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AMCHAM interferes in domestic policies through FTA
7-Jan-2012
Under the Korea-US Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA), Korean civil servants would be excluded from the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA)’s process of price determination. Instead independent review procedures could be used to set prices for medicines and medical supplies. This has caused concern among health care groups who worry that multinational pharmaceutical companies could use the independent review procedure to change the Korean government’s medicine prices.
Piatnytsky: FTA agreement with EU larger and deeper than similar agreement with CIS
7-Jan-2012
Government Commissioner for Ukraine’s European Integration Valeriy Piatnytsky has said that the association agreement between Ukraine and the EU in terms of creating a deep and comprehensive free trade area (FTA) is larger and deeper than a similar agreement with the CIS countries.
South Korea important in free trade nexus
7-Jan-2012
After the deadlocks on the Asean-European Union and Malaysia-United States free trade agreements, Malaysia switched its earlier stance.
Suspending Customs Union with EU
7-Jan-2012
I will disclose details of a private meeting between Turkish and EU officials to shed some light on what has been a rather sour note between Ankara and Brussels for more than a decade now. The gathering took place amid a eurozone sovereign debt crisis and tumultuous Arab revolutions, both of which have put Turkey’s growing trade under considerable strain.
Pakistan, Indonesia to sign PTA this month
6-Jan-2012 APP
The signing of the Preferential Trade Agreement by Pakistan and Indonesia is expected this month and will lead to a Free Trade Agreement between the two countries
Pacific ACP Group to conclude comprehensive EPAs with the EU
5-Jan-2012 CTA
Following the 94th ACP Council of Ministers held December 2011 in Brussels, the Pacific region is committed to continue negotiating a comprehensive EPA as a single region. Negotiations will be concluded in 2012, as mandated by Pacific ACP Leaders in September 2011.
Jagdish Bhagwati: America’s threat to trans-Pacific trade
3-Jan-2012 Project Syndicate
The TPP is a testament to the ability of US industrial lobbies, Congress, and presidents to obfuscate public policy.
Unearthed documents illustrate pitfalls of ISD clause
3-Jan-2012 The Hankyoreh
The experiences of former judge Abner Mikva, an arbitrator in a NAFTA dispute, demonstrate how he was pressured to favor the interests of the American establishment
Costa Rica to tap FTA with China in 2012: trade minister
2-Jan-2012
Costa Rica will take advantage of its Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with China to strengthen its commercial ties with other Asian countries in 2012, Costa Rican Trade Minister Anabel Gonzalez said here Thursday.
Seoul to expand help for fishing, agricultural sectors under free trade deals
2-Jan-2012
South Korea will expand its support for the fishery and agricultural sectors to ease their losses from a massive influx of outside products under free trade agreements (FTAs), the finance ministry said Monday.
Kingdom, UAE dominate Turkish-GCC trade
1-Jan-2012
Turkish trade with the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council), in spite of considerable positive progress in recent years, is lagging far behind its potential. Negotiations for a free trade agreement between Turkey and the GCC were launched in November 2005 but are still ongoing and are expected to conclude soon. The delays appear to have been linked above all to the global economic crisis with the talks suspended for a while in 2008-2009, according to a report "Turkey and the GCC: A strengthening Relationship" issued by the National Commercial Bank (NCB).
India-EU FTA could hurt local auto industry: Patel
1-Jan-2012
Even as the negotiations for the impending India- European Union (EU) free trade agreement (FTA) seem to have entered the last stage, heavy industries minister Praful Patel has written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressing concerns on the adverse impact of such a move on the domestic industry.
Peru eyes trade deal with Russia - report
29-Dec-2011 Dow Jones
Peru is looking to begin talks for a free trade agreement with Russia next year, following the World Trade Organization’s approval of Russia’s membership in the trade body earlier this month
Trade agreement strengthens Fiji’s ties with Australia
28-Dec-2011 ABC
Australia’s Labor government has approved an extension of the South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Cooperation Agreement (SPARTECA) with Fiji despite remaining "deeply concerned about the human rights situation in Fiji."
Harper government on a free-trade frenzy
28-Dec-2011 Montreal Gazette
Deals could have profound effects on jobs, privacy, costs, food and health care
Israel, South Korea aim to sign free trade agreement by April 2012
28-Dec-2011 Diamond News
The Israeli government has announced that South Korea and Israel will begin free trade talks with the goal to sign a trade pact by April.
South Korean lawmakers call for renegotiation of trade agreement with US
28-Dec-2011 VoA
South Korean lawmakers on Tuesday adopted a resolution urging the country’s government to renegotiate portions of the recently ratified free trade agreement with the United States.
Iran, Armenia mulling free trade agreement
25-Dec-2011
To boost their economic and trade ties Iran and Armenia are preparing the ground for signing a free trade agreement, Iran’s Foreign Minister Ali-Akbar Salehi says.
Senate body briefed on MFN status to India
24-Dec-2011
Trade liberalisation with India has partially been linked to signing of four agreements to remove all tariff and non-tariff barriers that hinder Pakistani exports to Indian market.
Taiwan, Israel to set up free-trade pact working group
24-Dec-2011
Highlighting its determination to enhance trade ties with foreign partners, the Ministry of Economic Affairs yesterday announced that Taiwan and Israel had reached a consensus over the establishment of a working group to study the feasibility of signing a free-trade agreement (FTA) by 2013.