cooperation agreement (PCA), following its completion on June 3. The PCA is not a free-trade agreement. However, should the EU and Philippines decide to negotiate an FTA, the PCA would facilitate its conclusion.
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26-Jun-2010
AFP
Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets of Taipei on Saturday as Taiwan prepares to seal a major trade deal with Beijing that opponents fear is a step towards Chinese control.
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26-Jun-2010
TC Digital
The 10th Summit of ALBA concludes with an announcement that its members undertake to speed up the conclusion of a trade agreement.
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25-Jun-2010
Agencia Prensa Rural
The 10th summit of the Bolivian Alliance for the Peoples of America - People’s Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) began on Friday in the Andean city of Otavalo, Ecuador.
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25-Jun-2010
Taiwan and China finalized details of a key trade pact Thursday to cut export tariffs and allow more market access to each other, but Taiwan’s opposition is planning a massive rally Saturday to protest the deal.
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25-Jun-2010
Asean has been interested in using Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) as instruments for promoting trade in the globalised economy.
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25-Jun-2010
The European Union high representative for foreign affairs and security policy and vice-president of the European Commission, Catherine Ashton, is currently visiting India to enhance Indo-EU ties. Ashish Ray asked her a few questions:
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25-Jun-2010
India and Canada could start negotiations on a free trade agreement for opening up markets in goods, investments and services by the end of this year.
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24-Jun-2010
AP
The deal, which is expected to be signed next week in Chongqing, ultimately ties Taiwan’s high-tech economy to China’s lucrative markets and paves the way for much closer political relations between the sides.
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24-Jun-2010
EP
The European Parliament’s International Trade Committee gave its approval on Wednesday to draft legislation implementing a safeguard clause in the EU-South Korea free trade agreement (FTA).
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23-Jun-2010
IFG
International Forum on Globalisation protest at TPP negotiations in San Francisco
