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No guarantees for NZ policies in trade talks
8-Dec-2010    
The Government is offering no guarantees that New Zealand policies will not be changed to accommodate United States concerns in Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations.
Debate urged on TPP text
8-Dec-2010    
If the proposed nine-country Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement is one "for the 21st century" as negotiators are calling it, its text should be open so New Zealanders can see what their Government is planning to agree to, say groups concerned about the talks in Auckland.
Wu talks of possibilities in TIFA talks
8-Dec-2010    
With the US and South Korea close to signing a free-trade agreement (FTA), Premier Wu Den-yih yesterday said Taiwan and the US could negotiate item by item in the next round of talks for the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA).
Drug patents remain a major FTA battleground
8-Dec-2010    
Drug patent restrictions by the United States and the European Union in trade negotiations with emerging countries will harm the Thai pharmaceutical industry and affect local patients, say researchers.
Cotton yarn to come under amended FTA soon
8-Dec-2010    
The Indian Government and the Sri Lankan Government will renew the Free Trade Agreement (FTA). The Ministry is planning to include the import of yarn in the FTA.
Taiwan in no hurry for FTA with EU
8-Dec-2010    
Taipei will continue to encourage the EU to negotiate with Taiwan on accords to reduce trade barriers and facilitate bilateral relationships, though its plate is full in discussing free-trade agreements (FTA) with several countries, a Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) official said yesterday.
US eyes trade 'triple crown' as APEC host
7-Dec-2010     Reuters
"The 'triple crown' in 2011 is the US-Korea Free Trade Agreement passed and implemented, significant progress on the TransPacific Partnership and a very strong APEC year with a lot of concrete outcomes on trade and investment issues," said Kurt Tong, senior US official for APEC at the State Department.
UAW under fire for trade deal support
7-Dec-2010     Politico
Organized labor in the US is in an uproar over the new free trade agreement with South Korea, with some union leaders accusing United Auto Workers president Bob King of embracing a deal to curry favor with a White House that saved the UAW with its $80 billion bailout of the auto industry.
EU-Korea business club unhappy with revised FTA with US
7-Dec-2010     Chosun Ilbo
In early signs that the renegotiation of Korea's free trade agreement with the U.S. was the thin end of the wedge, the European Union Chamber of Commerce in Korea said Monday it is reexamining environmental and safety clauses in the automotive segment of the Korea-EU FTA.
Drug cos want IP issues kept out of pact with EU
7-Dec-2010     Hindu BusinessLine
Unhappy with the absence of "open discussion" on the FTA, the Indian Drug Manufacturers' Association has said that intellectual property related issues should not be part of the FTA.