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Trade imbalance to cast shadow on China-India talks
10-Dec-2010    
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao faces a tough task when he arrives in India next week to allay New Delhi's fears over China's rise as a global power , and to smooth tensions in an often fractious relationship.
KORUS FTA concessions part of MB’s U.S.-centered strategy, analysts say
10-Dec-2010    
In their South Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA) renegotiations, South Korea and the United States agreed to draft and submit an additional accord to their respective legislative bodies that includes full-scale revisions to the auto provisions of the previous agreement formally signed in 2007.
Intellectual Property Rights Office urged
10-Dec-2010    
Caribbean companies will have access to European programs designed to support innovation among small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) under the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), according to a CARICOM trade specialist, who yesterday urged that Bahamian businesses should look to offer products or services "with a unique advantage that people are willing to pay a premium price for".
Bahamian firms decry absence of EPA information
10-Dec-2010    
Stakeholders from the financial services, legal and accountancy professions yesterday expressed concern about a lack of access to information on how the Bahamian private sector can take advantage of opportunities arising from the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with Europe.
WTO to force 50% Bahamas tariff reduction
10-Dec-2010    
A CARICOM trade specialist warned yesterday that the revenue losses the Bahamas will suffer from signing on to the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with Europe will be little compared to the "much more significant impact" that will be felt from new free trade deals with the US and Canada.
EU, SADC teams miss EPA deadline
10-Dec-2010     Mmegi
SADC states and the European Union have missed the year-end deadline for the completion and signing of a full Economic Partnership Agreement, a target set in June and designed to bring finality to the complex process.
Chief EU delegate rules out renegotiation of FTA
10-Dec-2010     Dong-A
The chargé d'affaires of the European Union delegation to Korea said Thursday that the EU will not demand renegotiation of its free trade deal with Seoul in the wake of Korea’s additional free trade negotiations with the US.
Building blocks laid for trade deal
10-Dec-2010     Stuff
What was achieved in the fourth round of negotiations, and why exactly a TPP would be good for New Zealand, remains a mystery – strictly controlled daily media briefings with Foreign Affairs and Trade Ministry chief negotiator Mark Sinclair were short and impenetrable.
Farmers happy at trade policy shake-up
10-Dec-2010     AAP
Australia's federal government wants to introduce trade reform that focuses less on geopolitical concerns and more on national productivity.
CIS summit to focus on free trade area
10-Dec-2010     Voice of Russia
Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan are to create a free trade area and single econonmic area