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National Assembly to Ratify FTA With India
6-Nov-2009    
The governing and opposition parties have agreed to ratify a trade agreement with India at a plenary National Assembly session today, a parliamentary leader said Thursday.
Former US representative: Beef row could delay FTA
6-Nov-2009    
A former US representative to Taiwan says the row over US beef could delay possible talks for a US-Taiwan Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Former American Institute in Taiwan Director Douglas Paal was speaking in Washington DC on Thursday.
Korea won't budge on U.S. FTA: official
6-Nov-2009    
Korea "will not and cannot accept" any request by the U.S. government to revise the bilateral free trade agreement signed in June 2007, an official at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Trade in Seoul said yesterday.
Quiborax claim against Bolivia continues; may provide first decision on effects of ICSID exit
5-Nov-2009     ITN
Chilean Química e Industrial del Bórax Ltd. (“Quiborax”) will continue with its claim against Bolivia at the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Dispute (“ICSID”), despite reports of a settlement agreement and Bolivia’s renunciation of the ICSID convention. The case will likely shed the first light as to the effects of renouncing the ICSID Convention, a controversial topic over which no tribunal has yet to rule.
Clash on investment
5-Nov-2009     FPIF
During the past several months, I spent nearly 30 hours in meetings of a private sector committee tasked with advising the Obama administration on a particular set of international economic policies.
APEC to assign Japan to develop proposals for Asia Pacific FTA
5-Nov-2009     Kyodo
Leaders of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum will set Japan, the next APEC chair, the task of identifying ways for the 21-member grouping to create a free trade bloc in the future, according to a draft statement they are expected to issue at their Nov. 14 to 15 summit in Singapore.
Nov. 19 Nl: Workshop on Global Europe and strategies on European Free Trade Agreements
5-Nov-2009    
Activists from different countries with which the EU tries to sign (free) trade agreements will tel us about their campaigns.
'Authorized' Minga in Colombia? The challenges of popular movements
5-Nov-2009     Upside Down World
The Minga will continue. But if it loses its essence, it risks becoming a form of resistance that is considered acceptable to power.
S.Korea, Panama, Colombia eye US trade votes by mid-2010
5-Nov-2009     Alibaba
South Korean, Colombian and Panamanian officials said on Wednesday they hoped for U.S congressional approval of pending free trade agreements by the middle of 2010.
European FTAs with Asian countries may harm Bangladesh
5-Nov-2009     Daily Star
The European Union's bilateral free trade agreements with India, Southeast Asian nations and South Korea may be a potential threat to Bangladesh, officials of the European Commission said yesterday.