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Greens on FTA with Japan
16-Dec-2009 Big Pond News
Australia should not agree to a free trade agreement (FTA) with Japan unless the Asian nation stops whaling in the Southern Ocean, the Australian Greens say.
South Korea, Japan to hold free trade negotiations next week
16-Dec-2009 Bernama
South Korea and Japan will hold the fourth round of their bilateral free trade talks next week in Seoul next week, Seoul’s trade ministry said Wednesday
US think tank admits NAFTA failed Mexico
16-Dec-2009 Nicaragua Solidarity Network of Greater New York
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, an influential Washington DC-based think tank, released “Rethinking Trade Policy for Development: Lessons From Mexico Under NAFTA,” challenging what the report notes is a widespread assumption in the US “that Mexico was the undeniable winner from NAFTA.”
China, Norway start sixth round of FTA talks
16-Dec-2009 Global Times
Negotiators from China and Norway started in Oslo on Tuesday morning the sixth round of free trade area(FTA) talks, which will last till Thursday.
Taiwan’s opposition may besiege Presidential Office to protest talks
16-Dec-2009 Taiwan News
Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party is planning to muster 100,000 people to take part in a march on Dec. 20 in the central city to voice the party’s opposition to the proposed cross-strait trade agreement, known as an economic cooperation framework agreement.
Taiwan fears China trade deal could cost jobs
16-Dec-2009 Radio Australia
Unions in Taiwan say they fear there could be huge job losses if a proposed free trade agreement is signed with mainland China. Talks on the deal are scheduled for next week between senior officials from Beijing and Taipei.
US preparing to revisit trade pact with South Korea
16-Dec-2009 Reuters
US officials are preparing for talks with South Korea to address autos and other concerns that have blocked approval of a bilateral free trade agreement, the top US trade official said on Tuesday.
Jakarta opts not to confront China on trade
16-Dec-2009 FT
The Indonesian government will not attempt to renegotiate a free trade agreement between Southeast Asian nations and China that will go into effect on January 1, but will request a delay in eliminating import tariffs on more than 300 Chinese products, officials said on Tuesday.
US wants Japan, Malaysia, South Korea to join talks
15-Dec-2009 Bloomberg
The US wants Japan, Malaysia and South Korea to join negotiations for a regional free-trade agreement in Asia, Trade Representative Ron Kirk said.
Obama tells Congress US will pursue Asia trade
15-Dec-2009 Bloomberg
“TPP is about re-establishing the role of the US in the Asian region,” Calman Cohen, president of the Washington-based Emergency Committee for American Trade, told reporters Dec. 11. “If they get it right, it can be a real shot in the arm.”
RI-China FTA rules unlikely to be delayed: China says
15-Dec-2009 Jakarta Post
While local industries are seeking a delay in the full implementation of the free trade agreement (FRA) with China, to start in January, China says this stands little chance of succeeding.
Nigeria & Thailand negotiate bilateral trade agreement for rice production
15-Dec-2009 Pattaya Daily News
Recently the Thai Commerce Minister visited Nigeria were he discussed the proposal of a Bilateral Trade and Investment Agreement — primarily involving agricultural development — with the Nigerian Minister for Commerce and Industry.
EU and Port-au-Prince sign economic partnership agreement
15-Dec-2009 EuroPolitics
By signing, on 11 December, an economic partnership agreement with the EU, Haiti has jointed the fourteen other member states of Cariforum, the organisation of Caribbean countries, that signed the EPA in October 2008.
House approves renewal of Andean trade benefits
15-Dec-2009 Reuters
The US House of Representatives on Monday approved a one-year extension of soon-to-expire trade benefits for Ecuador, Colombia, Peru and a long list of other developing countries.
US-NZ trade talks expected to start in March
15-Dec-2009 TVNZ
US trade officials have formally notified the US Congress of President Barack Obama’s intention to negotiate a regional free trade deal with Vietnam, New Zealand, Singapore, Chile and three other countries in the Asia Pacific area.
RP elections cast cloud on trade pact
14-Dec-2009 Business Mirror
Philippine elections pose uncertainty in the regional tariff regime, with neighbors wondering whether the new government next year can live up to its free-trade commitments with member-countrie
China may displace the US as main trading partner of Peru
14-Dec-2009 Andina
On December 7, Peru’s government ratified a free trade agreement with China, noting that this decision "favors Peru’s interests." Peru is one of China’s major trading partners in Latin America.
Colombia’s dubious strategy to push through an FTA with the European Union
14-Dec-2009 ITUC
The ITUC is appalled at the strategy used by the Colombian government to discredit the ITUC Colombian affiliates – CUT, CGT and CTC – and the National Trade Union School by sending incendiary information from a completely unrepresentative trade union to European Union Members of Parliament.
Haiti signs the CARIFORUM–EU Economic Partnership Agreement
14-Dec-2009 eGovMonitor
Haiti today signed the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) and joins the fourteen Caribbean States that signed the EPA in October 2008.
Single currency a step closer for ALBA nations
14-Dec-2009 Global Times
The creation of a regional currency among Latin American countries drew closer over the weekend as Cuba agreed to pay for a shipment of Venezuelan rice in sucres – the new currency.