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EU-Central America FTA (draft, 2008)
21-May-2008    
Don't be rushed into trade deal with EU, think-tank warns
21-May-2008    
Independent think-tank IBON Foundation said that the Philippine government should not rush into negotiations for a partnership cooperation agreement with the European Union.
EU gives cautious welcome to India's free trade proposals
21-May-2008     Khaleej Times
India has delivered "useful" proposals for a free trade agreement with Europe but a lot of work remains to be done, a European Commission spokesman said Tuesday.
India, Brunei to sign bilateral investment agreement
20-May-2008     IRIS
India and Brunei Darussalam will be signing an agreement on bilateral investment and protection and three other MoUs in different areas to further strengthen their bilateral cooperation.
Food crisis key to trade talks with Japanese
19-May-2008     NZ Herald
New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark believes the impact of the international food crisis is the key reason why the Japanese Government has agreed to a ground-breaking study on the benefits of a bilateral free trade agreement.
S Korea, US continue consultations on beef: envoy
19-May-2008     Yonhap
South Korea and the United States are continuing consultations on the controversial issue of beef trade, with public protests here over a related deal showing no signs of abating, the top U.S. envoy here said Monday.
Korea to get quarantine sovereignty over US beef
19-May-2008     Korea Times
South Korean negotiators have won a new concession from US officials regarding the American beef import agreement, with the new clause giving Seoul "quarantine and inspection sovereignty," government sources said Monday.
Ageing Japan to get first foreign nurses - report
19-May-2008     Reuters
Japan is set to accept nurses and elderly-care workers from Indonesia, possibly as soon as July, the financial daily Nikkei said on Friday, as the country struggles to care for its rapidly growing ranks of old people.
The Commission seeks greater power for European companies' investing abroad
19-May-2008     Baltic Course
The European Commission is seeking to take more power in regulating deals for the European companies working abroad; first of all in deals concerning protection of investments abroad, a role traditionally undertaken by the EU's member states in their trade outside the Union-block. Hence, the EU common commercial policy rules might extend to investments, as well.
Dead end for free trade
19-May-2008     Globe and Mail
NAFTA was meant to deliver timely, unfettered access to Canada's biggest trading partner. Instead, delays are longer, costs are higher, and business models are breaking down, Barrie McKenna writes