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  • 4-Jun-2007
    Council of ALBA Ministers to Meet
    The country members of the Bolivarian Alternative of the Americas (ALBA) prepare Monday the first meeting of the Council of Ministers, created during the 5th Summit of that integration mechanism.
  • 4-Jun-2007
    Development Through Trade
    Indian interest in the South African economy is growing apace. Planned investments by Indian companies in SA over the coming years reportedly add up to billions of rands.
  • 4-Jun-2007
    India, Mercosur, SACU agreement to enhance trade
    Government today said a trilateral agreement with trade bloc Mercosur and South Africa Customs Union (SACU) is under consideration to widen the scope of South-South Cooperation.
  • 4-Jun-2007
    Thai-Korean trade talks hung up on rice
    Thailand and South Korea will continue to work toward a bilateral free-trade agreement, according to Nitya Pibulsonggram, the minister of foreign affairs. Trade talks between the two countries were now focused on cutting tariffs for rice and fruit, two key Thai exports.
  • 4-Jun-2007
    FTA to spur RoK investment into VN
    Republic of Korea (RoK)’s firms are set to invest further into Viet Nam’s booming economy after a free trade agreement (FTA) between the two nations comes into effect on June 1, according to a report issued by the Korea Trade Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA).
  • 4-Jun-2007
    Trade agreements would boost state’s pork industry
    When it comes to U.S. trade policy, in recent years it has seemed more difficult to gain bipartisan agreement among American policy-makers than to negotiate with foreign governments.
  • 4-Jun-2007
    Controversial Philippine-Japan Free Trade Deal Not To Be Approved In 13th Congress
    The controversial Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement, the free trade deal signed between Manila and Tokyo, will have to wait for the next Congress for ratification, as the document is not included in agenda in the last three plenary sessions of the 13th Congress of the Philippines this week.
  • 4-Jun-2007
    Court in Costa Rica to Review CAFTA at Legislators’ Request
    At the request of a group of legislators, the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court (Sala IV) will review a controversial trade pact before Costa Rican citizens vote on it, according to a statement released Friday by the Judicial Branch.
  • 4-Jun-2007
    MANEG lists problems of export in ECOWAS sub-region
    Manufacturers Association of Nigeria Export Group (MANEG), an arm of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has listed the impediments to pro-export growth in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) sub-region.
  • 4-Jun-2007
    Talking with the US president and investors about globalisation
    In two weeks (June 19-21), CARICOM Prime Ministers will meet with President George W. Bush, in Washington. CARICOM officials will also meet with the Caribbean diaspora at the Conference of the Caribbean: A 20:20 Vision.
  • 4-Jun-2007
    Central Africa: Not Ready to Negotiate Trade with Europe
    Central Africa seems an unlikely candidate for a free trade deal with the European Union.
  • 4-Jun-2007
    Caterpillar Pushes for Passage of U.S.-Panamanian Trade Promotion Agreement
    In testimony given Wednesday, May 16, before the United States International Trade Commission in Washington D.C., the Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) vice president with responsibility for Latin America emphasized why a Panama Trade Promotion Agreement will be remarkably beneficial for the U.S., Panama and the region.
  • 4-Jun-2007
    U.S. Cracks Down on Copyright
    There will be more criminal prosecutions for intellectual property (IP) violations as a result of Australia’s Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States, according to leading IP academics.
  • 4-Jun-2007
    Pak, Bangla fears about open trade with India misplaced: Sinha
    Describing Bangladesh and Pakistan’s fears about having open trade with India as "completely misplaced", former External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha on Sunday asked them to understand the logic of mutual economic benefits which should triumph over politics.
  • 4-Jun-2007
    Take your partners for economic integration
    Japan should continue its push for economic integration in East Asia while at the same time solidifying its relations with the United States, with an eye toward a bilateral free-trade agreement with the U.S., said participants in a recent symposium in Tokyo.
  • 4-Jun-2007
    FTA to help promote Pak, Lanka trade ties
    Pakistan and Sri Lanka have great potential to expand their trade relations which will be supplemented by the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the two countries. This was stated by Dr S B Dorakunbura, High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to Pakistan, at a meeting with Tanvir Ahmad Sheikh President, FPCCI, at the Federation House, Karachi, on Saturday.
  • 4-Jun-2007 Economic Times
    India, Brazil have reasons to join hands
    The India-Brazil strategic partnership formalised in September last year during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s tour of the South American country will be reinforced this week with specific inputs on trade and technology, according to official sources.
  • 3-Jun-2007 UP Forum
    JPEPA: Fair trade?
    New RP-Japan trade pact may just spell false hopes for Filipino health care workers.
  • 3-Jun-2007
    Consolidation of the India-Brazil strategic partnership
    The meaning of my visit to India - the second one since my election as the President of Brazil - is to reiterate our readiness to forge a strategic alliance between our countries as I announced during my inaugural address in 2003. The visit of Prime-Minister Manmohan Singh to Brasilia in 2006 has greatly contributed to reinforce this partnership.
  • 3-Jun-2007
    Trade facilitation under the SAFTA
    Business houses in South Asian region are seeking specific timeframe to remove bottlenecks that hinder trade and investment in the SAARC region. It is sad to note that whatever developments take place in the business and political forums; those are not implemented at the operation level.