21-Nov-2012
ASEAN member nations are committing to forging an expanded FTA with India in late December, despite hurdles in the service sector, with negotiations not progressing as expected, Trade Minister Gita Wirjawan said late Monday.
21-Nov-2012
Infojustice
Article from Infojustice about using the US Model BIT framework to create model IPR Agreements and chapters to increase the legitimacy of international policy making in this area....
19-Nov-2012
Los 10 países productores de banano de América Latina (Brasil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, México, Nicaragua, Panamá y Venezuela) suscribieron con la Unión Europea la ‘solución mutuamente acordada’ que le puso punto final a la ‘guerra del banano’, la disputa más antigua del sistema multilateral de comercio.
19-Nov-2012
Independent
Economic experts have supported the recent decision taken by the government of Uganda to join the COMESA FTA, saying it would increase the volume of Ugandan exports to the COMESA FTA and promote the country’s economic growth.
19-Nov-2012
Bangkok Post
Activists from 14 non-governmental organisations and consumer advocacy groups gathered outside Don Mueang airport yesterday to protest against the US-led Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade agreement (TPP).
18-Nov-2012
Bangkok Bank is urging the government to put the negotiations for a Thai-European Union free trade agreement on the fast track in case the EU ends its tax cuts for imports from Thailand.
18-Nov-2012
If members of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement welcome Thailand's bid to join the exclusive trade pact, it would be just the first step for the government, which would have to seek approval from the Parliament to begin negotiations.
18-Nov-2012
China, Japan, and South Korea are expected to agree on the launch of three-way free trade talks at a summit in the Cambodian capital this week, Beijing's foreign ministry spokesman said Sunday.
18-Nov-2012
Negotiations on the much-delayed Free Trade Agreement in Services and Investment between India and 10-nation ASEAN grouping are in the final stages and effort is being made to conclude these by next month.
18-Nov-2012
Negotiations to widen the Asean-India free trade agreement in the services and investment sectors have reached a deadlock.
