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U.S. committed to Korea FTA's ratification: Clinton
26-Feb-2010    
The Barack Obama administration is committed to the ratification of the pending free trade deals with South Korea, Colombia and Panama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday.
Trade deals expected to create 40,000 jobs over 10 years
26-Feb-2010     Peruvian Times
The Inter-American Development Bank says Peru’s free trade agreements with the United States, China and the European Union will create at least 40,000 jobs in the Andean country over the next 10 years
Syria, Turkey Discuss Economic & Investment Cooperation
25-Feb-2010    
Prime Minister Mohammad Naji Otri and Turkish Minister of State for Economic Affairs Zafer Caglayan on Wednesday discussed means and ways of bolstering the standing cooperation between Syria and Turkey.
Seoul to lead study on East Asia FTA
25-Feb-2010    
The government said yesterday Korea will take the initiative in discussions on integrating East Asian economies and push for a trilateral free trade agreement between Korea, China and Japan.
Thai tangerine producers affected by ASEAN-China FTA
24-Feb-2010     TNA
Thailand's 4,000 small tangerine farmers are expected to reduce their output almost by half, as they cannot compete with the tariff-free Chinese imports.
Namibia keeps EU guessing on EPA
24-Feb-2010     New Era
The European Commission’s delegation in Namibia says it is “not confident” that the country would sign the full Economic Partnership Agreement with the European Union, amidst a looming deadline and a possible loss of up to N$3 billion in export revenues.
Ma touts the signing of an ECFA
24-Feb-2010     Taipei Times
Ma says the Taiwan-China trade deal will create 260,000 jobs if it is signed -- and cause the loss of more jobs if it is not.
UK wants India-EU trade deal by 2010 to protect jobs, increase trade
23-Feb-2010     ToI
With agreement stalled on a number of issues, including India's demand for European countries to open up their borders to skilled Indian IT workers in return for European legal professionals to work in India, Britain is pushing for rapid conclusion of a long-delayed free trade agreement between India and the 27-nation Europe Union, saying it was holding up trade and jobs at both ends.
NZ must show benefits to Europe of free trade deal, says EU
23-Feb-2010     NZ Herald
If New Zealand wants a free trade agreement with the European Union it will first have to explain what is in it for Europe, a senior EU trade official says.
Indian FTAs may hit SE Asian ryots
22-Feb-2010    
While India mulls another free trade agreement (FTA) with Australia and New Zealand, its FTAs with European Union and Japan remains shrouded in uncertainty with its decisions regarding intellectual property (IP) rights likely to impact not just India, but other developing South East Asian countries as well.