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Seoul to seek more FTAs next year
26-Dec-2010    
South Korea will seek to clinch more free trade agreements (FTAs) with emerging countries, including those from South America and Africa, in a bid to boost trade, the main engine behind the country’s rapid economic growth.
Sweden eyes stronger relations with UAE, supports EU-GCC FTA agreement
26-Dec-2010    
Swedish officials have expressed their country's desire for wider trade and investment relations with the UAE and for a stronger presence in the Gulf country for Swedish businesses seeking to further expand into the whole Gulf region.
Crisis pushed GCC to slow down Turkey FTA talks
26-Dec-2010    
The global economic crisis of 2009 was a major reason behind Turkey’s stalled Free Trade Agreement (FTA) talks with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), which began in 2005, Foreign Trade Undersecretariat officials have said.
First trade talks with US on TPP slated for mid-January
24-Dec-2010     Japan Times
Japan and the US are making preparations to hold bilateral talks in Washington in mid-January on Tokyo's possible participation in negotiations for an expanded trans-Pacific free-trade pact, sources said Wednesday.
Relations Afrique-UE : les APE toujours en panne, relations commerciales en baisse et confiance « au plus bas »
24-Dec-2010     Ouestaf News
Les relations entre l’Afrique et l’Union européenne restent toujours difficiles, la conclusion des Accords de partenariat économique, initialement prévue au plus tard en décembre 2007 faisant toujours face à des résistances, alors que le volume des échanges entre ces deux entités est en constante baisse et la confiance à son « plus bas » niveau, selon des experts.
Bilateral investment : Unfair treaties could drain national exchequer
24-Dec-2010     Express Tribune
Pakistan has faced claims worth $1 billion and could lose hundreds of millions of dollars more because of international investment treaties that are contrary to the interests of the country, asserted UK-based corporate lawyer Mahnaz Malik.
Pfizer’s pforeign intrigue: Tried to scupper US trade deal in price control protest
24-Dec-2010     CBS News
Pfizer lobbied to scupper a free trade deal between the US and New Zealand because it was angry at the New Zealand government’s healthcare system, which strictly controls prices and new drug approvals, according to diplomatic cables leaked by Wikileaks.
Opposition calls for nullifying KORUS FTA
21-Dec-2010    
A group comprising of 43 opposition lawmakers Tuesday called on the government to nullify the free trade agreement (FTA) between South Korea and the United States.
GCC FTA Zardari seeks Kuwait's help
21-Dec-2010    
President Asif Ali Zardari has said that Pakistan has keen interest in concluding a free trade agreement (FTA) with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and seeks Kuwait's support in this regard.
Thailand expects to ink full-scale FTA with India in 2011
21-Dec-2010    
Thailand on Tuesday said a comprehensive market-opening pact with India is expected to be concluded in 2011, giving a boost to bilateral trade, set to cross USD 6.5 billion this fiscal.