Posts In Category Trade Deals

Cambodia Garment Strike Spotlights on Labor Rights

on July 30, 2010 by admin in ASEAN News, Economy, Malaysia News, News, Review, Trade Deals, Trade News, Comments (0)

The wraith of global meltdown is still resonating in some form or the other in most outsourcing dependent countries. The recent Cambodia garment workers’ strike turns out to be a […]

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Staunch Trade Ties Do Not Vouch Chinese to Invest in N-Korea

on July 28, 2010 by admin in Bilateral Trade, Business, China Business News, North Korea News, Trade Deals, Trade News, Comments (0)

A Chinese trade expert in an interview to the Global Times, a Chinese newspaper and arm of People’s Daily told many Chinese companies had lost money while trading and investing […]

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Mercosur-Egypt FTA Likely to Exclude Sensitive Poultry Trade

on July 26, 2010 by admin in Africa News, Business, Latin American Business, Trade Deals, Trade News, Comments (0)

The Free Trade Agreement between Mercosur and Egypt is expected to label poultry in the sensitive category as the latter fears it may adversely impact the domestic industry. According to […]

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Indo-Pak Ties – The Chokepoint for Indian Exports to Afghan

on July 19, 2010 by admin in Bilateral Trade, Export News, Indian Exports, News, Pakistan News, Politics, Trade Deals, Trade News, Comments (0)

The trade treaty signed on Sunday between Pakistan and Afghanistan has become a major embarrassment to the visiting US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as the deal conspicuously disallows Indian […]

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Portugal and Turkey Ink Landmark Visa Exemption Deal

on July 18, 2010 by admin in Business, EU News, Tourism News, Trade Deals, Trade News, Travel News, Turkey News, Work, Comments (0)

Turkish Foreign Minister’s one day visit to Portugal has culminated in the signing of a mutually beneficial partial visa exemption agreement. According to the deal, citizens of both countries who […]

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Viet Nam Eyes Robust Myanmar Market

on July 15, 2010 by admin in ASEAN News, Bilateral Trade, Blog, Business, Export News, Import News, Politics, Trade Deals, Trade News, Comments (0)

The Viet Nam Ambassador to Myanmar feels that Myanmar has all the trappings of providing big returns for investments ranging from mining, forestry management, agriculture and aquaculture to telecommunication, tourism […]

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EAC Common Market Likely to Slash Cost of Consumables

on July 12, 2010 by admin in Africa News, Business, Export News, Import News, Trade Deals, Trade News, Comments (0)

The East African Common Market (EACM) which came into force on July 1 is expected reduce prices of household items as the new ‘competitive’ market environment will trigger some price […]

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Indo-Bhutan Power Trade to Reciprocally Obviate Dearth

on July 10, 2010 by admin in Bilateral Trade, Business, Economy, Export News, Import News, India, India News, Indian Exports, News, Trade Deals, Trade News, Comments (0)

India’s plan to create over $1bn sovereign-backed fund to boost trade and investment for domestic power utilities in South Asia will largely benefit Bhutan to fund its power distribution projects […]

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Foul German Cheese Savour Protests from Italian Farmers

on July 9, 2010 by admin in Bilateral Trade, Business, Dairy News, Dairy Trade, Export News, Import News, Trade Deals, Comments (0)

A multitude of Italian farmers converged on the Austrian border to protest at the importation of tainted cheese from Germany with Italian-sounding brand names. The demonstration was held on account […]

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Serbian Businesses Find Croatian Markets Unwelcome

on June 18, 2010 by admin in Bilateral Trade, Business, Economy, Export News, Import News, Trade Deals, Trade News, Comments (0)

The Serbian businesspeople feel that though their country has opened doors to the Croatian firms and products since 2000, the Serbian companies are still not welcome in Croatia. According to […]

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Overarching Trade Promotions by Turkey to Power Growth

on June 14, 2010 by admin in Business, Cameroon News, Economy, Export News, India News, News, South Africa News, Trade Deals, Trade News, World Business News, Comments (0)

The Turkish government through various trade programs is ensuring that its economy will grow by more than 12 percent in the coming quarters. The one such program is the “Turkey-World […]

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Botswana Identifies Cuba as Decisive Ally – Signs Pacts

on June 11, 2010 by admin in Africa News, Bilateral Trade, Botswana News, Latin American Business, News, Trade Deals, Trade News, Comments (0)

The three-day visit by the president of Botswana to Cuba has culminated in the signing of several accords including healthcare, education, sports and agriculture. The Botswanan President Seretse Khama Ian […]

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NZ Reveals Game Plan on FTAs and Bilateral Trade Pacts

on June 2, 2010 by admin in ASEAN News, Australian Business, Australian News, Bilateral Trade, Business, China Business News, Dairy News, Dairy Trade, Export News, Import News, India News, New Zealand News, News, Trade Deals, Trade News, Comments (0)

New Zealand Trade Minister Tim Groser’s address while laying the groundwork for the FTA talks with Russia has unveiled a strategy that his country would possibly be effecting the early […]

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Sri Lanka Trade Pacts – Some Prefer China over India

on June 1, 2010 by admin in Bilateral Trade, Business, China Business News, India, India News, Trade Deals, Trade News, Comments (0)

The Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) expected to be signed between India and Sri Lanka next month which sparked off recent protests in Colombo is seen as a retrogressive deal […]

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Saudi Arabia Broadens Business with US on a Grand Scale

on April 29, 2010 by admin in Africa News, Business, Economy, News, Trade Deals, Trade News, US Business News, World Business, Comments (0)

The ongoing two-day US-Saudi Business Opportunities Forum, a first of its kind, has become a venue for the Saudi kingdom to woo US with investment opportunities worth more than $250bn. […]

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China will continue to Spur Its Firms to Invest in Vanuatu

on April 13, 2010 by admin in Africa News, Asia Pacific Trade, Australian Business, Australian News, Bilateral Trade, China Business News, Trade Deals, Trade News, Comments (0)

Prime Minister of Vanuatu Edward Natapei met Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao at Beijing in honour of latter’s invitation. Natapei’s 6-day visit to China is expected give added fillip to the […]

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Dutch Revving to Re-write 400yr-old Trade History with India

on April 7, 2010 by admin in Bilateral Trade, EU News, India, India News, Netherlands, Trade Deals, Trade News, Comments (0)

The Netherlands has sent a high level delegation to India to tap the growing importance in the world economy of its long-standing trade partner. The five-day Netherlands economic mission which […]

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US-Nigeria Aims to Ameliorate Ties by Broad-based Accord

on April 5, 2010 by admin in Africa News, Bilateral Trade, Trade Deals, Trade News, US Business News, Comments (0)

The US and Nigeria would be attempting to upgrade its diplomatic ties through a historic comprehensive commission pact to be signed on Wednesday in New York. The bi-national commission agreement […]

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Russia to Source Poultry and Meat from India

on March 30, 2010 by admin in Export News, Global Export News, Import News, Indian Exports, Trade Deals, Trade News, World Business News, Comments (0)

Russia will look at India apart from Turkey and Thailand to satisfy its poultry demand to tide over the shortage created by lack of supplies from the US and Brazil. […]

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Peru Hopes Tourism Bonanza by Re-opening Machu Picchu

on March 29, 2010 by admin in Economy, Tourism News, Trade Deals, Trade News, Travel News, Comments (0)

Machu Picchu, Peru’s largest tourist destination is all set to re-open on April 1 after it was forced to close in January due to heavy rains that destroyed railway line […]

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Haitians Sceptical about US Re-build Formula

on March 24, 2010 by admin in Haiti Economy, Trade Deals, Trade News, US Business News, World Business News, Comments (0)

Most of Haiti’s population, who are left bereft of their loved ones and homes by the Jan 12 devastation of 7.2 magnitude earthquake is seemed to have woken up to […]

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Fairtrade Enters Gold Market with New Standard

on March 19, 2010 by admin in Export News, Import News, Latin American Business, Trade Deals, Trade News, UK News, Comments (0)

The Fairtrade Foundation, a market-based social organization has announced that it had jointly developed a gold standard with the Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM), a coalition of individuals and organizations […]

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EU Embarrassed by Report on Exports of Torture Equipment

on March 18, 2010 by admin in E-Commerce, EU News, Export News, Global Export News, Import News, Trade Deals, Trade News, UK News, Comments (0)

The EU which insists on stringent enforcement of human rights in every trade deal has found itself cornered by the recent jointly released report by Amnesty International and the Omega […]

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Washington Apple Industry Eyes Larger Share of Asian Markets

on March 14, 2010 by admin in China Business News, Export News, Global Export News, Import News, Trade Deals, Comments (0)

An apple industry head from the US said Washington apples had great future in the Asian markets including Iraq, Iran, India, and even China as they were tastier and of […]

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Thailand Cements Ties with Bahrain with Investment Plans

on March 3, 2010 by admin in Bilateral Trade, Trade Deals, Trade News, World Business, Comments (0)

A delegation led by Thai Trade Commissioner Kiat Sittheeamom which comprised representatives from a cross-section of business firms from Thailand presented its interest in exploring varied sectors of Bahrain economy […]

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