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UAE, S Korea sign economic cooperation pact
28-Dec-2009     Arabian Business
South Korea said on Sunday it had signed an enhanced economic cooperation agreement with the UAE as the two get set to mark their 30-year relationship anniversary next year.
Spain to boost EU-L.America ties during its EU presidency
27-Dec-2009     Xinhua
Spain will seek close association agreements between the EU and Central America, boost trade agreements between the EU and Colombia and Peru and resume talks between the EU and the Common Market of the South, during Madrid's rotating EU presidency in the first half of 2010
Government plans safeguards for farmers
27-Dec-2009     Bangkok Post
Thai authorities are taking precautions to shield businesses and farmers from the fall in farm product prices after tariffs are cut under the Asean Free Trade Area (Afta) at the start of 2010.
S Korea, Japan fail to agree on resuming free trade negotiations
23-Dec-2009     Xinhua
South Korea and Japan failed to pin down the exact date to resume bilateral free trade negotiations during their latest talks.
HK, Europe to start trade talks
23-Dec-2009     Straits Times
Hong Kong and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), which comprises Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland, are set to begin talks aimed at hammering out a free trade pact in early 2010.
China negotiator: Taiwan trade pact "long process"
23-Dec-2009     AP
The comments from Chen Yunlin appeared to be aimed at assuaging opposition concerns that the pact could undermine Taiwanese sovereignty and lead to significant job losses on the island of 23 million people.
Mexico seeks Brazil free-trade accord by 2012, official says
23-Dec-2009     Bloomberg
Mexico’s government aims to sign a free-trade agreement with Brazil by the end of President Felipe Calderon’s administration in 2012, said Rogelio Granguillhome, head of economic relations at Mexico’s Foreign Ministry.
EU to launch FTA negotiations with individual ASEAN countries, beginning with Singapore
23-Dec-2009     EU
"While we don't lose sight of our ultimate goal of achieving an agreement within a regional framework, I welcome today's decision which will allow us to move forward and re-engage with this important region through negotiations with individual ASEAN member states," EU Trade Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner said.
Singapore, EU agree to start FTA talks
23-Dec-2009     AFP
Singapore and the European Union have agreed to begin talks for a free trade agreement, "paving the way for an EU-ASEAN FTA."
EU-Canada FTA (CETA) - draft IP chapter (2009)
22-Dec-2009     Wikileaks