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Pacts with developed nations to take Indian trade into new era
India is currently negotiating preferential trade and investment agreements with some developed countries - the European Union, Japan and Korea.
SMEs deserve special attention in Asean, says Muhyiddin
Malaysian’s International Trade & Industry Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said Saturday night that small & medium enterprises (SMEs) deserve special attention in Asean as they are the backbone of the economies of all the member states.
India, New Zealand to conclude FTA study process
India and New Zealand are keen on completing a study by end of the year to find out feasibility of a free trade agreement for boosting bilateral trade.
Turkey eyes Mercosur trade talks this year - Kayalar
Turkey aims to start negotiations this year over a free-trade agreement with Mercosur, the South American trade bloc, Turkish Foreign Trade Undersecretary Tuncer Kayalar says
Syria-EU relations need review
Syria remains the only partner out of the nine other Mediterranean countries under the Barcelona process who hasn’t signed an association agreement with the EU.
Farmers in massive protests against FTA with US
Downtown Seoul saw massive demonstrations by farmers against the Korea-US free trade agreement and import of US beef on Thursday with some 8,000 farmers from 42 groups nationwide including the Hanwoo Association
Panama projects plow ahead as FTA idles in Congress
“With the United States, our goal is to have a string of free-trading countries from Alaska down to the tip of Argentina and Chile, and Panama is obviously an important link in that chain,” US ambassador to Panama said.
US official calls for concluding investment treaty with India
Daniel Sullivan, assistant secretary in the State Department’s Bureau of Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs, said that concluding a bilateral investment treaty with India is an important priority of the present US administration.
EU wants provinces on board before talks start
After years of exploring the feasibility of a free trade agreement with the European Union, Canadian politicians and officials are now turning their attention to the next Canada-EU summit, in Montreal in October, as the venue for finally launching official talks.
Muhyiddin suggests a pre-negotiation discussion to move forward FTA deal with US
Malaysia and US should have a pre-negotiation discussion on some of the contentious issues that have delayed the progress of the Free Trade Agreement with the US, International Trade and Industry Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said Wednesday.
BITs and peace: The connection
How beneficial are Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) for Contracting states remains a hotly debated issue, threatening to eclipse the success due to misgivings generated largely by the Latin American experience.
India wants trade deal by end of next year
Australia and India should aim to complete a free trade agreement by the end of next year, says India’s influential Commerce and Industry Minister, Kamal Nath.
EU urges India to offer more in bilateral trade talks
The European Commission called on India on Tuesday to go further with its plans to open up its economy to European exports under a planned bilateral trade deal between the two trade powers.
Comesa ministers root for common policy
Comesa trade ministers are rooting for a crash programme to harmonise intra-regional policies before the December 2008 deadline of signing a joint Customs Union (CU).
The EPA conundrum
There are strident calls for the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), due to be signed by Cariforum in July, to be amended, varied or simply not signed. Any possible renegotiation of the treaty, it is acknowledged, might come at a potentially intolerable cost.
Whither regional integration?
As a result of the free trade agreements with the European Union, called economic partnership agreements, regional integration in Southern Africa is in tatters. The question arises: what kind of integration would engender broad-based development?
People’s Summit: Linking Alternatives III declaration
We reject the project of Association Agreements proposed by the European Union and backed by diverse Latin American and Caribbean governments which only aim to deepen and perpetuate the current system of domination which has caused so much harm to our peoples.
Venezuela proposes food crisis fund at controversial trans-Atlantic summit
Of primary emphasis at the summit were the EU’s trade deals, termed “association accords,” with South America’s Andean Community of Nations (CAN) and the southern free trade block MERCOSUR.
Nigeria: Country to lose $478.4 million revenue to EPA
The country will lose an average of $478.4 million revenue in 2008 if it implements the degree of import liberalization as demanded by the Europeans through the Economic Partnership Agreement, EPA, a top official of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, Chibuzo Nwoke has warned.
Europe aims to build links with Mediterranean neighbors
A new body should reinvigorate the proposal for a Euro-Mediterranean free trade zone by 2010, a new European Commission document says.