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Foreign business ass'n urges movement on PHL-EU FTA negotiations
15-Jan-2013     GMA
The Philippine government and the private sector should move on setting up free trade agreement (FTA) negotations with the European Union, a foreign business association said.
VDA urges heads of state to fast-track EU-US FTA
15-Jan-2013     just-auto.com
Germany's automotive industry association (VDA) is calling for any revamped European Union-US Free Trade Agreement to concentrate on establishing common standards in a bid to slash billions of dollars from development costs.
Seventh round of India-Canada FTA talks likely in Feb
15-Jan-2013    
In a bid to fast track talks for the proposed Free Trade Agreement (FTA), India and Canada are likely to hold the seventh round of negotiations in February in New Delhi, a Canadian envoy said today.
Bank in push for a single monetary unit
14-Jan-2013    
African Development Bank is stepping in to help East and South African region accelerate the push towards a common currency status. To achieve this, it has drafted a stringent set of financial guidelines to steer the process.
FTA between India and EU : Meet insists on informed consent
14-Jan-2013     Sangal Express
A public discussion on the Free Trade Agreement between India and the European Union held today at Waiton Community hall in Manipur insisted that the matter should be deliberated thoroughly at the Parliament and State Assemblies and prior informed consent of the public should be obtained before signing the agreement.
Pak-India ties to pave way for S Asia Free Trade Zone
13-Jan-2013    
There are several safeguarding measures under WTO regime to save industry even after normalisation of trade with India, as delay in this regard will jeopardise the process of liberalisation of trade between the two neighbours.
'India receives positive indications from EU on FTA'
13-Jan-2013    
The long pending negotiations for the India-European Union free trade agreement may finally move ahead with the EU's chief negotiator scheduled to visit New Delhi this week, amid positive signals emanating from the 27-nation bloc.
Let’s prove ‘detractors’ wrong
11-Jan-2013    
News that German ambassador Hans Gnodtke has warned his country might pull out of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation General Assembly due to be held in Victoria Falls later this year if government does not guarantee protection of its nationals must be a worrying development for Zimbabwean Tourism minister Walter Mzembi who has worked hard to make the event a success.
Govt to sign more bilateral agreements
11-Jan-2013    
Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Desire Sibanda on Thursday said following the success of investment road shows carried out last year, government was optimistic of concluding more BIPPAs with several investor countries.
Industrial cooperation offers way to expand trade with ASEAN
11-Jan-2013    
Trade between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations reached a record high of $400.9 billion in 2012 and the biggest progress in trade facilitation was a consensus on the launch of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership.