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18-May-2009
Thanh Nien News
Chilean President Michelle Bachelet said Friday she hoped Vietnam and Chile will soon sign a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) as the two countries have come into concurrence on many important issues during FTA negotiations.
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18-May-2009
Business Mirror
THE European Commission said it has not been getting commitments from the Association of the Southeast Asian Nations in the negotiations for a free-trade agreement but welcomed member countries of Asean to push for bilateral deals with the regional bloc.
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17-May-2009
Islands Business
Despite the existence of agreements among the Pacific island states, intra-regional trade has been low, mainly due to the massive distances and the lack of products to sell one another. In the words of an official of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat: “The islands are hardly going to sell a lot of coconuts and fish to each other.”
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15-May-2009
Brooks Foreign Policy Review
Over the last decade, ASEAN has negotiated free trade agreements (FTA) at breakneck speeds, signing deals with Japan, Australia, and New Zealand. It is also in the process of negotiating FTAs with India, South Korea, and China. The deal with China has garnered much attention, because it will create the third largest common market by trade volume, with a population of 1.8 billion and a US$2 trillion Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
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15-May-2009
Reuters
Angola, which rivals Nigeria as Africa’s biggest oil producer, and the United States will sign a trade and investment deal next week to boost bilateral trade, the US ambassador to Angola was cited as saying on Tuesday.
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15-May-2009
The News
Pakistan and the US have agreed to set up a joint study group for accelerating bilateral negotiations on Trade and Investment Facilitation Agreement and Reconstruction Opportunity Zones (ROZs)
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15-May-2009
Fox News
Despite Australia imposing financial and trade sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program, the document says "negotiations are ongoing" with Tehran on an investment promotion agreement.
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15-May-2009
AFP
The Obama administration is carrying out a thorough review of the agreement formulated during President George W. Bush’s term and will be consulting "extensively" with Congress and other stakeholders, officials sa
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14-May-2009
BorderFire
Some would like to see more focus placed on Canada-U.S. bilateralism while others believe that trilateralism should always be the way to go.
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14-May-2009
American Chronicle
US Senator Bob Casey, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs, and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Dick Lugar sent a letter to Commerce Secretary Gary Locke calling for the finalizing of a bilateral investment treaty (BIT) with Russia to encourage US business deals and investments in Russia.
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14-May-2009
AFP
The United States is on track to become the leading foreign direct investor in Vietnam, the head of a US business delegation said Wednesday.
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14-May-2009
Vue Weekly
The current Canada-European Union free trade negotiations could fundamentally change the way the Canadian economy works and our local communities govern themselves more than any previous trade agreement, including NAFTA.
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14-May-2009
AFP
South Korea and Australia have agreed to start talks next week on forging a free trade agreement (FTA), the foreign ministry in Seoul said Wednesday.
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14-May-2009
OneWorld
European free trade policies will continue to drive up job losses in the European Union and worldwide, said a British social justice group following an European Union summit to address the economic crisis’ impact on employment.
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14-May-2009
The News-Sentinel
The United Steelworkers and other US union activists are touring the Midwest by bus advocating foreign trade and health care reforms and a “buy American” mentality, saying increasing poverty and long lines at food pantries are a result of jobs lost to the Central American Free Trade Agreement, North American Free Trade Agreement and other free trade policies.
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14-May-2009
Huffington Post
Despite the claims of the Colombian government and those in the U.S., Canada and the EU eager to consummate "free trade" pacts with that regime, the human rights situation in that country is deteriorating fast. Indeed, by key measures — the killing of unionists, extra-judicial killings by the military, and the forced displacement of civilians — Colombia’s human rights situation is amongst the worst in the world and getting worse. In the case of union killings, it remains the very worst.
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13-May-2009
ADB
A free-trade agreement covering East and South Asia could generate around US$260 billion in additional income and pave the way for further cooperation between the two regions, says a new book from ADB.
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13-May-2009
AFP
Canada would become Europe’s gateway to lucrative North American markets after the signing of an EU-Canada free trade agreement, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said in an interview published Tuesday.
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13-May-2009
The US government said yesterday it would not revive talks on a free trade agreement with southern African countries.
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13-May-2009
Thailand is eager to engage SA on a fully fledged free trade agreement (FTA) with the Southern African Customs Union (Sacu).
