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ECFA advice for mainland China
1-Feb-2010 Taiwan Today
The Beijing establishment should ask itself: If the US beef controversy was able to cause such a huge ruckus in Taiwan, how much more horrendous would the situation be if hundreds of mainland agricultural goods were allowed entry?
Singapore, Costa Rica conclude free trade negotiations
30-Jan-2010 Inside Costa Rica
The agreement eliminates tariffs, liberalises trade in services and gives new protection to investors.
Obama urged to move on Latin FTAs
29-Jan-2010 LBC
Latin America business leaders and experts are urging President Barack Obama to ask Congress to ratify pending free trade agreements with Colombia and Panama after his State of the Union speech Wednesday pledged to strengthen ties with those countries.
Indonesians protest government’s first 100 days
29-Jan-2010 AFP
"We reject the ASEAN-China FTA. We’ll lose our jobs, we can’t compete with cheap Chinese products," rally coordinator Agus Supriyanto said.
CP Chairman upbeat over China’s market, Sino-Thai cooperation under FTA
29-Jan-2010 Xinhua
Dhanin Chearavanont, chairman of the Thailand’s conglomerate Charoen Pokphand (CP) Group, saya Thailand is gaining more from the FTA than China.
ACFTA worsens unemployment: INDEF
29-Jan-2010 Jakarta Post
Around 1 million Indonesians might lose their job because of ASEAN-China Free Trade Agreement
Stubb proposes free trade agreement and “marriage council” for EU and USA
29-Jan-2010 Helsingin Sanomat
Finland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Alexander Stubb has proposed a common free trade zone for the European Union and the United States and a kind of marriage counselling for the two.
Shall we protest?
27-Jan-2010 BSS
Documentary film about the Chotbul (« candlelight ») political rallies that paralysed the city of Seoul from May to August 2008. The film explains with great insight and passion how a small online forum of fashion victims called the SoulDresser managed to bring 1 million citizens in the streets to protest against the South Korea/US FTA (free trade agreements).
US scholars see WTO as best path to resolving beef dispute
27-Jan-2010 CNA
By taking the case to the WTO, the US will be able to "depoliticize" the issue, a CSIS fellow argues
Peru to start negotiations to join the P4 trade agreement in March 2010
27-Jan-2010 Andina
In March, Peru will start negotiations to join the Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement (TPPA), previously known as P4, announced Peru Deputy Trade Minister, Eduardo Ferreyros.
India to fast-track talks to sew up ASEAN services trade pact
27-Jan-2010 Economic Times
India will try to expedite negotiations on opening up trade in services with the 10-member ASEAN at a senior officials meeting next week in Jakarta.
Jakarta bracing for Thursday’s massive rallies
27-Jan-2010 Antara
According to rally organisers, the people are not satisfied with the present government, particularly with regard to issues such as the implementation of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Indonesia and China which they said would harm the interest of the people.
FTAs to have minor impact
26-Jan-2010
Thailand will not gain much from free trade agreements because of minimal exports between the agreeing parties, says Sethaput Suthiwart-narueput, an executive vice-president of Siam Commercial Bank.
US official says no basis for renegotiation of beef issue
26-Jan-2010 CNA
The US Trade Representative Office said Friday that Taiwan has destroyed its bilateral agreement with the United States on beef imports and there is no basis for renegotiation of the issue.
New trade platform to boost EAC ties with the US
26-Jan-2010 East African
The signing of a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement has been necessitated by the absence of a formal platform where the EAC can engage the US
China, S Korea, Japan to hold preliminary meeting on free trade pact
26-Jan-2010 Xinhua
A trilateral meeting among three Northeast Asian countries is slated for Tuesday in Seoul as the three countries seek to launch a joint research on a free trade pact, Seoul’s trade ministry said Monday.
India-Mexico FTA talks likely in May
26-Jan-2010 Mangalorean
India and Mexico will hold open talks for a full free trade agreement (FTA) in May, Jaime Nualart, ambassador of Mexico, said Monday.
China and Taiwan to start talks on trade deal
25-Jan-2010 Financial Times
To allay fears about the potential negative impacts of ECFA, Mr Ma’s government has pledged not to open Taiwan to Chinese labour or further agricultural imports. Many Taiwanese, however, remain either unconvinced or indifferent.
Trade talks may spike proposal to ban e-waste
24-Jan-2010
India’s free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations with EU and Japan are likely to prevent a proposal to ban trade in electronic waste (e-waste) from being incorporated in the draft rules to be notified by the environment ministry in two months.
Hopes pinned on Gulf trade deal
24-Jan-2010
Closer trade ties with the Middle East will culminate this April with the signing of a free trade agreement. AMANDA MORRALL finds out why the exporter’s road to Mecca is pointing in that direction.