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Colombia willing to sign free trade deal with Turkey
8-Jan-2012    
Colombia's vice president expressed on Saturday willingness to see more Turkish investors in his country.
FTA talks finally approach finish line
8-Jan-2012    
After eight agonising years of negotiations, Thailand and India hope to conclude talks on a wide-ranging free trade agreement (FTA) by March, according to Foreign Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul.
Thai-Peruvian FTA takes effect
8-Jan-2012    
The Early Harvest programme under the free trade agreement between Thailand and Peru took effect on Dec 31, 2011, covering 70 per cent of goods traded between the two countries.
AMCHAM interferes in domestic policies through FTA
7-Jan-2012    
Under the Korea-US Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA), Korean civil servants would be excluded from the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA)’s process of price determination. Instead independent review procedures could be used to set prices for medicines and medical supplies. This has caused concern among health care groups who worry that multinational pharmaceutical companies could use the independent review procedure to change the Korean government’s medicine prices.
Piatnytsky: FTA agreement with EU larger and deeper than similar agreement with CIS
7-Jan-2012    
Government Commissioner for Ukraine's European Integration Valeriy Piatnytsky has said that the association agreement between Ukraine and the EU in terms of creating a deep and comprehensive free trade area (FTA) is larger and deeper than a similar agreement with the CIS countries.
South Korea important in free trade nexus
7-Jan-2012    
After the deadlocks on the Asean-European Union and Malaysia-United States free trade agreements, Malaysia switched its earlier stance.
Suspending Customs Union with EU
7-Jan-2012    
I will disclose details of a private meeting between Turkish and EU officials to shed some light on what has been a rather sour note between Ankara and Brussels for more than a decade now. The gathering took place amid a eurozone sovereign debt crisis and tumultuous Arab revolutions, both of which have put Turkey's growing trade under considerable strain.
Pakistan, Indonesia to sign PTA this month
6-Jan-2012     APP
The signing of the Preferential Trade Agreement by Pakistan and Indonesia is expected this month and will lead to a Free Trade Agreement between the two countries
Pacific ACP Group to conclude comprehensive EPAs with the EU
5-Jan-2012     CTA
Following the 94th ACP Council of Ministers held December 2011 in Brussels, the Pacific region is committed to continue negotiating a comprehensive EPA as a single region. Negotiations will be concluded in 2012, as mandated by Pacific ACP Leaders in September 2011.
Jagdish Bhagwati: America’s threat to trans-Pacific trade
3-Jan-2012     Project Syndicate
The TPP is a testament to the ability of US industrial lobbies, Congress, and presidents to obfuscate public policy.