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Taiwan intends to hold FTA talk with Indonesia
5-Aug-2011     CENS
After negotiating with Singapore on economic partnership, Taiwan now studies similar talks with Indonesia to sign free trade agreement (FTA) to be member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
China the big export winner, Thailand 'not fully benefiting': TDRI
5-Aug-2011     The Nation
China seems to be the manufacturing base that is benefiting the most from the free-trade agreement with Asean countries, as the value of exports from China to Asean in three major industries have increased significantly over the past decade, according to the Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI).
Peru to seek more free trade pacts
4-Aug-2011    
Peru’s new Foreign Trade and Tourism Minister Jose Luis Silva said Monday he will push negotiations on a number of pending and prospective free trade agreements (FTA).
Chinese opposition not a concern of U.S.-Taiwan FTA: scholar
4-Aug-2011    
The real barrier to the signing of a free trade agreement (FTA) between the U.S. and Taiwan is not China's opposition, but American disinterest and Taiwanese protectionism, a research fellow of the Asian Studies Center at the Heritage Foundation said Wednesday.
US Senators reach compromise on free trade deals
4-Aug-2011     VoA
US Senate leaders have reached a potential bipartisan compromise on three long-delayed free-trade agreements with Colombia, Panama, and South Korea.
Philip Morris v. Uruguay on cigarette branding: Will investor-state arbitration send restrictions on tobacco marketing up in smoke?
4-Aug-2011     Info Justice
Philip Morris asserts that fair and equitable treatment includes a right to a “stable and predictable regulatory framework” as well as rights under treaties in addition to customary international law.
India-EU FTA negotiations at advanced stage: Scindia
3-Aug-2011     PTI
Negotiations on a comprehensive free trade pact between India and the European Union, which began in June 2007, have reached an "advanced and delicate stage", India's Parliament was informed.
India tells EU Nations to commit visa numbers for Indian professionals
2-Aug-2011     Economic Times
India has sought a commitment from each of the 27 member-nations of the European Union on the number of Indian professionals they would allow to migrate each year in order to help India move faster in concluding the bilateral free trade agreement with the EU, a senior government official has told ET.
S. Korea posts trade deficit with EU following FTA
1-Aug-2011     Yonhap
South Korea logged a trade deficit with the European Union last month as imports spiked from the region after both implemented a free trade deal, customs data showed Monday.
India to cut duties on diesel engines, gearboxes from Japan
31-Jul-2011    
At a time when India and the EU are struggling to negotiate duty cuts on automobiles, New Delhi will drastically reduce tariffs on diesel engines and gear boxes from Japan under their free trade pact.