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  • 7-Apr-2010 RTT News
    India, Japan resume FTA talks
    India and Japan resumed dialogues Wednesday in New Delhi on a free trade agreement, or FTA.
  • 7-Apr-2010 Feedstuffs.com
    In first year, Peru trade pact creating US winners
    US corn exports to Peru in PTPA’s first year increased 167% in quantity and more than 100% in value, and the US market share of the Peruvian corn market jumped from 15% to 38%
  • 7-Apr-2010 IP Watch
    Risk of wrongful medicines seizures seen in EU-Central America trade deal
    A new accord designed to bolster political and economic ties between the European Union and Central America could result in greater seizures of medicines whenever pharmaceutical companies allege that their patents have been infringed, public health advocates have warned.
  • 6-Apr-2010 The Citizen
    EU faults Mkapa on Epa
    Former President Benjamin Mkapa of Tanzania has recently warned East African states to be wary of EPA as it was another Europe form of colonising the continent.
  • 6-Apr-2010 The Post
    ‘Silver lining’ around EPAs
    “EPAs are a divide-and-rule tactic being advanced by Europe for selfish interests and Malawi will not sign until all concerns are addressed and I know all these manoeuvres since I was among the pioneers of regional integration,” says President Wa Mutharika.
  • 6-Apr-2010 Bernama
    Singapore, Costa Rica ink FTA
    Singapore and Costa Rica signed the Singapore-Costa Rica Free Trade Agreement on Tuesday.
  • 5-Apr-2010 DPA
    China to replace US as Thailand’s main export market this year
    The surge in Thai exports to China is attributed to China’s strong economic growth and the implementation of the China-ASEAN free trade agreement on January 1
  • 5-Apr-2010 East African
    EAC-EU trade talks hit a snag
    Reports that the East African Community is close to signing an Economic Partnership Agreement with the European Union may be a mirage.
  • 5-Apr-2010 Economic Times
    Australia pushes for environment, labour, IPR in trade pact with India
    The proposed free trade agreement between India and Australia has hit rough waters with the latter insisting that issues including environment, labour, intellectual property, government procurement and competition policy be part of the negotiations.
  • 5-Apr-2010 Taipei Times
    Taiwanese need to have referendum about ECFA
    Talks on an economic cooperation framework agreement (ECFA) are ongoing, but Taiwan has already made a series of major compromises to facilitate the inflow of Chinese capital, in what could be characterized as a downpayment on the ECFA.
  • 5-Apr-2010 Taiwan News
    78 pct of Taiwanese still don’t understand ECFA, says DPP
    An estimated 78 percent of Taiwanese still did not understand what the planned Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement with China was about, an opposition Democratic Progressive Party poll showed yesterday.
  • 5-Apr-2010 FT
    China offers to accelerate trade talks with India
    China has offered to accelerate talks with India aimed at negotiating a bilateral trade agreement in a bid to balance a burgeoning commercial relationship between two of Asia’s largest economies that is now heavily skewed in Beijing’s favour.
  • 5-Apr-2010 Jakarta Globe
    China promises Indonesia $2b in loans for infrastructure projects as part of ACFTA
    China will provide Indonesida with $1.8 billion in export credits to finance the import of Chinese goods for infrastructure projects such as toll roads, bridges and coal-fired power plants.
  • 5-Apr-2010 Jakarta Post
    Will ASEAN-China FTA boost Indonesia’s agricultural export?
    Tariff elimination under the ACFTA will not automatically boost Indonesia’s agricultural export but is an entry point to increase market share in China
  • 2-Apr-2010
    GTPI petition against the FTA between European Union and India
    In light of the meeting with members of the International Trade Commission of the European Parliament, scheduled for April 9th at the office of the Brazilian Interdisciplinary AIDS Association, the Working Group of Intellectual Property (GTPI) decided to promote a on-line petition (in Portuguese and English) as form of protest against the negotiations of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between India and European Union.
  • 1-Apr-2010 Online Journal
    Advancing the Transatlantic Agenda
    A Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement would further deepen transatlantic economic integration and could later include the U.S., as well as Mexico.
  • 31-Mar-2010 AFP
    Chevron wins US$700m arbitration case against Ecuador
    Chevron has won a $US700 million arbitration battle against Ecuador, a case unrelated to a massive environmental damage claim Quito has filed against the US-based oil giant.
  • 31-Mar-2010 Live Mint
    Canadian industry wants India to expedite trade agreement
    The Canadian government is putting pressure on India to fast-track a bilateral trade deal at a time when both countries are negotiating a nuclear deal.
  • 31-Mar-2010 CNA
    Taiwan expects to sign ECFA with China in June: economics minister
    With the approach of the second round of cross-Taiwan Strait talks on a proposed economic cooperation framework agreement (ECFA), Taiwan is expecting the pact to be signed in June, Minister of Economic Affairs Shih Yen-shiang said Tuesday.
  • 30-Mar-2010 Kyodo News
    Japan, Papua New Guinea to start talks on bilateral investment treaty
    Japan and Papua New Guinea agreed Monday to launch negotiations on a bilateral investment treaty, Japanese government officials said.