ISDS Case Map
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European Union
South Korea has sent a draft proposal on free trade talks to the EU, promising to remove or phase out import tariffs on cars over seven years. Seoul has also decided to exclude rice from its list of markets subject to opening, but it may agree to open up its agricultural market, including beef.
The negotiations for an EU-India FTA could prove even more difficult to bring to a successful conclusion than the Doha development negotiations.
Between 2004 and 2006, the Naimibian government made more than N$200 million in dividends alone from fixed telecommunication lines, provision of bulk communication infrastructures, and on mobile phone services. Liberalising the sector through the EPA with the EU may poke a hole to its bulging purse. Namibia is also worried that the inclusion of a New Generation clause may hamper the country's expansion programme into SADC market.
A top European Union official has been seeking to create divisions between South Africa and its neighbours in talks aimed at establishing a free trade deal, African diplomats have alleged.
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Discussions to prepare Africa's position on Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) with the European Union (EU) should not be approached as an academic exercise.
Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has released an annual report on international trade specifying the nation's policy of revving up preparations for future talks with the United States and the European Union on concluding free-trade agreements (FTAs).
Korea's chief envoy to free trade talks with the European Union is cautioning against being overly optimistic about having products made at an industrial park in North Korea's Kaeseong included in the bilateral trade deal.
The ongoing free trade pact talks with the European Union (EU) will be centered on the extent of liberalization of the manufacturing sector, a senior Korean government official said Thursday.
Trade negotiations between Southern Africa and the European Union are progressing slowly and some sectors might not even be agreed on by the end of the year, when the signing of the trade agreement is to take place.
