12-Mar-2009
FT
South Korea is pushing for the G20 countries to support a moratorium on new import tariffs at next month's meeting, according to President Lee Myung-bak.
11-Mar-2009
NZ Herald
Don't misread Kirk's testimony to yesterday's meeting of the US Senate Finance Committee as an omen that the last rites are imminent for New Zealand's prospective regional free-trade deal with the world's largest consumer nation. Instead focus on Kirk's confident statement during his Senate confirmation hearing that President Barack Obama will seek renewed trade promotion authority (or fast-track) at the "appropriate time".
11-Mar-2009
Chosun Ilbo
The US trade representative-designate on Monday said Washington's free trade agreement with Seoul was unfair in its current state and warned his government could ditch the deal. The FTA "as it is just simply isn't fair, and if we don't get that right we'll be prepared to step away from that," Ron Kirk said in his confirmation hearing at the US Senate Finance Committee.
10-Mar-2009
When it comes to further advancing free trade initiatives, it really makes no difference which party controls, congress or the presidency.
10-Mar-2009
COHA
Costa Rica and China may seem to be an unlikely pairing; however, both governments have moved to deepen their ties and cement regional integration based on the pursuit of a free trade agreement, which was brought a step closer by the completion of the first round of negotiations on January 19.
10-Mar-2009
Jakarta Post
Six years of negotiations have yet to convince India to sign a much-awaited free trade deal with ASEAN, as scheduled last week during the group's summit. India would only ink a deal after it concludes its April general elections.
9-Mar-2009
Scoop
New Zealand research and education network ARENA today welcomed news that the United States has postponed trade negotiations with New Zealand pending an overall review of US trade policy, and says that the New Zealand government should follow suit.
9-Mar-2009
The Hindu
India and Nepal are seeking to update their nearly 60-year-old trade treaty with the new draft expected to be ready before India goes to staggered polls from April 16.
9-Mar-2009
Taiwan News
Taiwan's main opposition party vehemently opposes President Ma Ying-jeou's push for closer relations with China, including a proposed FTA. But the Democratic Progressive Party is so enfeebled that it can't do much about it.
