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  • 18-Nov-2008 RMR
    Divide to conquer
    The constant pression exerted by the European Union on the countries of the Andean Community of Nations to reach an FTA under an Association Agreement caused that, while Peru and Colombia decided to follow that path, Ecuador and Bolivia are excluded from the negotiations, similarly to the US imposition of FTAs.
  • 18-Nov-2008 New Europe
    European Parliament gets active in the EU-India FTA talks
    The European Parliament’s International Trade Committee is to visit India shortly to discuss the progress of ongoing negotiations between the European Union and India on a free trade agreement
  • 15-Nov-2008 The News
    Pak-India investment treaty urged
    President of the SAARC Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Tariq Sayeed, has urged the governments of Pakistan and India to sign a ‘Bilateral Investment Treaty’ to foster economic cooperation which will also motivate other countries of the region to promote intra-regional trade and investment.
  • 14-Nov-2008
    Obama not likely to renegotiate NAFTA, ex-diplomat says
    President-elect Barack Obama will likely find a way to back off his election campaign promise to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement, a former Canadian ambassador to both the U.S. and France said here Thursday.
  • 13-Nov-2008
    Ecuador seeks EU trade talks as neighbors move on
    Ecuador wants to negotiate a trade deal with the European Union, reversing its preference for group talks a day after neighboring Colombia and Peru abandoned efforts at a regional partnership in favor of their own deals with the European bloc.
  • 13-Nov-2008
    Comesa summit on Customs Union called off
    The proposed regional Customs Union could be in jeopardy following the postponement of a crucial Common Market for East and Southern Africa (Comesa) summit scheduled for next month.
  • 13-Nov-2008
    Bahrain calls for stepping up free trade deal talks
    Bahrain yesterday called for GCC-EU member states to fast-track the Free Trade Agreement. "Such a deal would send GCC-EU economic co-operation to new heights," Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry chairman Dr Essam Fakhro yesterday said.
  • 13-Nov-2008
    Zimbabwe delays summit on African free trade deal
    Zimbabwe has postponed a summit of Africa’s largest trading block COMESA, which had been scheduled to launch a regional customs union in December, the trade minister said Thursday.
  • 13-Nov-2008
    Manmohan pitches for early conclusion of BIMSTEC trade pact
    Pitching for early conclusion of the BIMSTEC Free Trade Agreement, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday said countries in Asia should give a new strategic thrust to the cooperation in the backdrop of global financial crisis.
  • 13-Nov-2008
    M’sia Exploring Cooperation In Trade & Investment With EFTA
    Malaysia is exploring a framework for cooperation in trade and investment with the European Free Trade Area (EFTA), International Trade and Industry Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said today.
  • 13-Nov-2008
    M’sia Firm To Leave Rice Out Of FTA List In Negotiation With US
    The Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Ministry has assured that it would stick to its decision not to liberalise the markets for padi and rice in negotiating the free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States.
  • 13-Nov-2008
    Bimstec Free Trade Agreement on anvil
    A Free Trade Agreement (FTA) amongst Bimstec region is in the pipeline, according to Mr Yogendra Kumar, additional secretary, ministry of external affairs.
  • 13-Nov-2008
    RP nurses given options to work in Japan as JPEPA takes effect on December 11
    The Japan-Philippine Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) will be in force from December 11 this year, with the swapping last Friday of a diplomatic note between Manila and Tokyo for its implementation.
  • 12-Nov-2008
    Ending 4-year battle, Costa Rica approves CAFTA
    Costa Rica is finally ready to join the Central American Free Trade Agreement.
  • 12-Nov-2008
    China, Peru to ink trade deal as Hu visits Americas
    China and Peru are poised to sign a free trade agreement when the Chinese president visits Latin America this month, a sign of the growing ties between the Asian economic giant and the resource-rich countries whose exports it needs.
  • 12-Nov-2008
    Colombia-US: Will Democrats Bury Free Trade Deal?
    Ratification by the United States Congress of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Colombia appears to be further away than ever, due to the victory of president-elect Barack Obama, who has declared his opposition to the treaty, and to the effects of the financial crisis.
  • 12-Nov-2008
    Roh Shifts Stance on Korea-US FTA
    The governing Grand National Party (GNP) Wednesday accused former President Roh Moo-hyun, who called on the government to prepare for renegotiations of the free trade agreement with the United States which was clinched under his presidency, of reversing his stance.
  • 12-Nov-2008 Dow Jones News
    Trade talks derail between EU, Andean bloc
    Talks for a trade agreement between the European Union and the Andean Community trade bloc have derailed, a top European Commission official said Tuesday.
  • 11-Nov-2008 ABS-CBN
    JPEPA to take effect December 11
    Japan and the Philippines exchanged diplomatic notes Friday in Manila to implement a free trade agreement (FTA) signed between the two sides in 2006, setting December 11 as the date it will enter into force.
  • 11-Nov-2008
    Fair Trade?
    The alarm clock squawks you awake and you reach for your asthma inhaler to start the day. Damn, nearly empty. That’s another whack off the weekly budget. Drugs have got so much more expensive since the 2011 free trade deal forced changes to Pharmac’s bargain basement pricing scheme.