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8-Nov-2009
A bipartisan group of Congressmen has urged U.S. President Barack Obama to expedite the process for the ratification of a free trade deal with Korea pending for more than two years, the Yonhap said.
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7-Nov-2009
Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada said Friday that Japan must feed political will to break the country’s rigidity that has been seen in some of its talks with other economies for trade and investment liberalization.
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7-Nov-2009
The Free Trade Agreement between Oman and the US will help open up a world of opportunities to the sultanate’s products and services and boost foreign investment into the country, said speakers at a seminar held by the Muscat Chapter of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
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7-Nov-2009
Accounts of free trade negotiations between Korea and the United States must be kept secret, a Seoul court ruled yesterday.
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6-Nov-2009
President Hifikepunye Pohamba has likened the European Union’s trade negotiations with Namibia to the days of apartheid, saying the powerhouse is refusing to treat the country as an equal and listen to its concerns about the controversial economic partnership agreement (EPA).
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6-Nov-2009
The governing and opposition parties have agreed to ratify a trade agreement with India at a plenary National Assembly session today, a parliamentary leader said Thursday.
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6-Nov-2009
A former US representative to Taiwan says the row over US beef could delay possible talks for a US-Taiwan Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Former American Institute in Taiwan Director Douglas Paal was speaking in Washington DC on Thursday.
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6-Nov-2009
Korea "will not and cannot accept" any request by the U.S. government to revise the bilateral free trade agreement signed in June 2007, an official at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Trade in Seoul said yesterday.
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5-Nov-2009
ITN
Chilean Química e Industrial del Bórax Ltd. (“Quiborax”) will continue with its claim against Bolivia at the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Dispute (“ICSID”), despite reports of a settlement agreement and Bolivia’s renunciation of the ICSID convention. The case will likely shed the first light as to the effects of renouncing the ICSID Convention, a controversial topic over which no tribunal has yet to rule.
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5-Nov-2009
FPIF
During the past several months, I spent nearly 30 hours in meetings of a private sector committee tasked with advising the Obama administration on a particular set of international economic policies.
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5-Nov-2009
Kyodo
Leaders of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum will set Japan, the next APEC chair, the task of identifying ways for the 21-member grouping to create a free trade bloc in the future, according to a draft statement they are expected to issue at their Nov. 14 to 15 summit in Singapore.
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5-Nov-2009
Activists from different countries with which the EU tries to sign (free) trade agreements will tel us about their campaigns.
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5-Nov-2009
Upside Down World
The Minga will continue. But if it loses its essence, it risks becoming a form of resistance that is considered acceptable to power.
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5-Nov-2009
Alibaba
South Korean, Colombian and Panamanian officials said on Wednesday they hoped for U.S congressional approval of pending free trade agreements by the middle of 2010.
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5-Nov-2009
Daily Star
The European Union’s bilateral free trade agreements with India, Southeast Asian nations and South Korea may be a potential threat to Bangladesh, officials of the European Commission said yesterday.
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5-Nov-2009
Event and Webcast at American University
American University Washington College of Law 4801 Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington DC 20016 November 5, 2009, 1-4pm, Room 603
More info and WEBCAST: wcl.american.edu/pijip Downloadable Flyer: wcl.american.edu/pijip/go/btflyer
PANEL 1 – Strengthening IP Enforcement Through TRIPS and Other Multilateral Initiatives
1:00 – 2:30
Moderator: Padideh Ala’i, Professor of Law & Acting Director, International Legal Studies Program at American University Washington College of Law (...)
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4-Nov-2009
NAUresistance
All the talk of renegotiating NAFTA appears to have revived the trade accord and renewed the push for North American integration. This could lead to NAFTA’s expansion into a North American Union and might serve to further spread its failed model to other parts of the Western Hemisphere.
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4-Nov-2009
Thursday November 19 3-6 pm XminY Office, De Wittenstraat 43-45 Amsterdam Netherlands
Activists from different countries with which the EU tries to sign (free)trade agreements will tel us about their campaigns. The meeting will start with a short overview of the different negotiations, including that of the EPA’s (agreements the EU is trying to reach with former colonies). The second part of the meeting will consist of exchange of knowledge on the building of campaigns on this often (...)
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3-Nov-2009
Australia is looking forward to a comprehensive free trade agreement (FTA) with Malaysia but has set no timeframe to conclude negotiations on it.
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3-Nov-2009
New Zealand has successfully concluded negotiations for a free trade agreement with six oil-rich Gulf states, Trade Minister Tim Groser announced yesterday.
