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South Africa: FAQs on foreign direct investment featured
5-Mar-2014     TheTrade Beat
Foreign direct investment (FDI) has recently been a hot topic in South Africa, following the government's unilateral cancellation of bilateral investment treaties with the European Union and the release of the draft Promotion and Protection of Investment Bill. But what is FDI, and why is it important?
China to accelerate Australia free trade agreement
5-Mar-2014     SMH
China will "accelerate" negotiations for a free trade agreement with Australia, Premier Li Keqiang has said in his opening speech to the National People's Congress.
USTR sets 2014 as goal of signing Pacific free trade deal
5-Mar-2014     Kyodo
"The administration will work to conclude negotiations of the TPP in 2014," the office of the US Trade Representative said in a document attached to President Barack Obama's budget blueprint for fiscal 2015.
Costa Rica & Colombia approve free trade agreement
5-Mar-2014     Costa Rica Times
The Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica has approved the country's Free Trade Agreement with Colombia, a prerequisite for Costa Rica to gain admittance into the Pacific Alliance group, composed of Mexico, Colombia, Peru and Chile.
EU-US FTA: "Free trade agreement must immediately stop"
5-Mar-2014     Frankfurter Rundschau
IG Metall leader Detlef Wetzel fears disadvantages for workers and consumers if the EU and the US create a free trade zone. "The negotiations must be stopped," he states categorically.
NAFTA partners pushing North American competitiveness integration agenda
4-Mar-2014     Be Your Own Leader
The growing domestic and international opposition to the secret trade talks have put the Globalists plan to use the TPP to upgrade and expand NAFTA to more countries in serious jeopardy.
US back ECOWAS’ efforts to attain borderless trade status
4-Mar-2014    
Countries in the West African sub-region were yesterday reassured of the support of the United States in their quest to establishing a borderless trade environment in the ECOWAS region.
Let us seal FTA early, Prime Minister tells regional club
4-Mar-2014    
Urging the seven-member BIMSTEC grouping to fast-track trade and economic cooperation, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday called for “early conclusion” of the BIMSTEC Free Trade Agreement and said it should be extended to investment and services.
Turkish firm''s claim: government seeks 20 days to file reply
4-Mar-2014    
Pakistan has sought a 20-day extension to file its reply to the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) against a damage claim of $2.1 billion filed by Turkish firm M/s Karkey Karadeniz Elektrik Uretim. The sources said Pakistan had to submit its reply to the international body by February 28, 2014 but it was delayed due to a change in legal firm.
Japan, Denmark eye cooperation on maritime security, FTA
4-Mar-2014    
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Danish counterpart Helle Thorning-Schmidt agreed Tuesday to strengthen bilateral cooperation on maritime security and pledged to seek the early conclusion of a free trade agreement between Japan and the European Union.