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12-Jan-2010 The Hindu
Israel pushing for trade pact with India
Israel on Monday said it wants to push for a free trade agreement with India with an objective of tripling bilateral commerce to USD 12 billion over the next four-five years. -
11-Jan-2010 Jakarta Globe
China trade deal to cost Indonesia ’millions of jobs’
In the latest and most authoritative warning about a new region-wide free-trade agreement with China, an executive with the state social security provider PT Jamsostek predicts that as many to two million Indonesians will be laid off because their firms can’t outperform their Chinese rivals. -
11-Jan-2010 Time
Will beef derail US-Taiwan trade relations?
The U.S. Defense Department’s approval of a new arms package to Taiwan on Wednesday was the best new year’s gift that President Ma Ying-jeou could ask for -
10-Jan-2010 Reuters
Palestinians seek to shut down settler trade
Prime Minister Fayyad said if Palestinians wanted to persuade the European Union to ban trade with the settlements — considered illegal under international law — they would have to do it themselves first. -
10-Jan-2010
FFII calls to remove IP chapter from EU-Korea free trade agreement
The Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure (FFII) calls upon the EU Parliament and member states to remove the intellectual property rights chapter from the EU - Korea Free Trade Agreement. -
8-Jan-2010 Fruitnet.com
ASEAN trade deal under fire
Australia’s free trade agreement with ASEAN is in effect, but Nationals leader Warren Truss sees the deal as a one-way street -
7-Jan-2010 UPI
Mercosur eludes Chavez as Paraguay demurs
Venezuela’s hopes of an early inclusion into the Mercosur trading bloc suffered a new blow as Paraguayan Vice President Federico Franco ruled out ratification of the pact while Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez harbored designs on the landlocked state -
7-Jan-2010 Dow Jones
Minister: Peru set to sign EU free trade accord in May
Peru’s free trade agreement with the European Union should be signed in Madrid in May, Foreign Affairs Minister Jose Antonio Garcia Belaunde said Thursday. -
7-Jan-2010 Examiner
Taiwan bans US beef
Taiwan’s legislative Yuan Tuesday banned the sale of US beef to that island country, a move that infuriated US beef exporters and could lead to trade disputes with the United States. -
7-Jan-2010 Jakarta Post
Thousands rally to demand delay of ASEAN-China FTA
Thousands of workers from across West Java staged a rally in Bandung on Wednesday, demanding the implementation of the ASEAN-China Free Trade Agreement be postponed in Indonesia. -
5-Jan-2010 Press TV
Taiwan bans import of US beef
In a reversal of a negotiated deal with Washington, Taiwanese lawmakers on Tuesday banned imports of some kinds of beefs from the United States, citing health concerns. -
5-Jan-2010 CSM
Taiwan curbs US beef imports in latest Asia trade frictions
Health concerns and angry protests have prompted partial bans on US beef imports in Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea – most recently by Taipei on Tuesday. The recurring dispute has strained relations. -
5-Jan-2010 Reuters
Indonesia may seek tariff delays in ASEAN-China pact
Indonesia’s coordinating minister for the economy, Hatta Rajasa, said on Monday that a letter had been sent to ASEAN seeking "further discussion" of its obligation to reduce tariffs. -
4-Jan-2010 Taiwan News
US should understand Taiwan’s beef stand
Washington should refrain from pretending that the BSE concerns are a "false issue" or using the TIFA talks or defensive arms sales to pressure the Taiwan legislature to accept a secret protocol, whose full content remains unknown even to KMT lawmakers. -
4-Jan-2010 Bloomberg
Australia, New Zealand free trade agreement with Asean starts
Australia’s free trade agreement with New Zealand and members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations came into effect, removing tariffs on grape exports to Malaysia and wheat sales to the Philippines. -
1-Jan-2010 Reuters
China and ASEAN launch world’s 3rd biggest trade zone
China sees the agreement as a way of securing supplies of raw materials, while countries in ASEAN see opportunities in China’s huge market. -
1-Jan-2010 Inquisitr
My only prediction for 2010 and it ain’t pretty
This will be the year in which we will see the biggest assault on copyright laws around the world. -
31-Dec-2009 WSJ
Taiwan’s likely ban on US beef stalls trade talks
Because of the proposed ban, Taiwan’s minister of economic affairs, Shih Yen-shiang, told parliament Wednesday that resumption of talks on a free-trade pact with the U.S. would be indefinitely delayed -
30-Dec-2009 Democracy Now!
Anti-mining activists killed in El Salvador
For the second time in a week, a prominent anti-mining activist has been assassinated in El Salvador.
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29-Dec-2009 Reuters
China eyes ASEAN resources from free trade pact
A free trade agreement between China and its Southeast Asian neighbours, which takes full effect from January 1, will help China fill its urgent need for natural resources, a senior commerce official said on Tuesday.