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Colombia to begin FTA talks with Israel
10-Mar-2012
Colombia’s Business, Industry, and Tourism minister has announced the first round of Free Trade Agreement (FTA) talks to be held with Israel next week, said Colombian business newspaper Portfolio, Thursday.
Japan, Canada preparing to start FTA talks: sources
9-Mar-2012
Japan and Canada are preparing to begin negotiations on a free trade agreement and may possibly reach an initial accord by the end of this month on holding the talks, sources close to the matter said Wednesday.
Davies says intra-African trade is key to SA growth
7-Mar-2012
Strengthening bilateral trade and investment relations with African countries was a key trade and economic strategy for South Africa, Trade and Industry Minister Dr Rob Davies told the sixth Africa Economic Forum in Cape Town this week.
Push for free trade requires second thought
7-Mar-2012
Canada is a trading nation, with one-third of our Gross Domestic Product (GDP) coming from our exports. Of course, it should come as no surprise that the U.S. and Mexico make up a large proportion of this trade (approximately 76 per cent).
Gov’t starts efforts to frame trade pact
7-Mar-2012
The Trade department has started efforts to frame a trade pact between the European Union and the Philippines, a Cabinet official yesterday said.
On the menu in Taiwan? US beef with a dash of ractopamine
7-Mar-2012 WSJ
Taiwanese officials on Wednesday said they would recommend a conditional lifting of restrictions against U.S. beef that contains a “safe level” of ractopamine, a meat-leanness enhancer used by U.S. cattle raisers, to the legislature.
Govt urged to review Thai-EU pact
7-Mar-2012 Bangkok Post
FTA Watch is urging the Thai government to review a proposed free trade pact with the European Union as they say it ignores public participation in decision-making and denies scrutiny of the negotiations.
US calls for additional FTA measures to ensure transparency in medicine pricing in Korea
7-Mar-2012 Arirang
With just days left before the implementation of the US-Korea free trade agreement Washington is drawing attention to a little publicized area of the trade treaty, the part covering the pricing of medicine in Korea. The US says it wants more transparency; the Korean pharmaceutical industry says it wants to maintain control over pricing domestically.
PHL: Gov’t starts efforts to frame trade pact
7-Mar-2012 BusinessWorld
The trade department has started efforts to frame a trade pact between the European Union and the Philippines, a Cabinet official yesterday said. This comes as Manila firms up discussions with Transpacific Partnership (TPP) members on the Philippines’ eventual entry into the United States-led regional trade deal.
Can Burma re-open Asean free trade talks with EU?
6-Mar-2012 Irrawaddy News
From pariah state to pivotal partner in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean)—that’s the emerging view among many members states who see a liberalizing Burma as holding the key to better access to markets outside the region.
ANALYSIS: Academics lambaste US’ ractopamine safety data
5-Mar-2012 Taipei Times
Local experts in hygiene and veterinary medicine have urged the US to squarely face the challenges posed by the scientific evidence on which it has based its contention that US beef containing the lean meat-enhancing feed additive ractopamine is safe for human consumption, before it presses Taiwan to handle the issue scientifically.
TPP negotiators turn to pharmaceutical reimbursement
5-Mar-2012 Info Justice
Negotiations of the Transpacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) have turned to discussions of the pharmaceutical reimbursement chapter. This issue is highly controversial and represents a very recent shift in US trade policy.
VN, EU push for free trade agreement
5-Mar-2012 VNA
The EU hope negotiations for an FTA with Vietnam will be announced at the EU-ASEAN business summit taking place in Phnom Penh on April 1
Labor standing firm on Pacific trade deal
5-Mar-2012 Sydney Morning Herald
The federal government is standing firm against Australian and US business demands that it allow controversial dispute settlement clauses into an ambitious new Pacific free trade deal.
US in talks with India on bilateral investment treaty
5-Mar-2012 Times of India
The United States says it is developing a new model bilateral investment treaty (BIT) and had intensified its engagement with potential partners like India and China to conclude such a treaty with them.
India-Canada free trade agreement could be finalised by 2013: Canadian diplomat
5-Mar-2012 Economic Times
The Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) or Free Trade Agreement between India and Canada may be finalised by 2013, according to a top Canadian diplomat.
’Meet the new boss’: The rise of Colombia’s labor co-ops
2-Mar-2012 Global Post
According to labor-rights activists as well as a recent US State department report, many Colombian co-ops function as glorified temp agencies providing companies with cheap and docile non-union workers.
Pak opens door to all Indian products
2-Mar-2012 The Nation
The Federal government’s decision to liberalise trade with India and cabinet approval to eliminate negative list by year end are going to open country’s doors to Indian products whereas Pakistan has nothing significant to export India except raw gypsum, salt and dry fruits.
US officials coming to India for talks on investment pact
2-Mar-2012 Hindu Business Line
US officials would soon travel to India for talks on Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT), a top trade official has said, hoping the talks would conclude soon.
Colombian foreign minister voices optimism over inking bilateral EPA
2-Mar-2012 Japan Times
The foreign minister was in Japan to attend a joint study on a bilateral EPA, which President Santos and Prime Minister Noda agreed on launching last September.