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Vietnam, EU aim to complete FTA in 2014
Chief negotiators from Vietnam and the EU have pledged to complete discussions about a free trade agreement (FTA) by the end of this year.
India-EU free trade pact likely to be signed next year
India and the European Union will have a free trade agreement most likely in the first half of 2015, EU Ambassador to India Joao Cravinho, said on Friday.
Philip Morris, Australia and the fate of Europe’s trade talks
Australia’s clash with Philip Morris over plain packaging has disrupted trade talks between the United States and Europe, reports James Panichi in Brussels
US drafts Ukraine sanctions, as EU mulls new talks
The US state department has been remodelled to fit the EU's so-called Eastern Partnership policy on pulling former Soviet republics closer to the West amid Russia's new assertiveness in the region
Ecuador-EU to negotiate trade agreement
Ecuador and the European Union will hold their first round of negotiations on a Multipart Trade Agreement from January 13 to 17 in Brussels, announced an official source.
EU-Mercosur talking across each other over trade agreement
After 31 months of talks, 2013 was supposed to mark the time when the European Union and the Mercosur bloc were going to present their respective offers for a free trade deal all sides claim to want. Yet 2013 will end as it began —without any concrete progress.
‘Havoc for palm oil sector’
Palm oil refiners, some of which are owned by the country’s largest conglomerates, may face a bleak future if Malaysia accedes to demand under free trade pacts to dismantle the crude palm oil (CPO) tax.
PH-EU free trade agreement may start talks in first quarter of 2014 - trade official Cristobal
The initial stages of negotiations for the Philippines-European Free Trade Agreement may start first quarter of 2014, Trade undersecretary Adrian Cristobal Jr. said.
Rybak says EU-Ukraine Association Agreement can be signed without FTA
Verkhovna Rada Chairman Volodymyr Rybak has said he does not rule out the possibility of signing an Association Agreement between Ukraine and the EU without the creation of a free trade area (FTA).
Early ratification of EU-S’pore FTA may not be possible, say analysts
Singapore has been pushing for the ratification of the European Union-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (FTA) as early as possible -- but observers say that as it is a complex process involving all the different members of the EU, the goal will be a difficult one.