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As the China FTA stagnates, Ted Baillieu gets on with business
16-Sep-2012    
At first blush, it looks like a suicide mission - taking hundreds of businesspeople to China for a big encounter with a one-party state, just weeks before that one party is to stage a 10-yearly leadership transition that will cascade down through every significant job in the country.
TPP nations put off decision / Delay in trade agreement seen as beneficial to Japan
11-Sep-2012    
The United States and eight other nations negotiating an expansion of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal have effectively postponed the conclusion of their talks, originally planned for the end of the year.
FTA agreement with CIS to take effect on September 23, says Azarov
11-Sep-2012    
The agreement on a free trade area (FTA) with the CIS will take effect on September 23, Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov has said.
Big Tobacco warning at free-trade talks
11-Sep-2012    
Delegates attending trans-Pacific free-trade negotiations in the United States are being warned their countries could end up like Australia if they agree to allow corporations to sue governments in international courts.
Steel should be set aside from FTA with Japan and Korea: JSW Steel
11-Sep-2012    
In view of growing imports of steel from Japan and Korea into India, leading private sector firm JSW Steel today demanded removing steel from the purview of free trade pact with the two Asian economic superpowers.
'Take steel out of FTA with Japan and Korea'
11-Sep-2012    
Worried over the growing import of cheap steel from Japan and South Korea, Indian steel giant JSW Steel, on Tuesday, demanded that steel be removed from the purview of the free trade agreement (FTA) with the two Asian economic powers.
SADC free trade agreement coming soon: Davies
10-Sep-2012    
An agreement to lower barriers to trade and improve cross-border commerce in the SADC should be implemented this year, Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies says.
Batting for $100-billion BPO industry: India links free trade agreement with EU to data-secure tag
10-Sep-2012     Economic Times
India has upped the ante in its bid to get data-secure status from the European Union by linking it with free trade agreement.
Free trade deal hinges on PM's charm offensive
9-Sep-2012    
Vladimir Putin has serious form in the macho stakes: He's tranquilised a Siberian tiger to save a TV crew, attached a tracking device to a polar bear, ridden horses bare-chested and was this week filmed at the sharp end of a motorised hang-glider (suitably frocked-up in a white jump suit and goggles) teaching young cranes to fly on a new migration path.
Chile signs free trade agreement with Hong Kong
9-Sep-2012    
President Sebastián Piñera signed a free trade agreement with Hong Kong on Friday at the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit. Piñera also concluded free trade negotiations with Thailand, an agreement he hopes to implement “as soon as possible.”