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EU defends fleet
5-Aug-2009     Fiji Times
Fiji is on the verge of signing off on an economic partnership agreement with the European Union. But one of the main beneficiaries of the agreement --our fisheries sector-- cannot enjoy any of the duty-free, quota-free access because it does not meet stringent EU rules and regulations.
Pacific island countries set to block regional trade deal
5-Aug-2009     AFP
Opponents say island countries’ local industries would be destroyed by cheaper imports and govts would lose much of their revenue if tariffs and duties were lifted on Aussie, NZ goods
Pakistan wants trade agreement with US at any cost
4-Aug-2009     The News
In a new development, Pakistan has decided to reinitiate the stalled process of technical dialogue with the US authorities to finalise the Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) by December this year, The News has learnt.
Chinese FTA better than ECFA: forum
4-Aug-2009     Taipei Times
The administration of President Ma Ying-jeou should ask Beijing to sign a free trade agreement under the framework of the WTO, rather than seeking to ink an economic cooperation framework agreement under the “one China” principle, participants at an economic forum said yesterday.
Chile, Malaysia begin fresh FTA talks
4-Aug-2009     Xinhua
Chile and Malaysia on Monday began a 6th round of negotiations for a bilateral free trade agreement, which is expected to be signed this year.
VS asks PM to make FTA details public
4-Aug-2009     Indian Express
The India-ASEAN FTA issue is fast becoming a topic of political one-upmanship in Kerala with the Congress and the Left trying to score points over each other.
Free trade will bind India
4-Aug-2009     DTE
30 agreements to be signed. They violate public interest, say activists
Australia continues to harbour concern over Pacific trade talks
4-Aug-2009     Radio Australia
Australia has been hoping that this week's Pacific Islands Forum leaders meeting will approve the formal start of negotiations on the proposed PACER-Plus regional free trade deal. But for months Canberra has been rejecting growing claims by regional opponents of a deal that its been unfairly pressuring Pacific nations to agree to the process.
India to protect farmers in goods agreement with ASEAN: PM
4-Aug-2009     Xinhua
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has ensured that the India-ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement would protect the interests of Indian farmers by yielding no tariff concession to ASEAN countries, said a senior Indian government official on Monday.
Foreign Direct Investment in Infrastructure and the Regulatory Risk. Latin American Case
3-Aug-2009