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Trade winds: India-EU FTA may face a delay
19-Nov-2011    
There is little chance that the proposed free trade agreement (FTA) between India and the European Union (EU) would be signed before or at the India-EU summit to be held in New Delhi in February next year, a top German official said.
Ecuador, ¿verdaderamente libre de transgénicos?
18-Nov-2011     Pandemic of Lies: The Exile
En el Ecuador la entrada de productos de soya provenientes de países donde casi la totalidad de los sembríos de dicha leguminosa es transgénica crea serias sospechas de que se estuviera infringiendo el Art. 401 de la Constitución 2008 que declara al país “libre de cultivos y semillas transgénicas”.
TPP may affect China's possible FTA with S. Korea, Japan: scholar
17-Nov-2011    
An envisioned regional free trade agreement in the Asia-Pacific may affect China's possible free trade agreements with South Korea and Japan, giving the world's No. 2 economy less bargaining power, a Chinese scholar said Thursday.
ASEAN’s newer members and the Asian noodle bowl: coming to grips with multilateralism
17-Nov-2011     EABER
Jayant Menon discusses the trade policy challenges faced by Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar and Viet Nam (CLMV)—the newest members of ASEAN. The paper concludes that the multilateralised single-rate system is a better alternative to the multiple-rate system and thus suggests that CLMV countries should follow the original ASEAN members and multilateralize their CEPT tariff preferences. It encourages both old and new members to do the same, especially in the context of proliferating ASEAN+1 FTAs
Pak talks trade pact with India, inches closer to MFN status
14-Nov-2011     Business Standard
Bilateral trade talks between New Delhi and Islamabad inched yet another step towards Pakistan granting India a ‘most favoured nation’ (MFN) status, even as both neighbours today laid “strong foundation” for a preferential trade agreement.
European Union hopeful FTA negotiations will be completed by February
14-Nov-2011     First Post
Admitting that some issues are blocking the finalisation of the Free Trade Agreement with India, the European Union on Monday voiced hope that negotiations would be completed by the next India-EU Summit scheduled to be held in February.
Clinton to launch US, PHL partnership on trade, investments
14-Nov-2011     GMA News
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is visiting the Philippines on Tuesday to initiate the Obama administration’s Partnership for Growth (PFG) program for devising measures to facilitate trade and investments in conflict, poverty and graft stricken countries
PM Key says NZ drug-buyer Pharmac may not be changed under Trans Pacific Partnership talks, but fine details still yet to be sorted
14-Nov-2011     Interest.co.nz
New Zealand drug-buying agency Pharmac may not be hit with any changes under the Trans Pacific Partnership deal being negotiated with United States, although the finer details of the Pacific trade agreement are yet to be ironed out, Prime Minister John Key says.
Korea's imports exceed exports after FTA with EU
14-Nov-2011     Arirang
The rate of imports has overwhelmed that of exports for the past three months from July when the Korea-EU FTA kicked into effect.
40,000 against the KORUS FTA
14-Nov-2011     Hankyoreh
Tens of thousands of laborers hold a “Nationwide Workers’ Rally” hosted by Korea Confederation of Trade Unions in front of Seoul City Hall, Nov. 13 against the far-reaching implications of the Korea-US FTA