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Trade agreement 'big deal' for beef producers
6-Mar-2009     Radio New Zealand
Meat & Wool New Zealand describes the prospect of a free trade agreement between New Zealand and South Korea as a "big deal" for domestic beef producers.
Regional EPA due in June
6-Mar-2009     Modern Ghana
A regional Economic Partnership Agreement encompassing the West African region is expected to be signed later this year as negotiations are far advanced for a draft agreement in June 2009, and subsequently a full pact by the end of the year, the outgoing Head of the EU Delegation to Ghana has hinted.
Canada aims for free-trade talks with Europe
6-Mar-2009     Toronto Star
The federal government hopes to open formal negotiations within months toward a free-trade deal with the European Union.
New Asian cattle trade deal
6-Mar-2009     Weekly Times
Australia's red meat and live cattle export trade to South-East Asia received a boost last week, with the signing of a new trade deal.
Pakistan seeks UAE's help for FTA with GCC
6-Mar-2009     Daily Times
Pakistan has sought market access from Canada and help from UAE for early completion of Free Trade Agreement with Gulf Cooperation Council.
Beef industry keen to see Korean FTA signed
6-Mar-2009     ABC
Australia's beef industry will be the big winner if free trade talks between the Government and South Korea are successful.
India's trade talks with EU may collapse
6-Mar-2009     Daily Times
India's trade negotiations with the 27-nation European Union, the country's largest trade partner accounting for 21 percent of merchandise exports, are threatened to collapse because of the non-trade issues like human rights and democracy issues including investigations into the alleged “extra judicial killings” in Jammu and Kashmir injected in the talks.
China seeks ‘comprehensive' economic pact with Taiwan
6-Mar-2009     Bloomberg
China will push for a comprehensive economic accord with Taiwan and wants to broaden discussions to involve military issues, Premier Wen Jiabao said.
Sign the petition to suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement
6-Mar-2009     Long Live Palestine
Activists from The Peace Cycle will cycle from the International Courts of Justice in the Hague to the European Parliament in Brussels, to hand-deliver this petition to the European Parliament on 31 March 2009.
ASSOCHAM seeks early India-ASEAN pact to boost trade
6-Mar-2009     Reuters
India needs to expedite a free trade pact with the South-east Asian nations to boost exports in the face of a global economic downturn and rising protectionism, an industry body said on Thursday.