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FTA talks open in Malaysia
20-Jan-2014     Jiji Press
Officials from 16 economies in Asia and Oceania gathered in Kuala Lumpur on Monday to start a third round of negotiations on establishing a regional free trade agreement (RCEP).
Taiwan should learn from South Korea's TPP strategy
20-Jan-2014     Want China TImes
Taiwan's president, Ma Ying-jeou, has recently turned aggressive in seeking to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership talks and could learn from Korea's strategy.
India-EFTA free trade pact talks stuck on intellectual property regime issue
20-Jan-2014     Economic Times
Negotiations for the free trade agreement between India and EFTA, four-member grouping that includes Switzerland, was stuck on the issue of intellectual property regime.
Vietnam, EU aim to complete FTA in 2014
20-Jan-2014     Sai Gon Giai Phong
Chief negotiators from Vietnam and the EU have pledged to complete discussions about a free trade agreement (FTA) by the end of this year.
TTIP threatens financial reform and the public interest
19-Jan-2014     SOMO
The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership treaty will open markets to foreign services and foreign direct investment in the financial sector. It intends to limit financial sector regulations because they are considered as barriers to trade, reports SOMO.
Korea & India to upgrade CEPA, revise tax treaty
17-Jan-2014     Arirang
Korean President Park and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh have decided to quickly upgrade the Korea-India Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, or CEPA, so that it covers not only goods, but also investments and services.
Tripartite FTA soon a reality
17-Jan-2014     Southern Times
Three regional economic communities in Africa -- COMESA, EAC and SADC -- are expected to sign an agreement this year to establish an enlarged market covering 26 countries in eastern and southern Africa.
India-EU free trade pact likely to be signed next year
17-Jan-2014     Hindu Business Line
India and the European Union will have a free trade agreement most likely in the first half of 2015, EU Ambassador to India Joao Cravinho, said on Friday.
US firm's FTA plan to keep mine
17-Jan-2014     The Australian
An American investor plans to invoke the US-Australia Free Trade Agreement to prevent the NSW government cancelling a coal exploration licence that the Independent Commission Against Corruption said is tainted by corruption and should be expunged.
GCC, China to sign ''14-17 action plan, resume FTA negotiations - Amb. Al-Muzayen
17-Jan-2014     KUNA
Senior officials from the GCC countries and China met in Beijing on Thursday and discussed the resumption of negotiations to establish a free trade zone, a senior diplomat said.