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TPP Talks Quietly Enter the Final Stages

23/06/2014

There is, of course, no guarantee that a final agreement is near on the Trans-Pacific Partnership. The countries engaged in negotiations on this broad trade liberalization scheme failed to reach a consensus at the TPP ministerial meeting held in Singapore on May 19–20, 2014, and they are now working to smooth out disagreements ahead of the meeting of chief negotiators in July.

Pricing structure triggers anti-dumping investigation on imported haemodialysis equipment in China

23/06/2014

The price of a car is typically less than the costs required to operate it through its lifetime. Those economic car models do not necessarily provide cheap spare-parts. The manufacturer’s strategy is simple – once you own a car, it is only a matter of time before you acquire some spare parts for it.

New Zealand Fails To Agree Tariff Cuts With Korea

23/06/2014

New Zealand and South Korea completed a seventh round of talks on their proposed free trade agreement (FTA), but reported on June 13, 2014, after six days of meetings in Auckland, that they had made little progress on agreeing further tariff reductions.

Japan accelerating bilateral talks on TPP

23/06/2014

Japanese trade officials are rushing to clear the hurdles to a Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade pact. They are accelerating talks with individual countries ahead of a meeting of all 12 next month.

Malaysia: Govt to probe dumping of coils by 3 countries

23/06/2014

The government has initiated an investigation on imports of hot-rolled coils (HRC), chequered coils and pickled and oiled (P&O) coils from China, Indonesia and Korea upon receiving a petition for the imposition of anti-dumping duty from a domestic producer on May 20, 2014.

Colombia Congress rejects free trade deal with South Korea

23/06/2014

Colombia’s Congress on Tuesday voted against a signed free trade agreement (FTA) with South Korea following disappointing results of a similar deal with the United States.

Russia-WTO Impasse Renders South Stream Talks Futile, European Commission Says

19/06/2014

LUXEMBOURG — Negotiations to bring Russia's giant South Stream project into line with European Union law are pointless as long as Moscow is asking the World Trade Organization to review the bloc's energy rules, Europe's energy chief said.