EU Signed a Trade Agreement with Colombia & Peru

26 June 2012, Brussels

 

The European Union (EU) signed a Trade Agreement with Colombia and Peru.

 

Further information and other EU agreements can be found here.

Canada & Mexico Invited to Join to Pacific-Trade Talks

Canada and Mexico were invited to join nine nations negotiating a Multi-Nation Pacific Trade Agreement.

The other nine countries included in the negotiones are U.S., Australia, Brunei, Chile, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam.

 

More here and here.

“Full Trade Liberalization” Between EU and US at the Horizon

22 May 2012, London

 

EU and US will star the negation on a broad trade agreement soon, the US Trade Ambassador Ron Kirk said. The accord is expected to be completed by the middle of 2014, assure the EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht.

 

The two side have the world’s largest bilateral economic relationship, but they are unable to reach agreement in areas such as agriculture, health and safety standards and regulations.

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ROC President Calls for Taiwan-Japan FTA Talks

9 May 2012, Taipai, ROC (Republic of China, know as Taiwan)

 

Taiwanese authorities are seeking for a free trade agreement with Japan and take bilateral economic ties to new heights. ROC President Ma Ying-jeou said that the accord should include an investment protection arrangement, open sky agreement and a special law by Tokyo to protect ROC artwork.

Canada, Japan, Mexico and Trans-Pacific Trade (TPP)

In spite of expressing interest in joining the proposed TPP Agreement negotiations, Canada, Japan, and Mexico have not been yet accepted to talks

 

The TPP negotiations have been launched in 2005 among four countries, and eventually expanding to a group of nine (Australia, Brunei, Chile, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the US, and Vietnam).

E.U.-Canada Trade Deal in Six Months

23 April 2012, Otawa

 

Denmark Trade Minister Pia Olsen Dyhr state today that the European Union and Canada will conclude a free trade agreement within six months. Denmark holds the presidency of the Council of the European Union. “We are hoping for the most comprehensive and ambitious trade agreement that Canada has ever signed” confirm the Canadian Trade Minister Ed Fast  Fast after the meeting with Pia Olsen Dyhr in Otawa.

 

The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) would establish a wide-ranging trade deal encompassing not only goods, but investment and services, and provincial and municipal government procurement.