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  • 7-Apr-2009
    EU’s response key to success of FTA
    A successful conclusion to the free-trade agreement talks between Korea and the European Union will hinge on the EU’s understanding of Korea’s need for the duty drawback measure, Seoul’s chief FTA negotiator said yesterday.
  • 6-Apr-2009
    Don’t proceed with haste on the Korea-EU FTA
    South Korea and the European Union (EU) failed to finalize their negotiations on a free trade deal. The failure comes as both sides were unable to narrow the gap on the so-called ’duty drawback issue,’ although they ironed out differences in almost all other remaining areas.
  • 5-Apr-2009
    Colombia Government Sends Canada, EFTA Free Trade Bills To Congress
    The Colombian government sent key bills to Congress Wednesday, seeking its approval of free trade agreements with Canada and the European Free Trade Association, or EFTA, the Ministry of Commerce said.
  • 5-Apr-2009
    SAARC in negotiations to liberalise trade in services
    South Asia has commenced negotiations in to incorporating trade in services to the South Asia Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA) but a lack of data could slow things down, a senior Economist said.
  • 5-Apr-2009
    Australian ministers discuss Pacific free trade deal in Vanuatu
    Vanuatu’s government has indicated its support for a proposed regional free trade deal between Australia, New Zealand and the wider Pacific region.
  • 5-Apr-2009
    Give PACER a chance, says Tonga Trade Minister
    Tonga’s Trade Minister says it’s unfair for people to criticise the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations or PACER PLUS until it is properly implemented.
  • 4-Apr-2009
    HK unionist warns against ECFA
    A trade unionist from Hong Kong said in Taipei yesterday that closer economic relations with China would not necessarily boost Taiwan’s economy.
  • 4-Apr-2009
    Food exporters attend Japanese trade fairs, earn millions of dollars
    Philippine food exporters were able to sell millions of dollars worth of their products after participating in a business mission and a trade fair in Japan, the country’s third-largest export market.
  • 4-Apr-2009
    Obama wants progress on SKorea free trade-official
    U.S. President Barack Obama told South Korean President Lee Myung-bak on Thursday problems remain on a stalled free trade deal between the two countries but that he wants to make progress, a U.S. official said.
  • 4-Apr-2009
    World Bank says preferential deals don’t help regional performance
    The World Bank says favourable treatment offered by Europe and North America has not helped the Caribbean’s overall trade performance.
  • 3-Apr-2009
    Will Dow challenge Quebec pesticide law?
    Dow AgroSciences is mulling over a NAFTA challenge to Quebec’s law banning the cosmetic use of pesticides, setting a spotlight on one of the most controversial clauses of the trade agreement among Canada, the United States and Mexico.
  • 3-Apr-2009
    Now not the time to be signing away NZ’s sovereignty
    At a time when New Zealand needs the flexibility to respond to pressing domestic economic priorities, and with fresh questions being raised in Australia about the value of their free trade agreements, now was not the time to be signing away New Zealand’s economic sovereignty, Professor Jane Kelsey told a select committee this morning considering the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand free trade agreement.
  • 3-Apr-2009
    In Sierra Leone, Civil Society Dialogue Forum on EPA Ends
    The Africa Youth Coalition Against Hunger - Sierra Leone (AYCAH-SL), Civil Society Movement (CSM) in collaboration with Action Aid International, on 30th March 2009 concluded a one-day Dialogue Forum on Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), at the British Council Auditorium in Freetown.
  • 3-Apr-2009
    Region Cautious on Free Trade with Canada
    Two years ago, newly elected Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper acknowledged his country’s neglect of the Caribbean in recent years.
  • 3-Apr-2009
    EU, Korea failed to finalize trade pact in London
    South Korea and the European Union failed on Thursday to finalize a free trade deal, South Korean officials here said, adding they would seek a way to conclude the deal. South Korean Trade Minister Kim Jong-hoon and his EU counterpart Catherine Ashton met here to narrow differences on some remaining sticky issues, including a so-called duty drawback scheme and rules of origin, but failed to wrap up the agreement.
  • 3-Apr-2009
    Deadly pact
    Opposition is growing over a controversial bilateral trade agreement Canada signed with Colombia in November, the largest trade accord in the Americas after NAFTA.
  • 3-Apr-2009
    Reveal contents of RP-EU Partnership and Cooperation Agreement, urges militant group Pamalakaya
    Militant fisherfolk alliance Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) is urging the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to divulge the content of the RP-European Union Partnership and Cooperation Agreement or (PCA).
  • 3-Apr-2009
    Our FTA with South-East Asia labelled ’mediocre’
    Australia’s biggest ever free trade agreement has been branded as mediocre by one of the first detailed reviews of the deal.
  • 3-Apr-2009 PACNEWS
    Why a free trade agreement with our big brothers could hurt us
    Article explaining possible negative implications (for the Pacific Island Countries) of a free trade agreement with Australia and NZ...
  • 2-Apr-2009
    Legal Issues and Objections to the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand FTA
    Survey of Legal Issues and Objections to AANZFTA from the Perspective of a Philippine N.G.O.