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Indonesia and New Zealand to resume FTA talks in March
28-Dec-2008     Antara
The negotiation on Free Trade Agreement between Indonesia and New Zealand is expected to be resumed in March 2009 after the signing of the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand FTA agreement in February 2009.
Pakistan, Afghanistan to ink new trade agreements
28-Dec-2008     Daily Times
Pakistan and Afghanistan are expected to enter in to a new trade and economic cooperation mechanism during the President of Pakistan first official visit to Afghanistan on January 7, 2009
All-night sit-in strike staged in S. Korea
27-Dec-2008     KNS
Representatives of peasant organizations in south Korea went into an all-night sit-in strike in Seoul on Dec. 22 to check the passage of the motion calling for the ratification of the south Korea-US FTA through the National Assembly.
Greater Arab free trade zone no longer useful
27-Dec-2008     UAE Daily News
Arab states should not pursue the process of establishing the greater trade zone "because it won't be useful," an Arab League official says
Japan, Vietnam sign free trade pact
25-Dec-2008     AFP
Japan and Vietnam signed an economic partnership pact Thursday with a promise to cut tariffs on some 92 percent of goods and services traded between the two nations within a decade.
Forget Mercosur, sign trade accord with EU says Brazil industry
25-Dec-2008     MercoPress
A leading number of Brazilian businessmen belonging to the country's powerful National Confederation of Industry, CNI, said it was time to sign a bilateral agreement with the European Union, which would leave out Mercosur
Quebec supporting apartheid?
24-Dec-2008     South Lebanon
Quebec inked an economic partnership agreement with Israel this fall in Jerusalem. Attracting little attention from major media outlets, Quebec's bilateral accord was signed during a government-led delegation to Israel that included high-level state officials and corporate representatives this past September, amidst Israel's ongoing siege of Gaza.
Probe foreign poachers, DFA asked
24-Dec-2008     INQ
The Filipino fisherfolk group Pamalakaya is urging the Department of Foreign Affairs to investigate the reported entry of foreign fishing vessels allegedly feasting on rich tuna grounds in portions of the Philippine Sea. The fishing vessels are reportedly owned by Japanese, Korean and Taiwanese companies, and Japan has recently access to Philippine waters under JPEPA.
Argentina takes the offensive as Siemens pleads guilty to corruption charges
24-Dec-2008     ITN
Argentina has refused calls by Siemens to suspend proceedings at the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) in which a committee is considering Argentina's request to revise a 2007 award, following the admission by the German firm that it had bribed Argentinean officials.
Glitch in the system: Ecuador's conscientious default
24-Dec-2008    
When the government of Ecuador failed to make a scheduled interest payment on private bonds this month, it was hardly the first time a country had defaulted in the middle of a financial crisis.