India and US have made progress towards finalising a framework agreement on trade and investment, which will be signed soon, said visiting US Trade Representative Ron Kirk. Points that still need work, in Washington's view, are strengthening intellectual property and access of US goods and financial services into Indian markets.
Taiwan's decision to relax its restrictions against U.S. beef imports has nothing to do with any attempt to resume trade talks with the United States under the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) , Vice Premier Eric Lilun Chu said Monday.
Proposals by a prominent Washington senator to push the US government into a free trade agreement with Asean may be no more than a political prod to get President Barack Obama more engaged in Southeast Asia.
US-Taiwan Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) talks are expected to be resumed by the end of this year now that the issue of beef imports from the US has been resolved, Minister of Economic Affairs Shih Yen-shiang said Friday.
India and the US will have more discussions in December on the investment treaty, aimed at providing a fillip to bilateral business ties, US Ambassador, Timothy J Roemer said today.
Businesspeople, economists and trade experts are unaware of what are in the draft of the proposed Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (Tifa) between Bangladesh and the US.
There is no investment chapter or investor-state dispute settlement provisions in the Korea-EU FTA (competency for investment matters rests with the individual EU Member States), whereas KORUS features investor protections.
Visiting US assistant trade representative Michael J Delaney has stressed that Dhaka sign a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) with his country to increase bilateral trade. But it's a controversial issue in Bangladesh.
The new chief of the American Chamber of Commerce in Korea said Monday that the long-stalled Korea-US free trade agreement will not undergo renegotiation, but didn't rule out "further bilateral discussions" regarding provisions related to the auto sector.