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  • 13-Feb-2009 Guatemala Times
    Progress in negotiations of trade agreement between CA and EU
    Increased flexibility of the rules of origin, market access, services, dispute resolution, regional approach, competition and procurements are the advances made in the sixth round of negotiations of the Free Association Agreement between the European Union and Central America according to Romulo Caballeros, Minister of Economy of Guatemala.
  • 13-Feb-2009 IPS
    US trade policies limit 52 governments’ use of capital controls to fight financial crisis
    As the global economy descends further into crisis, a new report finds that U.S. trade and investment agreements with 52 countries have removed one tool that has proved effective in past crises: capital controls.
  • 13-Feb-2009
    Closer ties, larger markets: Examining the ASEAN FTAs
    Background paper on the ASEAN free trade agreements with special focus on the ASEAN-Australia and New Zealand FTA. Soon to be published in the Philippine Natural Resources Journal of the Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center-Philippines
  • 13-Feb-2009
    British finance lobby calls for EU-S.Korea trade deal
    International Financial Services London, representing banks, accountants and other financial industries, said it was disappointed that some European manufacturing groups opposed the deal and were calling for negotiations to be suspended.
  • 13-Feb-2009
    China to seek early FTA with GCC
    Chinese President Hu Jintao said Wednesday that China will seek an early free trade agreement (FTA) with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).
  • 12-Feb-2009
    Kenya-S.Africa to enhance trade relations
    There is need to address the prevailing trade imbalance between Kenya and South Africa in order to enhance trade relations between the two countries Trade Permanent Secretary Dr (Eng) Cyrus Njiru has said.
  • 12-Feb-2009
    New Zealand prods Asean to ink trade pact
    The New Zealand government has called on member-countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) to sign the free-trade agreement (FTA) with them and Australia to prepare the East Asian region for the worse impact of the global financial crunch.
  • 12-Feb-2009
    Trading blocs to continue with EPA negotiations
    The EU Trade Commissioner, Catherine Ashton, was scheduled to arrive in Botswana on Wednesday for talks with senior SADC officials.
  • 12-Feb-2009
    Namibia Revives EPA Discussions
    Namibia is taking another bite at discussions on the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union in the hope of reaching a favourable standing.
  • 12-Feb-2009
    Costa Rica, Singapore set to negotiate free trade agreement
    Costa Rica and Singapore will begin negotiating a free trade agreement on April 20, the foreign trade ministry announced on Thursday.
  • 12-Feb-2009
    Colombians blast flower trade
    Flowers from Colombia are grown in blood, according to a small delegation from that country asking Canadians to think twice about the origin of flowers they buy for Valentine’s Day.
  • 11-Feb-2009 AFN
    Chile FTA to open market up to meat, wine and dairy exports
    The Australia-Chile Free Trade Agreement is set to come into force on 6 March, 2009, allowing a host of Australian exporters a greater opportunity to enter a growing market.
  • 11-Feb-2009
    Trade network urge RP and EU negotiators to disclose contents of Cooperation Agreement
    Reacting to news reports about the launch of the formal negotiations for a comprehensive partnership and cooperation agreement between EU and the Philippines, the EU-ASEAN FTA Campaign Network urged both the EU and Philippine governments to disclose to the public the contents of the cooperation agreement.
  • 10-Feb-2009 DPA
    Dhaka examines sensitive deals with Washington, New Delhi
    Bangladesh leaders on Thursday discussed two politically sensitive deals it will be negotiating with the United States and India on trade and investment, triggering strong reactions from domestic political and civic groups.
  • 10-Feb-2009 BD News
    CPB speaks against ’anti-people’ trade deals
    The Communist Party of Bangladesh has said it will protest any kind of "anti-people" agreements including a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) with the US.
  • 10-Feb-2009 ITN
    EU Member States reject the call to terminate intra-EU bilateral investment treaties
    The majority of European Union Member States want to maintain the network of bilateral investment treaties (BITs) that exist between themselves, despite concerns by the European Commission that these treaties have been superseded by European Community law, according to a memo by the EU’s Economic and Financial Committee (EFC).
  • 10-Feb-2009 Calgary Herald
    China looking even better
    Treaty-level action on trade and investment policy from Ottawa could support Canadian business interests in China
  • 10-Feb-2009 GRAINNET
    US Ambassador to Guatamala reports CAFTA boosting free and open trade
    In the first 11 months of 2008, for example, total US agricultural and food exports to CAFTA-DR countries hit $34 billion, which is up nearly 36 percent from the same period the previous year.
  • 10-Feb-2009 Inquirer
    RP-EU pact contains migration provisions
    The Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the Philippines and the European Union will contain provisions on migration and corruption.
  • 10-Feb-2009 Xinhua
    Russia, Bangladesh express willingness to sign Free Trade Agreement
    Dhaka and Moscow on Tuesday expressed their willingness to sign a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) to further bolster bilateral trade during a meeting between Russian envoy and Bangladesh’s foreign minister