S.Korea says agrees with China to consider FTA

Reuters India

Seoul and Beijing have been studying a free trade agreement (FTA) as China is South Korea’s biggest export market. The two countries expect their trade to …

http://in.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idINSEO23566320091010

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Japanese PM hopes to speed up trilateral FTA

Xinhua

BEIJING, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) — Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama on Saturday called for the acceleration of progress toward a free trade area (FTA) …

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/10/content_12206374.htm

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Japan PM: Too Early To Unwind Stimulus Policies

Wall Street Journal

Hatoyama said the three nations should push forward talks on free trade agreements between China and Japan, and between Japan and South Korea. …

http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20091010-700099.html

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Negative list only for India in ASEAN FTA

SteelGuru

Addressing a seminar on ASEAN FTA anxieties solutions and possibilities organized by the DCC, Mr Sharma said that no other country which signed the …

http://steelguru.com/news/index/2009/10/10/MTE1NDE1/Negative_list_only_for_India_in_ASEAN_FTA.html

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Polish leader to ratify EU treaty

BBC News

Polish President Lech Kaczynski is expected to sign the European Union’s Lisbon Treaty on Saturday. His signature will mean the treaty, which is intended to …

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8300311.stm

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Canada-Colombia FTA on life support, but still breathing

The Dominion

Proponants of the the Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (Bill C-23) faced a few hurdles over the past few weeks, but the deal is far from dead. …

http://www.dominionpaper.ca/weblogs/dawn/2968

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Full text of joint statement from South Korea-Japan-China trilateral summit

Yonhap News

By making full use of existing fora, including ASEAN+3, EAS, APEC and G20, we will continuously inject fresh vitality into the recovery and stable …

http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2009/10/10/21/0301000000AEN20091010001700315F.HTML

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Slowdown signs -Slowdown in the GCC market hits Indian power firms

SteelGuru

He said “One of the biggest reasons for this has been the slowdown in the GCC countries. Although countries like Kuwait and Saudi Arabia have dished out a …

http://steelguru.com/news/index/2009/10/10/MTE1Mjkx/Slowdown_signs_-Slowdown_in_the_GCC_market_hits_Indian_power_firms.html

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US eyes free trade pact with ASEAN

AFP

The United States at present has a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) with ASEAN, a precursor to a full free-trade pact. …

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5g12Mr1zyHypUbNY-tT8ZfZWpEjFw

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Czech president demands EU treaty opt out

AFP

PRAGUE — Czech President Vaclav Klaus on Friday called for the EU’s Lisbon reform treaty to prevent ethnic Germans forced out of his country after World War …

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5i4nIrI_GnwaEgwfvdZalYvVWbSWw

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