11-Aug-2009
Taipei Times
US Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen is urging US Trade Representative Ron Kirk to promptly resume negotiations with Taiwan for a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) and for a US-Taiwan bilateral investment agreement. The negotiations were broken off last year by the US in retaliation for Taiwan’s restrictions on the import of US beef.
11-Aug-2009
CGGL
The prominent Lebanese human rights lawyer Dr. Muhamad Mugraby has instituted legal proceedings against the EU at the European Court of Justice invoking its obligations under Article 2 of the Association Agreement with Lebanon, commonly known as the “human rights clause”, in order to improve the human rights situation in Lebanon.
11-Aug-2009
PDI
Importers and brokers have resorted to using a controversial trade agreement between the Philippines and Japan to avoid paying the correct amount of taxes to the government, a ranking customs official said Monday.
11-Aug-2009
SmartBrief
The EU is expected to drop "noneconomic demands" to which the Gulf states object, according to a report from the Emirates Industrial Bank.
11-Aug-2009
MCOT News
Economic ministers from the 10 Southeast Asian countries will sign the Asean-China Investment Agreement during the 41st Asean Economic Ministers this week, but the long-delayed free trade pact with India is likely to be postponed again.
11-Aug-2009
Asia Times
"If this FTA goes through, pepper may cease to be produced in Kerala, the land where it originated," says Thomas Verghese, a distinguished agricultural scientist and chairman of the Kerala State Prices Board
10-Aug-2009
Xinhua
At least 300 people on Sunday demonstrated against the Fifth North American Leaders' Summit, being held in Guadalajara, capital of western Mexico state Jalisco.
10-Aug-2009
DNAIndia
Leaders from Kerala have vociferously opposed the Asean free trade agreement that could impact its farmers in future. The same cannot be said about many coffee growers who have little political muscle. Karnataka produces 70% of coffee in India.
10-Aug-2009
Taipei Times
Taiwan's former vice president said that the KMT and CCP are plotting a “3-3-3” scheme that includes an ECFA, confidence-building and a peace treaty by 2011
10-Aug-2009
Korea Times
India should be used as a beachhead for Korea in an effort to provide a deeper penetration for its goods going into Europe, Africa and the Middle East, the Samsung Economic Research Institute argues.
