corporate interests


British finance lobby calls for EU-S.Korea trade deal
International Financial Services London, representing banks, accountants and other financial industries, said it was disappointed that some European manufacturing groups opposed the deal and were calling for negotiations to be suspended.
Chile FTA to open market up to meat, wine and dairy exports
The Australia-Chile Free Trade Agreement is set to come into force on 6 March, 2009, allowing a host of Australian exporters a greater opportunity to enter a growing market.
China looking even better
Treaty-level action on trade and investment policy from Ottawa could support Canadian business interests in China
US Ambassador to Guatamala reports CAFTA boosting free and open trade
In the first 11 months of 2008, for example, total US agricultural and food exports to CAFTA-DR countries hit $34 billion, which is up nearly 36 percent from the same period the previous year.
EU car makers want to scrap EU-S. Korea trade pact
European car makers called Thursday for the European Union to scrap a draft free-trade deal with South Korea, saying it won't let them increase exports during a sales slump at home.
South Korean firms keen to invest in NZ
South Korean companies are eyeing the investment potential of prime New Zealand resources as both countries prepare to start bilateral free trade negotiations.
Japan-US FTA vital: ACCJ chief
Getting a free-trade agreement between Japan and the United States is a much-needed goal, but it will require close multilevel exchanges, according to a top executive of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan.
A way forward for hemispheric trade
The existing US strategy of hemispheric trade expansion has reached a point of diminishing returns and a new course must be pursued
“The job will be to ‘court' specific manufacturers to Georgia”
An interview with Amy Denman, the Executive Director of the American Chamber of Commerce in Georgia
Eurochambres favours EU-Central America association agreement
Speaking at the EU-Central America Private Sector Forum, in Brussels on 28 January, Eurochambres' Secretary-General Arnaldo Abruzzini urged political leaders not to miss the favourable momentum to conclude an association agreement (AA) between the EU and Central America, to the benefit of businesses in both regions.