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	What's New? Archive - 2008

December
	17 December 2008
	Trade Policy Developments
		WTO Trade Policy Review of the Dominican Republic
		Fourth year assessment of the Chile-European Free Trade Association (EFTA) Free Trade Agreement

	15 December 2008
	Trade Policy Developments
		Costa Rica and Singapore to negotiate free trade agreement
		Chile-Mexico Free Trade Agreement: VIII meeting of the Free Trade Commission
		Peru and South Korea announced launch of bilateral free trade negotiations
		Peru and China conclude FTA negotiations

November
	25 November 2008
	Trade Policy Developments
		Colombia and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) Member States sign free trade agreement
		Costa Rica-Panama Free Trade Agreement enters into force
		Canada and Colombia sign free trade agreement
		Chile's Foreign Trade Report: third quarter 2008

	14 November 2008
	Trade Policy Developments
		Central America-Dominican Republic-United States Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR): Costa Rica approves final bill to implement agreement
		CARIFORUM-EC Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA): Guyana signs agreement
		U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement: Fourth Annual FTA Review
		Canada-Panama free trade negotiations: First round of negotiations

October
	20 October 2008
	Trade Policy Developments
		Peru-China free trade negotiations: VI round of negotiations
		Central America-EU association agreement negotiations: V round of negotiations
		Chile-Turkey free trade negotiations: III round of negotiations
		U.S. President signs Andean Trade Preference Act Extension
		CARIFORUM and EU sign Economic Partnership Agreement
		Mexico-European Free Trade Association (EFTA) Free Trade Agreement: Meeting of the Joint Committee

	07 October 2008
	Trade Policy Developments
		U.S. and Uruguay sign protocols to the U.S.-Uruguay Trade and Investment Framework Agreement

	6 October 2008
	Trade Policy Developments
		Chile-New Zealand, Singapore-Brunei Darussalam Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement: Australia considers participating in the agreement
		Central America-Dominican Republic-United States Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR): Countries agree on extension of time for Costa Rica to implement CAFTA-DR
		Final text of the CARIFORUM-European Union Economic Partnership Agreement

September
	23 September 2008
	Trade Policy Developments
		Chile-New Zealand, Singapore-Brunei Darussalam Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement: Launch of U.S. negotiations to join agreement
		Text of the MERCOSUR-Israel Free Trade Agreement

	19 September 2008
	Trade Policy Developments
		Uruguay and Venezuela signed Partial Scope Agreement N^o 63

	17 September 2008
	Trade Policy Developments
		WTO Trade Policy Review of Barbados

	04 September 2008
	Trade Policy Developments
		First year assessment of the Chile-Japan Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement
		Colombia-Northern Triangle (El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras) Free Trade Agreement: El Salvador's Legislative Assembly approves agreement
		First year assessment of the Chile-India Preferential Trade Agreement
		Costa Rica-China Joint Working Group: Report on the Feasibility of an FTA
		Peru-China free trade negotiations: V round of negotiations
		United States-Uruguay Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA): Meeting of the TIFA Coordinators
		Canada and Jordan conclude free trade negotiations
		Chile and Australia sign Free Trade Agreement
			Text of the Chile-Australia Free Trade Agreement

July
	30 July 2008
	Trade Policy Developments
		El Salvador, Honduras and Taiwan Free Trade Agreement enters into force for Honduras
		Central America-Chile Free Trade Agreement: Chile-Honduras bilateral protocol enters into force
		United States and the Southern African Customs Union sign Trade, Investment and Cooperation Agreement

	21 July 2008
	Trade Policy Developments
		Central America-European Union association agreement negotiations: fourth round of negotiations
		Colombia and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) Member States conclude free trade negotiations

	14 July 2008
	Trade Policy Developments
		Canada-Jordan free trade negotiations: Canada's initial environmental assessment of the negotiations
		Canada's International Market Report-2008
		Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement: Assessment of trade relations after 11 years of the entry into force of the agreement
		Canada-Panama: Second round of exploratory discussions towards free trade negotiations
		Chile-MERCOSUR Economic Complementation Agreement (ECA N^o 35): Chile and MERCOSUR ended trade in services negotiations
		Costa Rica-China Joint Working Group: Third meeting to study feasibility of free trade negotiations
		Andean Community-Central America: Panama moves towards incorporation as an associate member of the Andean Community
		United States and Vietnam launch investment treaty negotiations
		United States Generalized System of Preferences (GSP): U.S. completes 2007 annual review of GSP program
		Chile and China sign supplementary agreement on trade in services
			Text of the Chile-China Supplementary Agreement on Trade in Services
		Chile-Turkey free trade negotiations: II round of negotiations

June
	20 June 2008
	Trade Policy Developments
		U.S. launches negotiations of an investment treaty with China
		United States-Australia Free Trade Agreement: Third meeting of the Joint Committee

	13 June 2008
	Trade Policy Developments
		WTO Trade Policy Review of the United States

	10 June 2008
	Trade Policy Developments
		Canada and Colombia conclude negotiations of a free trade agreement
		Colombia-Northern Triangle (El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala) Free Trade Agreement: Colombian House of Representatives approves agreement
		Text of the Peru-Singapore Free Trade Agreement
		Text of the Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement
		Costa Rica-Mexico Free Trade Agreement: Administrative Committee Decisions N^o 19, 20 and 21

	02 June 2008
	Trade Policy Developments
		Peru and Singapore sign free trade agreement
		Text of the Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement

May
	29 May 2008
	Trade Policy Developments
		Chile and Australia conclude free trade agreement
		Canada and Peru sign free trade agreement

	19 May 2008
	Trade Policy Developments
		Andean Community and the European Union agree to a flexible framework agreement

	13 May 2008
	Trade Policy Developments
		Canada-European Free Trade Association (EFTA) Free Trade Agreement: Canada tables legislation to implement FTA
		Colombia - Northern Triangle (El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala) Free Trade Agreement: Colombian Senate and House Commissions approve FTA
		Canada and Panama participate in exploratory discussions on possibility of a free trade agreement
		Costa Rica-China: Second meeting of Joint Working Group on the feasibility of a free trade agreement
		CARIFORUM - European Union Economic Partnership Agreement: EPA to be signed in July 2008

	06 May 2008
	Trade Policy Developments
		Andean Community - European Union: Third round of negotiations of an association agreement
		Central America - European Union: Third round of negotiations of an association agreement
		Chile - Malaysia: Third round of free trade negotiations
		Chile - United States Free Trade Agreement: Fourth meeting of the Environmental Affairs Council
		United States - Uruguay: Second meeting of the Council on Trade and Investment
		MERCOSUR - Morocco: I round of trade negotiations
		2008 U.S. Trade Representative National Trade Estimate Reports on Foreign Trade Barriers
		Final text of the CARIFORUM - European Union Economic Partnership Agreement (HTML format)
			Background and negotiations

April
	22 April 2008
	Trade Policy Developments
		Chile-China Free Trade Agreement: negotiations to incorporate trade in services ended
		Chile-Australia: IV round of free trade negotiations
		Chile-Colombia Free Trade Agreement: Chilean Congress approves agreement
		Central America- European Union: second round of negotiations of an association agreement
		Canada-Colombia: V round of free trade negotiations
		Canada and Jordan launch free trade negotiations

February
	14 February 2008
	Trade Policy Developments
		WTO Trade Policy Review of Mexico

	05 February 2008
	Trade Policy Developments
		Chile-China Free Trade Agreement: V round of negotiations in the areas of services and investment
		Chile-Colombia Free Trade Agreement: Chilean Senate Commissions approve FTA
		Costa Rica-China: first meeting of Joint Working Group on the feasibility of a free trade agreement
		Peru-China: First round of free trade negotiations
		Chile and Vietnam agree to begin free trade negotiations
		Canada and Member States of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) sign free trade agreement
		Andean Countries-Canada: Canada and Peru conclude free trade negotiations
		Chile-Australia: Third round of free trade negotiations
		Chile-New Zealand-Singapore-Brunei Free Trade Agreement: U.S. to join negotiations on investment and financial services

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