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Following an announcement earlier in the month that the United States and Japan had completed bilateral consultations, Acting US Trade Representative Demetrios Marantis notified Congress, in a letter dated April 24, of the Administration's intention to include Japan in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement negotiations.
MoreSEOUL, April 29 (Xinhua) -- South Korea and China reaffirmed their push for the bilateral free trade deal in the fifth round of talks held in China last week, the South Korean trade ministry said Monday. "Both sides reaffirmed each other's will to push for the free trade agreement (FTA) in the negotiation that was held for the first time since new governments of both nations had been launched, " the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) said in a statement.
MoreGENEVA: A panel appointed by the World Trade Organization(WTO) chief Pascal Lamy on Wednesday recommended sweeping changes, including special treatment for developing and poor counties, pushed for inclusion of new issues such as investment, currencies and climate change in the multilateral body's programme, besides reiterating the need to conclude the Doha Round talks.
New Zealand trade minister Tim Groser said Wednesday all trade products should be subjected to liberalization under the Trans-Pacific Partnership without exception, including farm products Japan is now trying to protect by maintaining tariffs.“We will not handle these sensitivities in agriculture, autos or whatever, by exclusions from trade liberalization
MoreBANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei - China and 15 other Asia-Pacific nations will kick off the first round of free trade talks next month in a move to create one of the world's largest trading blocs, officials said Thursday.The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership is a rival pact to the US-led Trans-Pacific Partnership, a free trade initiative involving a
More(Reuters) - President Barack Obama's administration on Wednesday notified Congress it will start free-trade talks with Japan, bringing the world's third-largest economy into U.S.-led negotiations on a regional free-trade pact."The participation of Japan, a major U.S.
MoreTwo news reports that emanated from Geneva recently need attention. The first is about the contest for the post of director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) where the number of aspirants has been trimmed to five from nine based on initial feedback from the member countries. The second is about the cut in trade growth forecast for 2013 by the WTO.
MoreWASHINGTON, April 24 (Xinhua) -- Japan's entry into the Trans- Pacific Partnership (TPP) will deliver significant economic benefits for the United States, said a senior U.S. trade official on Wednesday.The TPP Agreement will "serve as a tool to expand U.S.
MoreVietnam has appreciated the US’s support for its Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement negotiations and pledged to accelerate the negotiation process. State President Truong Tan Sang made the statement at a reception for ambassador Demetrios James Marantis, Acting US Trade Representative, in Hanoi on April 23. Sang thanked Marantis for his contributions to Vietnam’s TPP negotiations and noted that the complete agreement will help bolster economic and trade ties between Vietnam and the US.
MoreAs the two-day ministerial meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum ended Sunday in Indonesia with calls to promote free-trade initiatives, Japan gained unanimous backing to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade talks from the 11 APEC economies involved.
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