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Solo IEPA will destroy Ghanaian Businesses
26-Nov-2011
Since the beginning of the year, the Trade and Industry Minister, Hon Hannah Tetteh has continued with her push for Ghana to sign and ratify the Interim Economic Partnership Agreement (IEPA) that was initialled in 2007 to save small proportion of exporters whose main export destination is the European market.
EPA negotiations coming to a close, says EAC head
26-Nov-2011
Experts from the East African Community secretariat will next month fly to Brussels Belgium for an audience with European Union officials to finalise the long-standing negotiations on Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs).
Korea`s next problem after FTA ratification: trade lawyers
26-Nov-2011
Korea’s Office of the Minister for Trade recently attempted to recruit lawyers specializing in international trade before the effectuation of the free trade agreement with the European Union.
Call for an alternative investment model
26-Nov-2011 NJGI
If your organisation would like to join the call, please do so before 7 December
Judge under fire for post critical of FTA railroad
26-Nov-2011
Controversy is expected following a Supreme Court decision to deliberate in its public officials’ ethics committee over the appropriateness of a sitting associate judge’s Facebook post critical of the railroading of the South Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA).
Air of intrigue in move against plain packaging
25-Nov-2011 Canberra Times
Despite the compelling rationale that the public has a stake, Philip Morris’ claims will not be heard in an Australian court by respected judges, but by an ad-hoc tribunal that will meet in Singapore or another foreign country.
Philippine-Japan agreement to undergo formal negotiations in Dec.
25-Nov-2011 BusinessWorld
A work standard for Filipino nurses and caregivers in Japan and the raising of tariff quotas for chicken and other agricultural items will be among the issues that the Philippines will raise when it reviews its bilateral agreement with Japan next month.
US to fight cyber wars with free trade
25-Nov-2011 Sydney Morning Herald
Selling Aussie technology to the US military just got easier.
Seoul, Beijing to start FTA talks in January
25-Nov-2011 Chosun Ilbo
Seoul and Beijing hope to start bilateral free trade talks in January, according to the Chosun Ilbo. They already agree to keep out sensitive items like agricultural produce.
Assembly’s trade panel chief offers to resign over US FTA
24-Nov-2011 Korea Times
The chairman of Korea’s parliamentary committee on foreign affairs, trade and unification offered to resign Thursday, two days after his ruling party forced through a free trade agreement with the United States amid tear gas and physical scuffles.
Preventing a KORUS FTA train wreck
24-Nov-2011
The train for the South Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA) has not yet left the station. We are the passengers on board, not the tearful ones waving handkerchiefs and seeing them off. We should never have boarded this train to begin with, but now that we have stumbled aboard, we must now do all we can to ensure the train does not derail, and get off before we reach the cliff.
Business leaders urge US, EU consider trade pact
23-Nov-2011
After President Barack Obama’s commitment this month to a transpacific free trade agreement, business leaders in Europe and United States are asking for a similar initiative across the North Atlantic to spur economic growth and create jobs.
Occupy, South Korean activists protest trade deal
23-Nov-2011 DN!
Occupy Wall Street protesters joined with a group of South Korean activists on Tuesday to rally against the so-called free trade deal between Seoul and the United States. The demonstrators rallied outside the South Korean mission in New York.
India deal won’t study asbestos: Analysts
23-Nov-2011 Embassy Mag
Canadian exports of asbestos to India won’t be examined as part of an environmental assessment recently launched in connection with the Canada-India free trade talks, say experts—and that has some calling on the government to widen its scope.
Ruling government scrambles to contain voter backlash
23-Nov-2011 Hankyoreh
Korea’s ruling GNP’s surprise railroading of the ratification of the US FTA on Tuesday stands a strong chance of having an unfavorable impact on the administration due to its “procedural violence.”
Business leaders urge US, EU consider trade pact
23-Nov-2011 Reuters
The private sector Transatlantic Business Dialogue wants Obama and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso to agree when the two leaders meet on Monday to explore the idea of negotiating a "TransAtlantic Economic and Trade Pact."
FTA to boost auto industry, hurt drug makers, farmers
23-Nov-2011 Korea Times
The income levels of Korean farmers could be shaved, with the livestock industry in particular taking a severe beating following the implementation of the FTA.
Montenegro signs FTA with Ukraine, expects to join WTO soon
23-Nov-2011
Montenegro’s Economy Minister Vladimir Kavarić and his Ukrainian counterpart Andrii Klyuyev signed today in Kyiv the free trade agreement between the two states, which will enable Montenegro to resume its accession negotiations with the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and join the organisation in the near future.
Services sector deal with asean bloc stuck
23-Nov-2011
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will reach Bali on Thursday to hold meetings with leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) and attend the East Asia Summit over the weekend, but a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) between India and the 10-member regional bloc remains elusive.
Business groups welcome FTA passage as historic watershed
23-Nov-2011
Business organizations on Tuesday hailed the parliamentary ratification of the Korea-U.S. free trade agreement as a major turning point in Korea’s economy and history of trade.