ISDS Case Map
EFTA
European Free Trade Association (Finland, Iceland, Lichtenstein, Switzerland)
Canada said it signed its first free trade pact with European countries Saturday, clearing the way for it to boost its commerce there by ties with Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and Liechtenstein.
On January 26, 2008, Canada announced that Minister of International Trade and the Leaders of the EFTA Countries (Iceland, Lichtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland) signed a free trade agreement in Davos, Switzerland on January 26, 2008.
The Joint Study Group recommends that the governments of the EFTA States and India enter
into negotiations for a broad-based Trade and Investment Agreement (TIA).
Swiss NGOs call for a moratorium on bilateral free trade agreements with developing countries
A free trade agreement with the European Free Trade Association would be of benefit to Indonesia, Switzerland's trade negotiator Ambassador Christian Etter says.
Pakistan and European Free Trade Association (EFTA) have entered into a market access dialogue
A year after a trade deal between Korea and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) went into effect last September, Korea's largest trade group said that imports from the four-nation bloc hiked while exports dipped heavily.
The international EFTA Court in Luxembourg has ruled that Norway's regulations on ownership of hydropower concessions, which demand that private owners must turn their concessions back to the state after 60 years, are contrary to regulations of the European Economic Area (EEA).
David Emerson, minister of international trade, announced last week that Canada has successfully concluded a free trade agreement with the members of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA): Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. This is Canada's first FTA in six years, and it took nine years to negotiate.
International Trade Minister David Emerson says the successful completion of Canada's first free trade deal in six years will signal the country's re-emergence as a player on the global trade scene.
