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US Trade Rep ’Cautiously Optimistic’ Of Mutually-beneficial FTA
24-Aug-2006
The US Trade Representative is "cautiously optimistic" that the US and Malaysia will be able to conclude a mutually-beneficial free trade agreement (FTA) during the remaining rounds of the negotiations despite the tight deadline.
Court denies Occidental bid for assets - Ecuador
24-Aug-2006
An international arbitration court has rejected a request by Occidental Petroleum Corp. to stop Ecuador from seizing its assets in the Andean country, a government official said on Tuesday.
Japan wins Asean support for Nikai initiative
23-Aug-2006
Japan won support from Asean Wednesday for a study into a free trade area in East Asia covering 16 countries but the grouping wants Tokyo to prioritise clinching a trade pact with it beforehand.
US trade chief comments on ASEAN pact
23-Aug-2006
The United States trade chief said Wednesday a trade pact to be signed with ASEAN nations this week is a great boost to economic relations, but she urged the bloc to do more to push Myanmar toward democracy.
M’sia & US Agree Not To Rush Into Signing FTA
23-Aug-2006
Malaysia and the United States have agreed not to rush into concluding a mutually-beneficial free trade agreement (FTA) until both parties are satisfied with what was being negotiated.
KoA Newletter#2 - KoA - The 3rd Round of Korea-US FTA Talks coming...
23-Aug-2006 KOA
The third round of talks over the Korea-U.S. FTA will be held in Seattle in the United States -a famous battleground of the WTO protests in 1999-from 6th to 9th September.
The rush to bilateral pacts: Throttling trade while trying to promote it
23-Aug-2006
A plethora of Asian beggar-thy-neighbor agreements threatens to throttle global trade in the name of trying to save it.
Japan, Philippines aim to sign FTA in Sept.
23-Aug-2006
Japan and the Philippines plan to conclude their bilateral free trade agreement in September and put it into effect by the end of 2007, it was learned Wednesday.
Bi-Monthly Analysis of Regional Integration (BIMANORI) #1
23-Aug-2006
Nature abhors a vacuum, and so when regional organisations go making ostensibly grandiose claims that they will create a single currency, seek economic convergence, or establish an army, it is easy to speculate that these are not articulated outside a context.
Investment provisions in economic integration agreements
23-Aug-2006 UNCTAD
The growing proliferation of economic integration investment agreements (EIIAs) has led to a multilayered and multifaceted web of investment rules.
Competition provisions in Regional Trade Agreements
23-Aug-2006
Papers from a Yeditepe University conference on competition policy and regional trade agreements.
Conclude an Economic Partnership Agreement between Japan and India at an early date - Nippon Keidanren
23-Aug-2006 Nippon Keidanren
A plea from the Japan Business Federation for a Japan-India FTA, outlining what the corporations would like it to provide.
Japan’s efforts on Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)
23-Aug-2006 MOFA
Snapshot of Japan’s current bilateral free trade agreement efforts, from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Senators demand US retain tariff on S Korean autos even after FTA
23-Aug-2006 Asia Pulse
Two US senators proposed a bill demanding the United States retain the existing import tariff on South Korean automobiles regardless of a future trade agreement as a way to pry open the Asian trade partner’s market.
The 3rd round of Korea-US FTA talks coming...
23-Aug-2006 KoA
The third round of talks over the Korea-U.S. FTA will be held in Seattle in the United States — a famous battleground of the WTO protests in 1999 — from 6th to 9th September.
Patent or patient? How Washington uses trade deals to protect drugs
23-Aug-2006 Financial Times
The controversy over the impact of bilateral trade agreements on public health poses particular difficulties for the Geneva-based WHO, which is gearing up for the highly political election of a new director-general.
India, Nepal set to resume trade talks
23-Aug-2006 Financial Express
After a gap of almost two years, India and Nepal are all set to resume trade talks. Commerce secretaries from both the sides will meet in New Delhi on August 24 and 25 for consultations and to review bilateral trade, investment, infrastructure and transit issues.
US trade sanctions seek to pressure Latin America
23-Aug-2006 IRC Americas Program
The US government’s announcement that it will review the possibility of limiting, suspending, or withdrawing trade preferences under the General System of Preferences (GSP) to three Latin American countries—Argentina, Brazil, and Venezuela—is political pressure to make these nations participate in the model of regional integration proposed by the United States.
Impasses probables dans les négociations internationales : Le fameux Plan B du ministre «Decroix»
22-Aug-2006 Le Quotidien
Le Sénégal ne voit plus, semble-t-il, le besoin de poursuivre les négociations commerciales internationales si les choses n’évoluent pas.
Could US firms be left in the cold?
22-Aug-2006
US enterprises are chafing at the bit to get into Vietnam, yet many business heads are concerned that if Congress does not establish permanent normal trade relations (PNTR) with their former foe, then firms from other countries will have a trade advantage.