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New Zealand keen on free trade pact with India
24-Apr-2012    
Mr Richard White, New Zealand Trade Commissioner to India, has said his country is expecting to conclude the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with India by next year.
Tratado sobre un Tratado
24-Apr-2012    
En la medida en que se perfeccionen los TLC, su progresiva entrada en vigor los transformará en instrumentos legales vinculantes.
Canada-EU free trade talks '75 per cent' complete, EU rep says
24-Apr-2012     Calgary Herald
At least two issues continue to stand in the way of a free-trade agreement between Canada and the European Union, but a deal should be finalized "within half a year," the Danish trade minister said Monday.
DR-CAFTA: A dismal delivery of workers’ hopes
24-Apr-2012     TWN
Late last month, the umbrella coalition of US unions, the AFL-CIO, linked up with major workers groups from Honduras to file a petition with the Department of Labor in Washington, DC. The petition censured the government of the Central American country over its failure to enforce provisions of the labour chapter of the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) with the United States.
Cargill lobbyist's quest is open markets
22-Apr-2012    
Devry Boughner sits under a portrait of Ho Chi Minh in the home of Vietnam's ambassador to the United States and pitches the virtues of open markets to a communist diplomat.
Premier sees great potential in cooperation with Iceland
22-Apr-2012    
Visiting Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Saturday that cooperation between China and Iceland had great potential.
Tokyo's trade priorities
22-Apr-2012    
Achieving full free trade among its members by 2020 remains the stated goal of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) group, but few expect it to materialise due to the non-binding nature of the agreement.
Argentine YPF move threatens to sour EU-Mercosur trade talks
20-Apr-2012    
Argentina's move to nationalize a 51% stake in the country's YPF oil company from Spain's Repsol this week may hamper efforts to finalize free-trade talks between the European Union and the Mercosur trade bloc later this year, European officials said Friday.
Japan to accept nurse candidates from Vietnam
20-Apr-2012    
Japan has agreed to accept nurses and caregivers from Vietnam under a bilateral economic partnership agreement on condition that they pass a Japanese language test, officials said.
Obama approves Colombia FTA —despite continued anti-labor violence
20-Apr-2012     World War 4 Report
At the Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, US President Barack Obama announced approval of Colombia's supposed progress in protecting labor rights, allowing the US-Colombia Free Trade Agreement to take effect next month. US trade representative Ron Kirk said at a Cartagena press conference that the agreement provides "an opportunity to help stand up for the rights of workers... This is a significant milestone."