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EU-Egypt trade agreement: exports' liberalization
23-Oct-2009     Greenmed
Agricultural trade between EU and Egypt has been further liberalized under a revision to the EU-Egypt Association Agreement, causing concern in Spain
Maldives signs agreement with US on trade
23-Oct-2009     Maldives News
The Maldives signed a framework agreement with the United States to open up the discussion on trade between the two countries.
Experts unaware of Tifa details
23-Oct-2009     Daily Star
Businesspeople, economists and trade experts are unaware of what are in the draft of the proposed Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (Tifa) between Bangladesh and the US.
Govt to address plantation growers’ woes on FTA
23-Oct-2009     Hindu Businessline
Grievances of plantation growers over India agreeing to cut duties on import of pepper, black tea, coffee and palm oil will be addressed by a Ministers’ panel next week, an official said.
China, Japan likely to debate trade bloc at Asia summit
23-Oct-2009     WSJ
A summit this weekend between Asia's main economies is likely to morph into a contest between China and Japan over whether to establish a free-trade bloc in the region as it recovers from the global slump.
Trade ministers to begin talks on Pacific deal
22-Oct-2009     AFP
Trade ministers from Australia, New Zealand and Pacific island countries will meet in Brisbane for two days from Friday as negotiations are launched for the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER-Plus).
Key to join free trade talks with Asean nations
22-Oct-2009     National Business Review
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key will be asked this weekend to sign up to an ambitious bid to create what could become the largest multi-national free trade agreement in the world.
Lack of transparency and debate in India-EU free trade agreement
22-Oct-2009     The Hindu
The total lack of transparency, democratic process and public debate on the India-EU FTA highlighted
Free-trade deals are a losing gamble
21-Oct-2009     The Age
In every Australian free trade agreement the results have been dismal.
EU gives ASEAN 4.5 million euros for intellectual property project
21-Oct-2009     DPA
The money will serve to train IPR enforcement agencies and introduce protection for geographic indications, in the context of an eventual EU-ASEAN FTA
USTR releases preliminary analysis of Korea-EU free trade agreement
21-Oct-2009     USTR
There is no investment chapter or investor-state dispute settlement provisions in the Korea-EU FTA (competency for investment matters rests with the individual EU Member States), whereas KORUS features investor protections.
Look East policy comes of age
21-Oct-2009    
This is an important week for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Over the weekend, at the Fourth East Asia Summit in Thailand, he will witness the final fruition of the second most important foreign policy initiative he took during his first term in office — the India-Asean Free Trade Agreement.
Giant new Asian trade deal on agenda
21-Oct-2009    
Prime Minister John Key will discuss a new Asia-wide trade agreement in Thailand this weekend.
Free-trade deals are a losing gamble
21-Oct-2009    
Horse racing's spring carnival is upon us. It is the only time when most Australians bet on the horses. After our experience of the past year, many people would think that stockmarket and financial-derivatives investment is not that different to a punt on the Melbourne Cup. There are always a lot of predictions based on form analysis but most of us find a way to lose money on the day.
US presses for TIFA
20-Oct-2009     BD News
Visiting US assistant trade representative Michael J Delaney has stressed that Dhaka sign a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) with his country to increase bilateral trade. But it's a controversial issue in Bangladesh.