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The rise of regionalism in international investment policymaking: consolidation or complexity?
14-Jun-2013     UNCTAD
A recent UNCTAD analysis of nine selected regional negotiations has found that, were these to lead to agreements, they could replace close to 10 per cent of today's bilateral investment treaties (BITs).
Seoul to become bridge between US, China through FTAs
14-Jun-2013     Yonhap
Under its new trade policy, Korea's top priority will be to conclude negotiations for a bilateral FTA with China at the earliest date possible, while also seeking to speed up negotiations for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)
India, Israel inching closer to signing FTA: Israeli envoy
14-Jun-2013     IANS
Hoping that an India-Israel free trade agreement (FTA) would be signed "in the coming months", the Israeli ambassador on Thursday said the agreement would be a "strategic game changer" in trade relations between the two countries.
EU-US free trade agreement: A sectoral overview
13-Jun-2013     FTI Consulting
An indepth look at possible stumbling blocks in the EU-US FTA negotiations
Rejecting free trade requires new forms of regionalism
13-Jun-2013     Islands Business
Papua New Guinea’s trade Minister, Richard Maru, recently set a cat amongst the pigeons by saying that PNG was not interested in the regional trade negotiations known as PACER-Plus. “We can’t export our taro there, they won’t accept our greens...There’s nothing to be gained from a trade agreement at the moment. ‘We cannot justify the huge amount of resources we expend on such negotiations. They are a complete waste of time.”
China's agenda in Switzerland (and Europe)
13-Jun-2013     The Interpreter
For his first trip abroad as Chinese premier last month, Li Keqiang went to India and Pakistan and then continued to Switzerland and Germany before heading back home. Why Switzerland?
North American free trade agreement with Europe needed, says ex-Mexican diplomat
13-Jun-2013     McCleans
Canadian and U.S. efforts to strike free trade deals with Europe must eventually be harmonized into a North American agreement involving Mexico, a former Mexican diplomat said Wednesday.
Analysis: Cows block path toward Canada-EU free trade deal
13-Jun-2013     Reuters
Salvaging a free-trade deal between Canada and the European Union after four years of talks will require skillful pasture politicking to pacify beef and dairy cow farmers who see more risk than opportunity.
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Court ruling fails to stop business lobbies' privileged access in EU-India trade talks
13-Jun-2013     CEO
In a ruling delivered on 7 June following a lawsuit by lobby watchdog Corporate Europe Observatory, the EU’s General Court in Luxembourg concludes that the European Commission did not violate EU rules when withholding information about the EU-India free trade talks from the public, even though it had already shared the information with corporate lobby groups