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Obama tells Congress US will pursue Asia trade
15-Dec-2009     Bloomberg
“TPP is about re-establishing the role of the US in the Asian region,” Calman Cohen, president of the Washington-based Emergency Committee for American Trade, told reporters Dec. 11. “If they get it right, it can be a real shot in the arm.”
RI-China FTA rules unlikely to be delayed: China says
15-Dec-2009     Jakarta Post
While local industries are seeking a delay in the full implementation of the free trade agreement (FRA) with China, to start in January, China says this stands little chance of succeeding.
Nigeria & Thailand negotiate bilateral trade agreement for rice production
15-Dec-2009     Pattaya Daily News
Recently the Thai Commerce Minister visited Nigeria were he discussed the proposal of a Bilateral Trade and Investment Agreement -- primarily involving agricultural development -- with the Nigerian Minister for Commerce and Industry.
EU and Port-au-Prince sign economic partnership agreement
15-Dec-2009     EuroPolitics
By signing, on 11 December, an economic partnership agreement with the EU, Haiti has jointed the fourteen other member states of Cariforum, the organisation of Caribbean countries, that signed the EPA in October 2008.
House approves renewal of Andean trade benefits
15-Dec-2009     Reuters
The US House of Representatives on Monday approved a one-year extension of soon-to-expire trade benefits for Ecuador, Colombia, Peru and a long list of other developing countries.
US-NZ trade talks expected to start in March
15-Dec-2009     TVNZ
US trade officials have formally notified the US Congress of President Barack Obama's intention to negotiate a regional free trade deal with Vietnam, New Zealand, Singapore, Chile and three other countries in the Asia Pacific area.
RP elections cast cloud on trade pact
14-Dec-2009     Business Mirror
Philippine elections pose uncertainty in the regional tariff regime, with neighbors wondering whether the new government next year can live up to its free-trade commitments with member-countrie
China may displace the US as main trading partner of Peru
14-Dec-2009     Andina
On December 7, Peru's government ratified a free trade agreement with China, noting that this decision "favors Peru's interests." Peru is one of China's major trading partners in Latin America.
Colombia’s dubious strategy to push through an FTA with the European Union
14-Dec-2009     ITUC
The ITUC is appalled at the strategy used by the Colombian government to discredit the ITUC Colombian affiliates – CUT, CGT and CTC – and the National Trade Union School by sending incendiary information from a completely unrepresentative trade union to European Union Members of Parliament.
Haiti signs the CARIFORUM–EU Economic Partnership Agreement
14-Dec-2009     eGovMonitor
Haiti today signed the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) and joins the fourteen Caribbean States that signed the EPA in October 2008.