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African countries plan single trading bloc
23-Oct-2012     Daily News
The President of the African Organization for Standardization maintains that SADC, ECOWAS and EAC will continue to exist alongside the new African Free Trade Area.
EU refuses French bid to monitor Korea car imports
23-Oct-2012     Reuters
The European Commission has turned down France's request that imports of cars from South Korea be subject to checks, which could have led to duties being reimposed despite a free-trade deal struck last year.
US-Panama Free Trade Agreement enters into force Oct. 31
23-Oct-2012     Agri-Pulse
United States Trade Representative (USTR) Ron Kirk announced today the United States-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement will enter into force on October 31, 2012.
Robust growth keeps PH on track to AEC 2015
23-Oct-2012     Rappler
In an interview with Rappler before the October 23 forum on ASEAN 2015, ASEAN Deputy Secretary General Dr. Lim Hong Hin said the Philippines' progress in meeting the agreements under the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) has been significant.
Egypt & Malaysia to start FTA talks
23-Oct-2012     North Africa Post
Egypt and Malaysia look forward to setting up a free trade zone to boost the weak trade exchanges between the countries having great economic potentials and huge consumer markets.
Libre-échange Canada-UE: les négociations pourraient être prolongées d'une année
23-Oct-2012     La Presse Canadienne
L'ambassadeur de l'Union européenne au Canada a indiqué lundi que bien que les négociations en vue de conclure un accord de libre-échange entre les deux régions soient entrées dans leur phase finale, les problèmes les plus épineux n'ont toujours pas été résolus.
Minister targeting top Swiss banks' 'new business units'
23-Oct-2012     Tribune 242
Bahamas' Minister of Financial Services is this week aiming to encourage three of the largest Swiss private banks to domicile “new business units” in the Bahamas, under the auspices of a new deal under the EU EPA.
Treaty tolls death knell for Mexican countryside
23-Oct-2012     IPS
The Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement negotiations, which Mexico is to join in December, are threatening to eliminate the last defences of the country’s agricultural sector.
ASEAN+6 set to launch world's biggest free-trade market
23-Oct-2012     Asia One
ASEAN and six Asian leaders will this November announce the official establishment of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, which will be the biggest free-trade market on the globe, offsetting the power of the US-led Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement
EU trade policy cannot ignore the Geneva conventions: the European Parliament must reject the ACAA protocol with Israel
22-Oct-2012     AITEC
Civil society statement calling fpr rejection of the Conformity Assessment and Acceptance of Industrial Products protocol attached to the European Union-Israel Association Agreement