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EFTA
European Free Trade Association (Finland, Iceland, Lichtenstein, Switzerland)
Free trade with Iceland and Liechtenstein is not exactly a hot political topic in Canada. But last week, Canada announced a deal with those two little countries along with Norway and Sweden - together they refer to themselves, rather grandly, as the European Free Trade Association. It's not much, but it's more than this country has accomplished in the trade arena is some time. Trade Minister David Emerson says there's more to come, to which Canadian exporters and consumers can only say: "It's about time."
The member states from the European Free Trade Association EFTA (Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Iceland) are increasingly negotiating bilateral free trade agreements with developing countries. In 2007, they strive to enter into negotiations with Peru, Colombia, India and Indonesia. Plese join this signature campaign to stop them.
The Canadian shipbuilding industry's feared loss of a protective tariff has come to pass and now the industry will have three years to adjust to new market conditions.
For the first time in six years, Canada has negotiated a new free-trade agreement - one which could cost the Atlantic shipbuilding industry hundreds of jobs.
Canada and four European nations have completed negotiations for a free trade agreement, the country's trade minister said on Thursday, saying Ottawa needs to seal more such deals to compete globally.
The latest in a series of local networking and consulting organisations, set up by Switzerland's official export promotion agency, has been opened in Pretoria.
While world trade talks remain deadlocked, the European Free Trade Association (Efta), of which Switzerland is a member, continues to extend its network of free trade accords.
Pakistan will start negotiations with the European Free Trade Association (Efta) for signing Free Trade Agreement (FTA), which the Commerce Ministry hopes will boost Pakistan's exports.
Even as an economic cooperation agreement with the European Union is in the offing, India on Wednesday announced that it would expand its free trade regime in Europe by exploring the possibilities of similar pacts with the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), comprising Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and Liechtenstein.
L'industrie de la construction navale au Canada surveille avec inquiétude les négociations entre Ottawa et des pays spécialisés dans la construction de navires en vue de conclure des accords de libre-échange. Des chantiers navals canadiens affirment que leur avenir pourrait être compromis si les tarifs douaniers actuels, de 25 %, devaient disparaître.
