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Korea ranks 6th among G20 nations in number of investment deals
An OECD report shows that as of end May, Korea had 106 international investment agreements, most being bilateral deals.This puts Korea in a tie with the United States
France, Spain, Italy jointly ask to quit EU-Morocco FTA
The fresh produce organizations members of the Joint French-Spanish-Italian Committee wrote to the European Parliament to claim their vote against the renewal of the EU-Morocco Association Agreement.
China opening trade doors to Pakistan
China has pledged to provide trade concessions to Islamabad that it is not getting from the United States and European Union
Businesses urged to capitalise on free trade deals
New Zealand should be looking to become the food bowl of Asia and use free trade agreements to do it, according to financial services firm KPMG.
GCC close to meeting monetary union plan
At the end of 2009, all GCC countries, with the exception of UAE and Oman which disengaged from the plan, were within the fiscal convergence criteria needed for the regional monetary union, the Washington-based Institute of International Finance (IIF) said.
Business council supports Jordan’s aspirations for free trade with GCC
The Saudi Jordanian Businessmen Council supported Jordan’s request for a free trade agreement with Gulf states, according to the council’s Chairman Mohammad Al Audah.
CARICOM Says Speed Up CSME Process
A meeting of regional private sector officials has ended in Grenada with a call for Caricom to speed-up the rate at which free movement of goods and services are implemented.
South Korea, Colombia Start 3rd Round Of Free Trade Talks
South Korea and Colombia began Monday their third round of free trade negotiations in Seoul, Yonhap News Agency reported the trade ministry as saying.
Groser walks diplomatic path to China as Greens lob barbed warning
A Chinese political and trade delegation to New Zealand has been lauded as a positive continuance of a burgeoning relationship between the two countries by Trade Minister Tim Groser.
China urged to explore investment opportunities in COMESA
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Secretary-General Sindiso Ngwenya on Tuesday urged China to enter into joint ventures with Africa’s largest regional trading and economic grouping to capitalize on the customs union that was launched last year.
AMI White Paper: FTAs create billions in revenue, thousands of new industry jobs
The US meat industry is doing all it can to get ratification of pending US trade agreements, so it can sell more product overseas (just when the US Department of Agriculture is calling on US residents to lower their meat consumption to improve health).
EAC, EPA pacts for November 2010
Signing of the East African Community (EAC) Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA) agreements that were expected to be signed in June have been postponed to November this year after the negotiations are concluded.
Trade deal must safeguard our sovereignty
A second round of negotiations towards the Transpacific Partnership Trade Agreement (TPPTA) is taking place this week in San Francisco. New Zealand is one of eight parties along with the US, Australia, Singapore, Chile, Peru, Brunei and Vietnam, and others may join.
Negative list of SAFTA comprises 53pc of total regional trade India’s tariff, non-tariff barriers restrict trade in South Asia
The negative list of South Asia Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA) comprises 53 per cent of the total trade between the regional countries, therefore, fully implementation on the agreement would not even yield the desired results, a senior official said on Tuesday.
US food giants support free trade deal
Key members of the United States food industry have come out in support of comprehensive free trade deal including New Zealand.
Dominican Republic gets a new rival in sugar exports to the US
US president Barack Obama modified the provisions in the Central America-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (Cafta) to allow imports of sugar from Costa Rica starting today.
Turkey turns east to form free trade zone
Turkey has embarked on the road to a “Middle Eastern Union” as an alternative to the European Union, according to some observers, after Ankara unveiled its vision for a giant free-trade zone spanning from the Bosphorus to Sudan and Morocco.
BoI tasked to facilitate investment
The Board of Investment (BoI) has been tasked to formulate Special Economic Zone Act (SEZA), update the existing Promotion and Protection of Investment Act 1976 and conclude Bilateral Investment Treaties (BIT) and Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with other countries specially the United States.
Accords de partenariat économique : Le bras de fer Afrique de l’Ouest-Union européenne continue
Le dialogue de sourds entre l’Union européenne et l’Afrique de l’Ouest concernant les APE est loin d’être terminé. C’est du moins ce qui ressort du point de presse de la société civile, à l’issue des négociations intervenues au cours de la semaine dernière.
Commons seals Colombia free-trade deal
Canada’s free-trade agreement with Colombia passed Monday in the House of Commons with the backing of the Liberals, sealing a deal much criticized by human rights groups