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Skewed Afghan transit trade ‘pact’
17-Aug-2010    
A trade agreement between any two countries is based on mutually beneficial terms while Pakistan has inked the Afghan – Pakistan Transit Trade Agreement that tends to compromise our national interests and will eventually hurt the domestic industry.
Romulo warns Aquino against hasty decision on NAIA 3 case
16-Aug-2010    
Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo advised President Aquino against deciding hastily on the case involving the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 (NAIA-3), warning the government could be at a disadvantage.
Dancing Around the WTO
16-Aug-2010    
Whether possessing formal statehood or not, Taiwan like all other 152 members of the World Trade Organization has to elbow its way through foreign trade disputes. Sometimes it loses, sometimes it wins. But it has to abide by WTO regulations, one of which requires the reporting of trade agreements.
Commerce Dept: No intention to hide facts in CEPA
16-Aug-2010    
The Government has no intention to hide the facts in the proposed Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) between India and Sri Lanka and all the details will be made public before agreement is signed, a senior official said.
In pursuit of mutual prosperity
16-Aug-2010    
Asia's re-emergence as a global economic powerhouse is creating a greater degree of economic interdependence while at the same time helping to increase regional security among the Asean member nations.
FTA talks likely to figure in Indo-Mexican meet
16-Aug-2010    
Free Trade Agreement (FTA) talks may be high on the agenda when Mexican foreign minister Patricia Espinosa arrives in India on Monday on a three-day visit.
Iran, Syria plan to sign FTA
16-Aug-2010    
Iran is in talks with Syria to sign a free trade agreement (FTA) after Damascus and Ankara reached a similar deal, says the Iranian commerce minister.
Indian people's call for 'Freedom from FTAs'
16-Aug-2010    
On India's Independence Day on 15th August 2010, recalling the fight against colonial powers that came in through the trade route, a people's call for 'Freedom from FTAs' has been given out through the Forum Against FTAs in India
Colombia, Venezuela to negotiate free trade
16-Aug-2010     Buenos Aires Herald
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos unveiled that during the meeting he had with his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chávez they agreed to continue with the creation of a judicial frame to allow free commerce between both countries.
Africa-EU economic agreement stalls
15-Aug-2010     Oxford Analytica
A meeting in Brussels in late July set a new--and ambitious--end-2010 deadline for conclusion of a full SADC EPA agreement. However, as only four countries have so far signed an interim EPA, conclusion of a full agreement still appears a distant goal.