9-Nov-2013
The economic partnership agreement between Taiwan and Singapore inked yesterday is likely to benefit manufacturing as well as to promote bilateral investment and trade, Economic Affairs Minister Chang Chia-juch (張家祝) said yesterday.
9-Nov-2013
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Harper's slam-dunk argument for the Canada-European Union 'free trade' agreement, often uncritically reported in the media, is that the 'Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement' is key to Canada's economic prosperity. The Canadian Press reports, "The government continues to quote a joint study on the impact, conducted five years ago, projecting a possible $12 billion boost to economic activity in Canada -- $16 billion for the EU -- and the creation of about 80,000 jobs. ...Trade Minister Ed Fast said that, if anything, the joint study underestimated the gains."
9-Nov-2013
Vice-President Guy Scott has said there is need to put in place a strong legal framework that will promote free and fair trade within the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA).
8-Nov-2013
The federal government, which is facing financial crisis and seeking loans from IMF and other financial institutes, is willing to pay Rs90 million to a Pakistani law firm to plead its case in an international court.
8-Nov-2013
Former Deputy Prime Minister Musalia Mudavadi has asked the government to seek an extension of the Comesa safeguards to protect the local sugar industry from excessive imports from the Comesa region.
8-Nov-2013
As the world moves into a regime where free trade agreements (FTAs) govern 5.5 per cent of global trade compared with 0.6 per cent in 1995, a new ILO report finds a marked rise in inclusion of labour provisions in bilateral and regional pacts.
8-Nov-2013
The ministry of commerce is under pressure to review its policy of signing foreign trade agreements (FTAs) with other nations as they have been seen to be having a negative impact on trade dynamics.
8-Nov-2013
The federal government won’t release internal documents that may predict potential higher drug costs for Canadians under new patent rules agreed to in the free-trade deal with Europe, Trade Minister Ed Fast says.
8-Nov-2013
Taiwan yesterday signed a far-reaching free-trade agreement (FTA) with Singapore — the first of its kind with a Southeast Asian country — in a move the government said would boost the nation’s efforts to pursue further economic engagement with trading partners bilaterally and multilaterally.
4-Nov-2013
With the economy facing bad times, government today explored the possibility of having more free trade agreements with various countries at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here.
