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  • 24-Aug-2010
    S. Korea, Peru to hold free trade talks next week
    South Korea and Peru will hold their fifth round of free trade negotiations next week, Seoul’s trade ministry said Tuesday.
  • 24-Aug-2010 UN News Centre
    Improving resolution of investor-state disputes the focus of new UN publication
    A new online publication by the United Nations trade arm explores alternative methods that governments and international investors may use to resolve increasingly frequent disputes that must currently be handled through lengthy international arbitration.
  • 24-Aug-2010 Jakarta Post
    Imports of F&B products begin to hurt local producers
    Imported food and beverage products have begun to flood the Indonesian market following the implementation free trade agreements between ASEAN and China early this year, a business executive have said.
  • 23-Aug-2010
    Zuma’s visit to feature SA-China trade deals
    South African President Jacob Zuma will lead a State visit to China this week in a bid to strengthen political, economic and trade relations with the world’s second-largest economy and South Africa’s largest trading partner.
  • 23-Aug-2010
    Iran, Algeria mull free-trade pact
    Iran and Algeria are discussing signing a free trade agreement in the future, Mehr News Agency reported.
  • 23-Aug-2010
    Govt banks on FTAs, fears protectionism
    India today articulated its strategy to opt for bilateral deals to boost trade in goods and services at a time when the developed countries were turning protectionists and talks for multilateral trade liberalisation were not making much headway.
  • 23-Aug-2010
    Malaysia on verge of finalising FTA with India
    Malaysia said Monday it was on the verge of finalising a free trade agreement with India and that the deal was expected to be signed at the end of October.
  • 23-Aug-2010 Mainichi
    ASEAN, Japan aim to strike deal on services, investment next year
    The Association of Southeast Asian Nations and Japan aim to strike a deal on liberalization of trade in services, and investment next year for incorporation into their two-year-old free trade deal, according to the draft of a joint statement for next week’s meeting of their economic ministers in Vietnam.
  • 22-Aug-2010 Asahi Shimbun
    Japan-Korea: Free trade talks
    The Japanese government needs to take steps to make an FTA more attractive to Korean industries, says the Asahi Shimbun
  • 21-Aug-2010 Focus Taiwan
    TSU to launch new ECFA referendum: chairman
    Opposition Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU) Chairman Huang Kun-huei said conveyed his party decision to push for a national referendum the controversial ECFA with China for a third time.
  • 20-Aug-2010
    Labor to continue down same trade path
    Labor has promised more of the same on trade if it is re-elected on Saturday.
  • 20-Aug-2010
    ’Alternative’ SADC summit on the sidelines
    While SADC heads of state and government meet in Windhoek this week, civil society organisations from the region are also holding a two-day meeting in Windhoek called ’The SADC People’s Summit’.
  • 20-Aug-2010
    Summit ends on a high...Leaders commit to deepening economic integration
    The two-day SADC Summit ended in Windhoek on Tuesday with regional leaders reaffirming their commitment to deepening economic integration and speedy implementation of the bloc’s programmes.
  • 20-Aug-2010 Mingas
    Obama and “free trade:” eight items of note and one obvious conclusion
    From this recent history of Obama’s words and deeds with regards to “free trade” we should expect an offensive, similar in scope and scale to the US military escalation under way around the world, to obtain passage of the Colombia FTA, starting probably right after the November mid-term elections.
  • 20-Aug-2010 Reuters
    Swiss say prefer bilateral trade deals to EU membership
    Switzerland will continue to pursue bilateral trade agreements with the European Union for the time being rather than joining the trading bloc as a member state, the Swiss government said on Thursday.
  • 20-Aug-2010 Taipei Times
    ECFA overlooks human rights: watchdog group
    A watchdog organization yesterday accused the Taiwanese government of overlooking human rights and environmental issues while developing closer economic ties with China.
  • 20-Aug-2010 Informante
    EPA the biggest threat to African integration, Keet
    Speaking at a Civil Society gathering code named ‘The Southern African People’s Solidarity Network’ a trade and justice activist in the region, Dot Keet, said EPA has the potential to derail efforts to unite both SADC and Africa’s goals of integration.
  • 19-Aug-2010
    Right to health, medicine to be protected at all cost: Scindia
    India has said that it will not compromise on issues related to health and people’s right to medicine in the bilateral trade and investment agreement being negotiated with the European Union.
  • 19-Aug-2010 Yonhap
    US beef exports to Korea more than doubled in 1st half: USMEF
    US beef exports to South Korea rose sharply during the first six months of the year, industry sources said Monday, with some politicians demanding the restricted shipment of beef be addressed before the ratification of the pending free trade deal with South Korea.
  • 19-Aug-2010 NPR
    Mexico slaps tariff on US products in truck dispute
    Mexico slapped new tariffs on some US pork and cheese products on Wednesday, the latest in a long-running spat between the two nations over US refusal to permit Mexican truckers to cross the border.