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  • 6-May-2008
    Canada seeks Colombia agreement, as US deal stalls
    Canada’s Trade Minister David Emerson said he may soon complete a free trade agreement with Colombia, rejecting a plan by U.S. congressional Democrats to wait until the Latin American nation improves its human rights record.
  • 6-May-2008
    Sweetheart Deal
    The deadline for completion of a new farm bill has been pushed back to May 16. But the endless wrangling over a piece of legislation that Congress once hoped to finish in 2007 has not induced a significant change in the thinking of those who regard it as an opportunity to lock in lush new benefits for American agricultural producers.
  • 6-May-2008
    Banished Zimbabwe farmer to sue country
    South African taxpayers may have to pay millions of rands in compensation for the government’s failure to act in Zimbabwe when hundreds of white-owned farms belonging to South Africans were confiscated in 2000.
  • 6-May-2008
    India’s FTA with EFTA nations to include IPRs
    A free trade agreement is slated to be finalised between India and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) by early 2009. The EFTA countries include Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland.
  • 6-May-2008
    U.S. sock makers wage war on Gildan imports
    Just two years after launching an ambitious plan to become a major player in the North American hosiery business, Gildan Activewear Inc. finds itself caught up in an international trade dispute over the flood of socks into the U.S. from Honduras.
  • 6-May-2008
    Bilateral Investment Treaty can spur US-Pakistan economic ties: Negroponte
    A top US diplomat has said the conclusion of a bilateral investment treaty with Pakistan would bolster economic and trade ties between the private sectors of the two countries.
  • 6-May-2008
    Activists Slam Trade Ministry Over EPAs
    Civil society organisations and the parliamentarians last week clashed with the trade ministry officials over the signing of an interim Economic Partnership Agreement (EPAs) with the European Union.
  • 6-May-2008 Yonhap
    Tension mounts as S Koreans vow to protest over US beef despite police warning
    South Koreans opposing the government’s decision to import most US beef cuts vowed to continue candlelight vigils later Tuesday despite a police warning to stay away from political rallies.
  • 6-May-2008 Reuters
    Canada says close to trade deal with Colombia
    Canada is "very close" to concluding free trade negotiations with Colombia, Trade Minister David Emerson said on Monday, calling those opposed to the deal on human rights grounds as "dogmatic." Emerson also presented legislation to Parliament to enact a free trade pact with the European Free Trade Association, comprised of Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein.
  • 6-May-2008 FE
    India-Asean FTA faces hurdle at Indonesia end
    The “last mile” talks on the proposed Free Trade Agreement between India and the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) has been further stretched as negotiators from India and Indonesia once again failed to resolve the dispute over their respective increased market access demands.
  • 5-May-2008
    Africa’s trade unions want EU trade agreements scrapped
    Africa’s trade unions called on their governments to nullify the interim trade agreements they have signed with the European Union, saying they leave African nations "weak" within the global market.
  • 5-May-2008
    SME’s In Asean Need Incentives For Integration
    The development and growth of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) must be given extensive incentives in the integration of Asean economy, said International Trade and Industry Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.
  • 5-May-2008 East African
    MPs want Uganda out of EAC-EU trade deal
    Parliamentarians are pressurising Uganda to revoke the interim trade agreement signed between the European Union and the East African Community.
  • 5-May-2008 Donga
    Beef issue threatens FTA ratification
    With the growing concerns about and backlash against the resumption of US beef imports, the Korea-US free trade agreement could fail to get ratification in the 17th National Assembly.
  • 5-May-2008 Malaysia Sun
    Switzerland moves towards trade agreement with India
    Switzerland has moved closer to sealing a free trade agreement with India following a business delegation visit led by Economics Minister Doris Leuthard.
  • 5-May-2008 AFP
    ASEAN committed to free trade pact with Australia, NZ: minister
    ASEAN was showing strong commitment to try to wrap up negotiations on a free trade pact between the regional grouping, Australia and New Zealand, Australian Trade Minister Simon Crean said Sunday.
  • 5-May-2008 MENAFN
    Bahrain & Iran to sign free trade agreement
    Bahrain and Iran are a step closer to signing a Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
  • 5-May-2008 CENS
    Ma Ying-jeou proposes signing cross-Strait economic agreement
    President-elect Ma Ying-jeou has proposed signing a general cross-Taiwan Strait economic agreement to address cross-Strait economic issues, including investments by Taiwanese financial institutions in China, investments protection, and avoidance of double taxation.
  • 4-May-2008
    India’s Baroda and Axis Banks’ eye Sri Lanka
    The Sri Lankan government is forging ahead with the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) which will facilitate the entry here of two Indian banks - Bank of Baroda and Axis Bank, according to senior officials at the Central Bank.
  • 4-May-2008
    Malaysia has met commitments on tariff elimination
    Malaysia has met its commitments on tariff reduction and elimination and opening up the services sector in the Asean region, International Trade and Industry Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said Sunday.