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Chile-Peru FTA to be Effective from March 1 [24 Feb 2009]  
The official gazette of Peru has published a decree that the Peru-Chile Free Trade Agreement (FTA) will come into full effect from Sunday, March 1 2009. The trade pact thus forms an elaborate replacem  ...More
Tags: peru     chile     commerce     asia market    
Korea Plans to Include Overseas Partners in its e-Trade [06 Jul 2009]  
South Korea is planning to popularize the domestic e-trade initiative called uTradeHub among international traders, and for which the government has already approached Libya, Uzbekistan, Mongolia and  ...More
Tags: South Korea     e-trade     e-commerce    
Blizzard Saves the Season for E-tailers in US [24 Dec 2009]  
The snow storm that crippled the US during the final shopping weekend on December 19 and 20 became a blessing in disguise for e-commerce businesses as the total online sales recorded 13 percent growth  ...More
Tags: e-commerce    businesse    Amazon    Walmart    Apple.com    
Chavez Devaluation Missile Ravages French Retail Chain [19 Jan 2010]  
Exito, a joint French-Colombian supermarket chain, has fallen prey to this month’s Venezuelan currency devaluation policy, which warned action against any firm that involved in speculative price hikes  ...More
Tags: French    commerce    business    economy    
China to Tax E-tailers as an Act of Internet Regulation [02 Feb 2010]  
China’s Administration for Industry and Commerce will soon keep tabs on its online businesses to check fraud and generate revenue through one of the country’s fastest growing industries. A new proposa  ...More
Tags: China    internet    commerce    business    Beijing    
NZ Reveals Game Plan on FTAs and Bilateral Trade Pacts [02 Jun 2010]  
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 mover advantage  ...More
Tags: WTO     FTA     Trade     Commerce     Russia    
Indo-Pak Ties - The Chokepoint for Indian Exports to Afghan [19 Jul 2010]  
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 exp  ...More
Tags: Indo-Pak     Afghan     Exports     Clinton     Commerce    
Mercosur-Egypt FTA Likely to Exclude Sensitive Poultry Trade [23 Jul 2010]  
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 the Al-Masry  ...More
Tags: Egypt     Trade     Commerce     Mercosur     Poultry    
Switzerland Prepares for a Historic FTA with China [17 Aug 2010]  
The Swiss President Doris Leuthard's week-long visit to China is likely to make Switzerland once again a first mover from Europe to sign an FTA with China as it had established diplomatic ties 60 year  ...More
Tags: Switzerland     China     Commerce     Trade Partner    
S-Korea Bags another Deal in Latin America - FTA with Peru [01 Sep 2010]  
After holding seven rounds of talks in past 18 months, South Korea has decided to sign an FTA with Peru to fuel its ambitions in South America. The latest trade pact for Asia's fourth-largest economy  ...More
Tags: ASEAN     EFTA     South Korea     Asia     Commerce    
China Uses Predominate Muslim A-region to Woo Arab Commerce [27 Sep 2010]  
China has launched on Sunday a five-day trade platform for maximizing its trade with the Arab world from Ningxia Hui, an autonomous region with predominantly Muslim population. The China Investment an  ...More
Tags: China     Arab Commerce     Sino-Arab     Trade    
Rampant Growth of e-Buying plus Undue Taxes Damaging Retailers [21 Dec 2010]  
The rapid change in the dynamics of consumer buying coupled with unfair taxation laws are undermining the traditional brick and mortar retailers across New Zealand and Australia. The Australian Retail  ...More
Tags: Online Shopping     e-commerce     Retail     e-tailing    
China Reports Unexpected Trade Deficit as Export Growth Cools [10 Mar 2011]  
China reported an unexpected $7.3 billion trade deficit; the nation’s biggest in seven years, in February after a Lunar New Year holiday disrupted exports.

Outbound shipments rose an annual 2.  ...More
Tags: Commerce Minister    David Cohen    Bloomberg    Seasonal Distortion