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S. Korea, Panama agree to boost trade, economic ties
30-Jun-2010    
South Korea and Panama agreed Monday to forge a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) at an early date and expand economic partnership.
Lee administration considers expansion of US beef imports
30-Jun-2010     Hankyoreh
Experts say measures implemented after the 2008 candlelight vigil demonstrations may be sacrificed for ratification of the KORUS FTA　
G20 leaders drop Doha target, see smaller deals
29-Jun-2010     Reuters
World leaders dropped a commitment on Saturday to complete the troubled Doha trade round this year and vowed to push forward on bilateral and regional trade talks until a global deal could be done.
EU-Canada FTA (CETA) - consolidated text of the Investment and Services Chapter
29-Jun-2010    
Consolidated CETA text of the Investment and Services Chapter as of at 13.1.2010
China and Taiwan sign landmark deal
29-Jun-2010     FT
The agreement that negotiators signed in the Chinese city of Chongqing represents the first phase in trade liberalisation rather than a comprehensive free trade agreement. It also has China doing most of the economic opening in the initial round.
AmCham urges FDI reforms in US
28-Jun-2010     Shanghai Daily
The American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai has urged the United States to depoliticize its regulatory process of identifying investment deals chosen for review, to boost Chinese outbound investment in the US.
Criticism swells around reported OPCON-KORUS FTA exchange
28-Jun-2010     Hankyoreh
At the South Korea-US summit in Toronto on Saturday, Presidents Lee Myung-bak and Barack Obama reached agreement on two major issues: a delay in the transfer of wartime operational control (OPCON) and “adjusting” the South Korea-US Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA). Criticism is mounting that a trade was made between the two.
S'pore firms jump onto bandwagon ahead of Taiwan-China trade deal
28-Jun-2010     CNA
Singaporean firm Oceanus, the world's leading producer of abalone, is counting on Taiwan's trade deal with Beijing to expand in China.
Russia to draft free trade area agreement within CIS
28-Jun-2010     Voice of Russia
Russia is going to draft an agreement before the end of the year on a CIS free trade area involving at first Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, says the First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov.
US pledges to revise South Korea free trade agreement
28-Jun-2010     FT
The US said at the weekend it will seek to complete a long-stalled trade deal with South Korea, while the G8 acknowledged deep troubles in global trade talks by shifting the focus to bilateral pacts.