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EU
European Union
After years of political wrangling, Syria's long-delayed Association Agreement (AA) with the European Union is expected to be ratified by EU member states by the middle of the year.
This report questions the much-touted benefits of opening up banking sector under the India-EU FTA. Are big European banks going to augment the reach of the banking system to millions of Indians citizens who have no access to basic banking services? What specialization and experience do European banks have when it comes to providing basic banking services to landless rural workers and urban poor dwellers? Will the India-EU FTA reduce the domestic regulatory space?
The United States will make it a priority to get rid of barriers to US farm exports based on unjustified sanitary and phytosanitary concerns about human, animal and plant health -- including the EU ban on GM crops -- the designee for US Trade Representative said on Thursday.
While EU and other global leaders have talked tough about re-regulating the financial sector in the wake of the economic crisis, they remain committed to pushing through banking deregulation in the developing world via trade deals.
South Korea is pushing for the G20 countries to support a moratorium on new import tariffs at next month's meeting, according to President Lee Myung-bak.
It came out during the Canadian election in October of 2008, that the Conservative government was set to begin negotiations with the European Union (EU) on deeper economic integration
The European Union's trade chief is confident she can convince member states to back a free trade pact with Korea, despite fierce opposition from the bloc's embattled car industry.
A regional Economic Partnership Agreement encompassing the West African region is expected to be signed later this year as negotiations are far advanced for a draft agreement in June 2009, and subsequently a full pact by the end of the year, the outgoing Head of the EU Delegation to Ghana has hinted.
The federal government hopes to open formal negotiations within months toward a free-trade deal with the European Union.
