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Japan asked the European Union on Monday to exert leadership in enabling the launch of free trade talks between Japan and the regional bloc, with top EU officials pledging to explain the need for such talks to member states.
The EU-Singapore FTA will provide a basic template for the EU FTAs with other ASEAN governments, although perhaps not an exact duplicate, due to agriculture being a less sensitive issue for trade between the EU and Singapore.
Thailand Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra expects the Thai parliament to approve a Thailand-European Union Free Trade Agreement next year.
Several sensitive matters remain to be settled, including access for agricultural goods, opening up procurement markets and the extension of pharmaceutical patents.
L'ambassadeur de l'Union européenne au Canada a indiqué lundi que bien que les négociations en vue de conclure un accord de libre-échange entre les deux régions soient entrées dans leur phase finale, les problèmes les plus épineux n'ont toujours pas été résolus.
Bahamas' Minister of Financial Services is this week aiming to encourage three of the largest Swiss private banks to domicile “new business units” in the Bahamas, under the auspices of a new deal under the EU EPA.
Civil society statement calling fpr rejection of the Conformity Assessment and Acceptance of Industrial Products protocol attached to the European Union-Israel Association Agreement
Switzerland’s manufacturing and science industries have again urged negotiators to patch up differences with the European Union, warning of grave risks to the Swiss economy if the current impasse cannot be resolved.
The much-delayed negotiations for the proposed free trade agreement between India and the EU are unlikely to conclude this year due to persisting differences over several issues such as opening up of the services sector and level of duty cuts in the automobile segment.
Philippine House of Representatives Ifugao Rep. Teddy Baguilat warned that the free trade agreement (FTA) with the European Union will be jeopardized if Philippine government fails to take a second look at the sin tax bill.
