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last update: May 2012
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Clouds loom despite Swiss-US trade boom
23-Aug-2007     swissinfo
The biggest trade storm of late between the US and Switzerland has been the failure to establish a free trade agreement between the two countries. Negotiations broke down last year over agriculture.
New Danish strategy targets free trade with emerging markets in Asia
20-Jul-2007     Ministry of Foreign Affairs
A new trade policy strategy from the Government of Denmark aims at supporting ambitious EU bilateral and regional free trade and investment agreements -- especially with new growth markets in Asia.
Switzerland: China visit yields few tangible results
15-Jul-2007     swissinfo
Swiss Economics Minister Doris Leuthard will not return home from her four-day visit to China totally empty-handed. Leuthard said she was satisfied with the results of the trip and the signing of a declaration aimed at establishing a free trade accord was the "highpoint".
Disappointment over EFTA Court ruling on power rights
9-Jul-2007    
The international EFTA Court in Luxembourg has ruled that Norway's regulations on ownership of hydropower concessions, which demand that private owners must turn their concessions back to the state after 60 years, are contrary to regulations of the European Economic Area (EEA).
International signature campaign against EFTA FTAs
11-Jun-2007     Berne Declaration
The member states from the European Free Trade Association EFTA (Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Iceland) are increasingly negotiating bilateral free trade agreements with developing countries. In 2007, they strive to enter into negotiations with Peru, Colombia, India and Indonesia. Plese join this signature campaign to stop them.
FDCL alert: European free trade onslaught in Latin America
17-May-2007     FDCL
European Union endorses highly dangerous negotiation mandates for free trade areas with Central America and the Andean Community
EU promises seeks to design bilateral trade deals that support future WTO-type pact
8-May-2007     IHT
The European Union will aim to design bilateral trade deals with other regions and countries that can be applied to a future world trade agreement even if last-ditch efforts to forge a global pact fail later this year, an EU trade official said Tuesday.
EU: Conclusions on the recommendations to open negotiations with countries of ASEAN, India and South Korea
25-Apr-2007    
The EU Council, and the Representatives of the Member States meeting within the Council, officially gave the Commission "the green light" to start FTA negotiations with India, Korea and ASEAN.
EU sees big export rise if Asia trade pacts agreed
23-Apr-2007    
European Union exports would rise by 40 billion euros ($54.3 billion) a year if the bloc reaches planned new free trade agreements (FTAs) with countries in Asia, the European Commission said.
European Commission welcomes adoption of negotiating mandates for new free trade agreements with India, Korea and ASEAN
23-Apr-2007     DG Trade
The European Commission has welcomed the formal adoption by European Member States of negotiating mandates for a new generation of Free Trade Agreements with India, South Korea and ASEAN.