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22-Oct-2009
AFP
Trade ministers from Australia, New Zealand and Pacific island countries will meet in Brisbane for two days from Friday as negotiations are launched for the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER-Plus).
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22-Oct-2009
National Business Review
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key will be asked this weekend to sign up to an ambitious bid to create what could become the largest multi-national free trade agreement in the world.
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22-Oct-2009
The Hindu
The total lack of transparency, democratic process and public debate on the India-EU FTA highlighted
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21-Oct-2009
The Age
In every Australian free trade agreement the results have been dismal.
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21-Oct-2009
DPA
The money will serve to train IPR enforcement agencies and introduce protection for geographic indications, in the context of an eventual EU-ASEAN FTA
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21-Oct-2009
USTR
There is no investment chapter or investor-state dispute settlement provisions in the Korea-EU FTA (competency for investment matters rests with the individual EU Member States), whereas KORUS features investor protections.
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21-Oct-2009
This is an important week for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Over the weekend, at the Fourth East Asia Summit in Thailand, he will witness the final fruition of the second most important foreign policy initiative he took during his first term in office — the India-Asean Free Trade Agreement.
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21-Oct-2009
Prime Minister John Key will discuss a new Asia-wide trade agreement in Thailand this weekend.
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21-Oct-2009
Horse racing’s spring carnival is upon us. It is the only time when most Australians bet on the horses. After our experience of the past year, many people would think that stockmarket and financial-derivatives investment is not that different to a punt on the Melbourne Cup. There are always a lot of predictions based on form analysis but most of us find a way to lose money on the day.
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20-Oct-2009
BD News
Visiting US assistant trade representative Michael J Delaney has stressed that Dhaka sign a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) with his country to increase bilateral trade. But it’s a controversial issue in Bangladesh.
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20-Oct-2009
The Hankyoreh
According to a draft of the free trade agreement between South Korea and the European Union, once the FTA takes effect, European beef that has a higher risk for mad cow disease than U.S. beef could be allowed into the country.
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20-Oct-2009
Times of India
After signing India-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement as one of the 10 members of the bloc, Jakarta and New Delhi are set to launch negotiations for a similar bilateral deal to open trade in goods and services.
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20-Oct-2009
Venezuelanalysis
ALBA countries signed an agreement to implement the common currency "Sucre" (Unified System of Compensation of Reciprocal Payments). The point of the new currency is to use it instead of the US dollar for commercial exchange between member countries.
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20-Oct-2009
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19-Oct-2009
NAUresistance
Trilateral initiatives, such as NAFTA and the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) have further advanced North American integration. It is also at a state and provincial level that regional integration is being achieved in areas of trade, the environment and energy.
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19-Oct-2009
NAUresistance
The SPP, along with NAFTA have already laid much of the groundwork for a North American Union.
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19-Oct-2009
Korea Times
The new chief of the American Chamber of Commerce in Korea said Monday that the long-stalled Korea-US free trade agreement will not undergo renegotiation, but didn’t rule out "further bilateral discussions" regarding provisions related to the auto sector.
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19-Oct-2009
Inside Costa Rica
ALBA Alimentos will emerge as a grand national project aimed at fighting the regional food crisis, said Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez at the 7th Summit of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA).
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19-Oct-2009
ASEAN Youth Movement
“We demand the rights of the people, who are oppressed by the global trade war and join them in a fight for a more just society that consists of an economic system made up of fair trade, diverse socio-cultures, food sovereignty, human rights and a sustainable environment”
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19-Oct-2009
Lanka Business
The United States has asked Sri Lanka, ranked high for software piracy in Asia, to better enforce intellectual property rights and also lift restrictions on American imports like genetically modified food.
