Tag: free trade agreement

SPECIAL REPORT / A fledgling trade agreement between the United States, Latin America and Asia threatens to derail Europe’s attempts to create free trade agreements with Japan and the US and casts doubt on the EU’s lack of strategy towards Asia, trade experts say.

India is optimistic it can seal a free trade deal with the European Union and is urging its negotiating partner to settle the details of an agreement it says would benefit both their stumbling economies.

There will always be crises, but policymakers should keep their eyes on the long-term issues as well as the immediate problems, the Japanese ambassador to the EU told EurActiv. These long-term issues bind the EU and Japan because they both face similar challenges – ageing populations and competitiveness – and that is why it is imperative that a comprehensive agreement between the two partners should be completed.

Štefan Füle, the EU Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy, said yesterday (21 September) that there were "no limits" to the possible depth and scope of Ukraine's integration with the EU, but warned that the political trial against opposition politicians risked blocking the country's European perspective.

Indian pharmaceutical industry representatives and NGOs have voiced opposition to an imminent EU-India free trade agreement (FTA) which they claim would limit the emerging nation's ability to produce generic drugs.

An EU-India summit tomorrow (10 December) will accelerate progress towards signing a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) by next spring, EU officials said.