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MINBYUN calls for disclosure about KORUS FTA visas
16-May-2011    
South Korean civic organization MINBYUN-Lawyers for a Democratic Society filed an administrative lawsuit against the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) on May 15, demanding that the ministry make public a letter on professional worker visa quotas that former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Kim Hyun-chong is said to have received from the U.S. administration.
A trade pact with Bhutan
16-May-2011     Himalayan Times
Nepal and Bhutan will sign a trade agreement during the second joint secretary level meeting scheduled for May 24-25.
DTI seeks improved benefits from free trade agreements
16-May-2011     BusinessWorld
The Philippines Department of Trade and Industry has started a series of consultations with the public and stakeholders on the possibility of a preferential trade agreement between the Philippines and the EU.
Japan should join TPP to boost reconstruction
16-May-2011     Yomiuri Shimbun
The government should promptly decide to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement and implement bold agricultural reforms in the disaster-hit Tohoku region, writes the Yomiuri Shimbun
EU refines trade strategy
16-May-2011     Bangkok Post
With Asean FTA off the table, country-by-country talks are moving slowly, with some major sticking points
Employers' associations deliberate on EPA and regional integration
15-May-2011    
The Federation of Employers' Associations of West Africa has organised a capacity building workshop to inform, sensitise and train members on their Annual Operation Plan.
Kingdom to host 3rd COMESA meet
15-May-2011    
Swaziland will next week host the third meeting of the COMESA committee on the Customs Union.
Pharmac under fire ahead of US free-trade talks
15-May-2011    
Some of New Zealand's most prominent businesspeople are rallying to the support of drug buying body Pharmac as lobbying firm Saunders Unsworth mounts a campaign against the agency ahead of free trade negotiations with the US.
DTI seeks improved benefits from free trade agreements
15-May-2011    
The Trade department aims to double the utilization rate of the country’s free trade agreements (FTAs) to 50% in five years as the government begins its efforts to strike a trade deal with the European Union (EU).
U.S. FTA to test new floor leaders’ resolve
15-May-2011    
All eyes are on the new floor leaders of the Grand National Party and Democratic Party, who will lead their parties until the 2012 general election.