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The Indonesia-EU Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA)
13-Aug-2012     GBG Indonesia
Negotiations will soon commence for a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Union and Indonesia. APINDO has undertaken the task of gathering input from Indonesia’s private sector for the preparatory stages of the negotiations.
Island visit may threaten trade; Officials fear effects of Takeshima trip on partnership talks with S. Korea
13-Aug-2012     Yomiuri Shimbun
Fears have risen over the future of Japan-South Korea economic relations in the wake of South Korean President Lee Myung Bak's visit Friday to the Takeshima islands.
EU launches probe into dumping of Indian steel wire
13-Aug-2012     Reuters
The European Commission said it had received an anti-dumping complaint by European steel producers' group Eurofer against imports of stainless steel wires from India.
Chile expects to ink FTA with RI soon: Minister
11-Aug-2012     Jakarta Post
Chile, an entry point into the South American region, soon expects to set up a free trade agreement with Indonesia
Geopolitical tsunami in the Southern Cone
9-Aug-2012     Americas Program
When the Paraguayan Senate approved the “political judgment” against Fernando Lugo on June 22, it unleashed the biggest political crisis in the Mercosur in the last 20 years. The dust still hasn’t settled, but it’s clear that nothing will be the same since the shake-up.
Ex-GM workers in Colombia sew lips shut in protest
9-Aug-2012     WSJ
The former GM workers chose the grounds next to the US Embassy to stage their hunger strike because of the labor action plan agreed to between Colombia and the US last year under the countries' free trade agreement -- which both governments, and General Motors, have igored.
China offers protection to Taiwan investors
9-Aug-2012     FT
China and Taiwan have signed their first investor-protection agreement in the latest sign of the momentum behind President Ma Ying-jeou’s drive to strengthen his country’s relationship with China, its biggest trade partner and frequent political adversary.
Libre-échange auto: la Corée s'insurge contre la France
9-Aug-2012     La Tribune
Le gouvernement sud-coréen réfute les allégations de la France, selon lesquelles le marché tricolore serait envahi de voitures produites en Corée.
Mercosur senses dangers of free trade with China
9-Aug-2012     IPS
There is little likelihood that South America's Mercosur trade bloc will take up China's proposal to establish a free trade agreement, at least in the short term. Experts and industrialists fear an invasion of cheap Chinese goods, and unequal competition.
Asia Pacific talks not aimed at containing China - US official
9-Aug-2012     Reuters
Some in China see the Trans Pacific Partnership as a US attempt to rewrite the rules of trade for the region to economically contain China, whose rapid growth continues to rattle many lawmakers and companies in the United States. Deputy USTR Demetrios Marantis rejects the charge.