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Asean FTA in deep freeze
23-Mar-2009    
India and Association of South-East Asian Nations (Asean) will have to reschedule the June 1 deadline for eliminating duties on more than 4,000 products traded between the two sides, a government official said.
EU Commission Manufactured African Business Support for EPAs
23-Mar-2009     CEO
Internal email communication by DG Trade obtained by Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) unveils how the EU Commission has actively orchestrated African business support for its Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) with the countries from Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific. MEPs will vote on the EPA negotiations at their sitting in Strasbourg today and tomorrow.
China, Japan and Indonesia's LNG Ploys
22-Mar-2009     JapanFocus
This article outlines recent developments in Indonesia's LNG export relationship with both Japan and China. It assess what is driving Indonesian policy in the areas of energy and investment, with particular reference to China.
AIG suing taxpayers for its own Panama tax dodging
21-Mar-2009     Eyes on trade
Under the Panama FTA, AIG-Panama would be able to sue the US taxpayer for cash damages by claiming common regulatory actions were "tantamount" to an ("indirect") "expropriation."
US needs new trade policy, but won't retreat: Kirk
21-Mar-2009    
he United States will not retreat from the global marketplace but must address the concerns of American workers who believe that trade hurts them, President Barack Obama's chief trade negotiator said at his swearing in ceremony on Friday.
Pro-free trade groups put together broad coalition
21-Mar-2009     WSJ
After years of watching the anti-free trade groups put together remarkably broad coalitions, the pro-free trade side in the US is striking back.
Andean countries, EU to continue FTA dialogue
21-Mar-2009     Xinhua
Peruvian, Colombian and Ecuadorian officials will hold meetings with the European Union next week for a Free Trade Agreement. The discussion on intellectual property is seen as one of the most sensitive in the negotiations, because the Europeans have demanded an extension of the terms for the copyrights and data protection.
Chile, Turkey finish FTA talks
21-Mar-2009     Trend News
Chile and Turkey finished the last round of negotiations on a bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA), announced Friday the Chilean Foreign Ministry.
EU-India FTA: Public interest groups detained during protest
21-Mar-2009    
As the 6th round of negotiations related to the EU-India Free Trade Agreement got underway In Delhi today, the police detained several representatives of public interest groups during a peaceful protest in front of the office of the European Commission. Trade bureaucrats from the EC and Indian Commerce Ministry will deliberate on issues ranging from services, manufacturing, trade facilitation and government procurement till 19 March.
Reflections on Pakistan's investment-treaty program after 50 years: an interview with the former Attorney General of Pakistan, Makhdoom Ali Khan
19-Mar-2009    
Pakistan inked the first ever bilateral investment treaty (BIT) with the government of West Germany 50 years ago, before going on to accumulate one of the largest portfolios of BITs held by a developing country: some 47 in total, 35 of which were signed in a flurry of activity between 1988 and 1999.