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  • 20-Apr-2009 East African
    ‘Negotiations for a comprehensive EPA on track’
    "The European Commission-East African Community interim economic partnership agreement on trade in goods, which we initialled in November 2007, should be signed shortly", says an EU representative
  • 20-Apr-2009 Final Call
    European Union pushes trade deal on Africa
    The signing of a finalized economic partnership agreement (EPA) between the European Union and southern African countries seems imminent-despite regional trade fragmentation remaining a danger.
  • 20-Apr-2009 China Daily
    EU aims for 15% growth in food exports to China
    A China-EU FTA is not in the cards, but new European Union initiatives aim to boost EU food exports to China by 15% over the next several years.
  • 19-Apr-2009 New Nation
    Japan disagrees to sign EPA with Bangladesh
    Despite repeated efforts from Bangladesh government, Japan is yet to agree to sign Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), an accord to strengthen bilateral economic ties.
  • 19-Apr-2009 Zimbabwean
    Zim balks from treaty with SA
    A bilateral investment treaty between Zimbabwe and South Africa could not be signed last week after Harare requested more details on the accord before it could commit itself, Industry Minister Welshman Ncube said.
  • 19-Apr-2009 AP
    Taiwan to discuss trade agreement with China
    Taiwan will discuss a partial free trade agreement with China and sign pacts to enhance economic cooperation during high-level talks in late April, negotiators said Saturday.
  • 19-Apr-2009 Colombia Reports
    FTA talks have begun: Colombia
    US president Barack Obama has given "instructions" to his Trade Representative Ron Kirk to start talks with Colombia about the pending free trade agreement between the two countries, Colombia’s Trade Minister Luis Guillermo Plata said Friday.
  • 18-Apr-2009 Manila Bulletin
    EU assist to improve exports to Europe
    The Philippines will receive 6.5 million Euros to develop a strategic trade policy for both bilateral and multilateral negotiations, speed up customs procedures, cope with demanding EU regulations on technical standards and comply with the latest requirements on food safety.
  • 17-Apr-2009
    EU-India FTA - trade in goods, IP and SPS chapters (draft Feb 2009)
  • 16-Apr-2009
    Without corn there is no country: Open Letter to the President of the United States
    We, the people of Mexico, also want to renegotiate NAFTA to protect our corn, the jobs of millions of farmers, and the way of life in the Mexican countryside
  • 16-Apr-2009 Oregon Live
    Mexican farm expert lobbies for NAFTA change
    The goal is to reverse adverse effects of NAFTA: save and share traditional farming methods, restore food independence and halt the migration of Mexican farmers to the United States.
  • 16-Apr-2009 Xinhua
    Costa Rica denies blocking negotiation with EU
    On April 1, Nicaragua withdrew from FTA talks with the EU in Honduras as it failed to gain support of other Central American countries on the fund proposal for regional development, in which it suggested the EU accounts for 90 percent and Central America 10 percent. Nicaragua accused Costa Rica of demanding "in the last moment" to review the proposal.
  • 16-Apr-2009 Yomiuri Shimbun
    Foreign nurse, carer intake slow / Facilities worried about extra burdens when hiring Indonesians
    Under a bilateral economic partnership agreement signed by Japan and Indonesia in August 2007, Japan is supposed to accept 1,000 Indonesian nurses and care workers over a two-year period. However, due to a lack of preparation, only about 200 Indonesian nurses and caregivers arrived in Japan in the first year.
  • 16-Apr-2009 Taiwan News
    Cross-strait trade pact could aid FTA talks with US: Taiwan’s rep
    If Taiwan signs an economic cooperation framework agreement (ECFA) with China, this would definitely contribute to future negotiations with the United States on a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA), Taiwan’s representative to Washington, D.C. said Wednesday.
  • 16-Apr-2009 Korea Times
    ’GM to determine fate of S Korea-US FTA’
    How the US President Obama administration deals with General Motors will determine the fate of the free trade agreement between Korea and the United States, the former first deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said.
  • 15-Apr-2009 BusinessWorld
    US firms urge Washington to cultivate Asia-Pacific links
    The Asia-Pacific Council of American Chambers is urging the Obama administration, while AmCham Philippines is lobbying the Macapagal Arroyo government, to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade area
  • 15-Apr-2009 Rabble.ca
    Just what we don’t need: An investor rights deal with the EU
    How many Canadians realize the Harper government is well into detailed talks aimed at concluding a comprehensive “free trade” agreement with the European Union?
  • 15-Apr-2009 Korea Times
    AMCHAM presses Obama on FTA
    The Obama administration and the US Congress should approve and implement the still un-ratified Korea-US free trade agreement (KORUS FTA) as early as possible, and consider how the business community can help respond to potential humanitarian crises in North Korea, two major US business lobby groups closely linked to Korea said Tuesday.
  • 15-Apr-2009 AFN
    Minister heads to China in search of FTA and global food security agreement
    Australia is seeking undertakings from China to work collaboratively on supporting global food supplies and to accelerate negotiations to forge a free trade agreement that delivers benefits for Australia’s farming, fishing and forestry industries.
  • 15-Apr-2009 GMA News
    Free trade deals could help counter falling trade, ADB study says
    The Asian Development Bank has released the first comprehensive survey of the impact on business of East Asia’s numerous FTAs.