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EU gets started on reviving ties with Asean
22-Jul-2009    
Expect no spectacular changes, but the EU's policy towards Asia is gradually shifting focus and gear.
Service-sector liberalisation to be speeded up ahead of AEC
22-Jul-2009    
Liberalisation in air transport, tourism, telecommunications and healthcare will deepen further next year, when Asean members will be allowed to own 70 per cent of such companies in the region.
Obama touts trade in meeting with Brazil official
22-Jul-2009     Reuters
President Barack Obama said on Tuesday he wants stronger ties with Brazil, especially in the commercial area, a top aide and possible successor to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said.
Ghana endorses EPA in October
22-Jul-2009     Joy Business
Trade and Industry Minister Hannah Tetteh says Ghana will trade only in goods under the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) – contrary to suggestions the country would also be trading in services.
Indonesian nurse forced to drop out of Japan training program for health reasons
22-Jul-2009     Mainichi
One of the first ever group of Indonesian nursing trainees -- dispatched to Japan last year based on the Japan-Indonesia Economic Partnership Agreement -- has dropped out, it has been learned.
Ukraine intends to create free trade zone with Libya
22-Jul-2009     ForUm
Ukraine and Libya are interested in boosting bilateral goods turnover, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and Secretary of the General People's Committee of Libya al-Baghdadi Ali al-Mahmudi said at a meeting of the Ukraine-Libya Cooperation Commission in Kyiv on Monday.
Peru-Singapore free trade pact to take effect Aug
22-Jul-2009     Reuters
A free trade agreement between Peru and Singapore will take effect on Aug. 1, the first pact between the resource-rich Latin American nation and Asia, Peruvian Trade & Tourism Minister Martin Perez said on Wednesday.
Australia Min: Don't expect Rio issue to hurt China FTA
22-Jul-2009     Dow Jones
Australia's trade minister said Monday he doesn't expect the ongoing detention of an Australian employee of Rio Tinto PLC to have lasting implications for economic relations between Australia and China.
Nicaragua’s Peasant Movement achieves milestone on the road towards Food Sovereignty
21-Jul-2009     Grassroots International
tThe new law establishes a legal framework to regulate the participation of transnational companies and help local organizations and governments to restore local food culture and peasant agriculture despite the CAFTA-DR "free" trade agreement
Wheat growers counting on trade deal
20-Jul-2009     Agweek
US wheat growers may lose more than 50 percent of $165 million per year in sales to Colombia if Congress does not approve the US-Colombia free trade agreement, US Wheat Associates and Colombian millers said at a July 14 news conference.