More Trade News in Brief Week 3 (13 – 19 January 2014)

 

* Oxfam’s New Global Food Table

 

Oxfam published an index which compares the way the food is produced and distributed around the world.

 

European countries occupy the entire top 20 bar one – Australia ties in 8th place – while the US, Japan, New Zealand, Brazil and Canada all fall outside. African countries occupy the bottom 30 places in the table except for four – Laos, Bangladesh, Pakistan and India are there too.

 

See more at Good Enough to Eat, Oxfam Media Briefing.

 

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* South Korea & India Agree To Upgrade FTA, Revise DTA

 

South Korea and India agreed to upgrade their comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA) and put into effect the revised double taxation agreement (DTA) between the two countries as soon as possible.

 

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* Taiwan & New Zealand Sign FTA

 

Taiwan signed its first FTA with a developed economy, New Zealand.

 

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* Connecting Europe Facility

 

* EU – Single Resolution Mechanism (SRM)

 

The European Commission proposed a Single Resolution Mechanism (SRM) for the Banking Union, which would complement the Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM).

 

Please follow the link for more.

 

 

News from European Union

 

* EU & Japan to Start FTA Talks

 

25 March 2013, Brussels

 

European Union and Japan launched the negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA).

 

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* Long-term Financing of the European Economy

 

25 March 2013, Brussels

 

European Commission launches Green Paper on the long-term financing of the European economy.

 

Find more information following the link.

 

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* The EU’s Free Trade Agreements

 

25 March 2013, Brussels

 

European Commission published an update review of its trade free trade talks.

 

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News from European Union

 

* EU and Japan to Start Negotiation on FTA

 

The EU and Japan are set to hold a summit within the month as a launch pad to talks that could lead to a major free trade deal.

 

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* EU-Thailand FTA Negotiations to Start Soon

 

The EU will start negotiations with Thailand on a free trade agreement soon.

 

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* EU-Morocco Talks on FTA Begin

 

The EU and Morocco begin talks on free-trade agreement.

 

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More Trade News in Brief – Week 52 (24 – 31 December 2012)

 

* EFTA Approve the Updated EU ETS

 

The EFTA States (Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway) announced the adoption of the new guidelines European Union’s (EU) Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) – EU system to facilitate the taxation of carbon emissions.

 

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* ASEAN & India Extend Trade Agreement

 

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and India have concluded a free trade agreement to include trade in services and investments, to add to their exiting FTA on trade in goods.

 

Find more here.

 

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* Barbados & San Marino Signed DTA

 

A new tax treaty, double tax agreement (DTA) has been signed between Barbados y San Marino.

 

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* UNCTAD Acknowledges Admission of South Sudan as Forty-ninth LDC

 

18 December 2012

 

The United Nations General Assembly added South Sudan to the list of Least Developed Countries (LDCs).

 

LDC status is granted to those economies that are deemed the most structurally disadvantaged and the most likely to experience difficulties in their efforts to come out of poverty.

 

EU & Japan to Start Free Trade Agreement Negotiations

29 November 2012, Brussels

 

European Union governments authorized the start of talks with Japan on a free-trade agreement.

 

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New Free Trade Agreements (FTAs)

* South Korea & Vietnam Started Negotiation on a FTA

 

Authorities from South Korea and Vietnam officially launched negotiations for a bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA)

 

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* Pakistan & Mercosur Look for a FTA

 

The ambassadors from Pakistan and Mercosur expressed the desire of their countries to  hold talks on a trade pact soon.

 

More here.

 

More Trade News in Brief – Week 29 (9 July – 15 July 2012)

* Free Online Tool for Trade and Market

 

The International Trade Centre (ITC) has redeveloped its free online analysis tool Market Access Map.

 

Market Access Map is an interactive analytical web tool informing about tariffs and non-tariff measures (NTMs) and other market access conditions.

 

The tool is available at www.macmap.org.

 

More here.

 

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* Mozambique Sign IMO Anti-piracy Code

 

6 July 2012

 

Mozambique is the 20th state to The Code of Conduct concerning the Repression of Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in the Western Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Aden (Djibouti Code of Conduct) developed by International Maritime Organization (IMO).

 

More here.

 

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* CARICOM-Canada Revised FTA

 

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Canada express their desire to agree a revised free trade agreement to replace the actual CARIBCAN preferential trade programme until the end of the year.

 

More here.

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* Japan & Liechtenstein Sign TIEA

 

Japan & Liechtenstein sign bilateral Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) in accordance with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD) model convention.

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* Ghana Signs Tax Cooperation Agreement

 

10 July 2012

 

Ghana is the second African country, after South Africa, to sign the Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters, a multilateral agreement developed by the Council of Europe and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

EU Adopts a Tripartite FTA with Colombia and Peru

4 June 2012, Brussels

 

The Council of the European Union adopted a decision approving the signing of a tripartite free trade agreement (FTA) with Colombia and Peru.

EU-Vietnam Negations on FTA

31 May 2012, Brussels

 

After Malaysia and Singapore,  Vietnam is the third ASEAN’s country with which EU will negotiate a free trade agreement.

 

More here.