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Republicans threaten Colombia trade preference deal
18-Dec-2010     Colombia Reports
Republicans in the US Senate are trying to block the extension of a trade preference agreement which allows many Colombian goods to enter the country duty-free.
TPPA no good for Maori
18-Dec-2010     Tengata Whenhua
Te Wharepora Hou, a group of Maori women based in Auckland, supports civil society groups from Australia and New Zealand in opposing the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA).
US requests Korea’s joining of regional FTA
18-Dec-2010     Dong-A Ilbo
The US has officially requested that Korea join the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, a multilateral free trade deal among Asia-Pacific economies, and Seoul will study the pros and cons of joining early next year.
'Only area where Indo-China ties doing well is commerce'
17-Dec-2010    
The first visit of a major Chinese leader in more than four years has yielded a bland joint communiqué skirting core Indian concerns but incorporating a commitment to rapidly expand a lopsided trade relationship that has already turned India into the raw-material appendage of a neo-colonial Chinese economy.
Turkey willing to use Ghana as springboard to do business in Africa, says foreign trade minister
17-Dec-2010    
Turkey is willing to use Ghana as an operations center for its business deals in the African continent, Turkish State Minister for foreign trade Zafer Caglayan said on Wednesday.
Brazil, Argentina seek to bring Cuba into Mercosur trade bloc
17-Dec-2010    
Member nations of Mercosur will seek to boost economic and political ties with Cuba in a bid to make the communist island an associate member of the South American trade bloc.
Young ruling lawmakers oppose arbitrary proceeding for Korea-U.S. FTA bill
17-Dec-2010    
A group of 23 young lawmakers of the ruling Grand National Party (GNP) on Thursday declared they will boycott the parliamentary vote if the party's leadership attempts to railroad a Korea-U.S. free trade bill, saying they are opposed to any arbitrary legislation by a single party.
Demystifying regional services trade agreements
17-Dec-2010     Demystifying Regional Services Trade Agreements
Summarises basic features of a regional services trade agreement with specific reference to India and Sri Lanka
Provinces hold key to next stage of EU-Canada trade talks
16-Dec-2010    
Free-trade talks between Canada and the European Union will enter a crucial phase early next year, when the provinces will be asked to clarify where they stand on opening their procurement contracts to foreign bidders — a potential dealbreaker for the Europeans.
Çağlayan blames former Turkish ministers for trade ’mistake’
16-Dec-2010    
Turkey is offering economic partnership agreements to potential trade partners instead of traditional free trade agreements in an attempt to bypass regulations in its customs union deal with the European Union, a Turkish minister has said.