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17-Nov-2009
Filipino businessmen are asking the government to take the initiative in starting the bilateral talks between the Philippines and the European Union (EU) for a free-trade agreement (FTA) after a study made by a think tank showed that the country will benefit immensely from it.
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17-Nov-2009
A Pakistan News
More than twenty thousand South Korean farmers rallied on Tuesday to denounce free trade with the United States, ahead of US President Barack Obama’s visit to the country.
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16-Nov-2009
Taiwan looks forward to being included in the second phase of the Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement (P4) talks, a senior official said Sunday.
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16-Nov-2009
East African Community (EAC) states should not sign the interim Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA) until pending issues are resolved, a trade analyst has said.
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16-Nov-2009
The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) has announced a number of measures to increase intra-regional trade threefold.
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16-Nov-2009
The United States’ agreement to participate in negotiations on a Asia-Pacific regional free trade agreement (FTA) should see "brilliant" economic growth for New Zealand, says Prime Minister John Key.
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15-Nov-2009
Relative advancement of Kenya, South Africa and Egypt’s economies has emerged as one of the leading threats to the merger of three African trading blocs, trade experts said, citing potential disputes that lie in joining economies that are at different levels of development in a seamless market.
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15-Nov-2009
New Zealand has added Hong Kong to its patchwork of free trade agreements.
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15-Nov-2009
Italian companies with investments in Serbia such as Fiat SpA (F.MI) will benefit from a free trade agreement signed by Russia and Serbia, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said Friday.
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15-Nov-2009
Malaysia is close to finalising its first Free Trade Area (FTA) deal with Chile and the Latin American leader plans to sign it during a visit to Kuala Lumpur.
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15-Nov-2009
Prime Minister John Key says the new Trans-Pacific Trade Treaty, which effectively gives New Zealand a free trade agreement with the United States, could be in place in two years.
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15-Nov-2009
The decision by Brazil’s House of Representatives last week to approve a free trade agreement for Israel with Mercosul, the South American free trade area, could have enormous economic consequences for the Jewish state, a member of the delegation traveling with Peres has told reporters in the president’s entourage.
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15-Nov-2009
U.S. President Barack Obama will discuss the timetable for the ratification of the pending free trade deal with South Korea when he visits Seoul next week, a senior aid to Obama said Saturday.
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14-Nov-2009
Services market within the Saarc (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) region could be liberalized. Trade ministers from Saarc countries have agreed to negotiate on liberalising the services market within the region.
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14-Nov-2009
The formalisation of Asean-India Free Trade Agreement (AIFTA) covering the goods sector marks an important step towards India’s deepening trade links with its partners in the Asian region. Viewed as the cornerstone of India’s ‘look east’ policy, this free trade agreement (FTA) would help the two partners unlock the tremendous growth potential that their closer economic integration could bring.
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14-Nov-2009
Visiting US lawmakers on Friday announced they would move a bipartisan resolution in the House of Representatives to seek the early signing of a free trade agreement (FTA) with Pakistan.
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13-Nov-2009
New Zealand has negotiated yet another free-trade agreement with an Asian economy, the latest being with Hong Kong.
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12-Nov-2009
Statement from the 9th EU-India Business Summit organised by the
Confederation of Indian Industry, the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and
Industry, The Confederation of Swedish Enterprises and BUSINESSEUROPE on 6 November 2009
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11-Nov-2009
Comments at the APEC meetings in Singapore show the Obama administration in the United States supports an eight-country free trade deal which would include New Zealand, says Trade Minister Tim Groser.
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11-Nov-2009
Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and Peruvian President Alan Garcia have agreed to move forward on an economic partnership agreement that is being negotiated and to strengthen bilateral cooperation in assisting small and midsize firms.
