What's New in SICE? (Archive - 2012)
 
  December
    11 December 2012
    Trade Policy Developments
      bulletEuropean Parliament approves Trade Agreement between the EU, Colombia and Peru and the EU-Central America Association Agreement
      bulletWTO Trade Policy Review of Nicaragua
      bulletCentral America-European Free Trade Association (EFTA): Fifth round of free trade negotiations
      bullet Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP): Fifteenth round of negotiations
     
  November
    27 November 2012
    Trade Policy Developments
      bulletFirst round of negotiations for the Japan-Canada Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)
      bulletColombia and Japan to hold first round of negotiations for an economic partnership agreement
      bulletCanada and European Union move towards conclusion of trade negotiations
      bulletU.S. and Colombia conclude first meeting of the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Commission
      bulletIntersessional round of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) negotiations
      bullet Bolivia has been formally invited to join as a full member the MERCOSUR bloc PDF
      bulletAustralia, Canada, New Zealand, Spain and Uruguay join the Pacific Alliance as observer states, along with Costa Rica and Panama, candidate countries to become full Pacific Alliance members PDF
      bulletMexican Senate approves Pacific Alliance Framework Agreement PDF
     
    07 November 2012
    Trade Policy Developments
      bulletAustralia to pursue free trade area of the Asia-Pacific PDF
      bulletCanada-Chile Free Trade Agreement: Canadian Government tabled agreement in Parliament to modernize and expand existing FTA with Chile
      bulletCentral America-European Free Trade Association (EFTA): Fourth round of free trade negotiations
      bulletColombia and Costa Rica conclude third round of negotiations for a free trade agreement
      bulletCanada and Japan will meet on 26 November 2012 for the first full round of trade negotiations
     
  October
    23 October 2012
    Trade Policy Developments
      bulletUnited States-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement to enter into force on 31 October 2012
      bulletColombia and Costa Rica:  Third round of negotiations for a free trade agreement
      bulletCentral America and Korea held talks to lay the groundwork for possible free trade negotiationsIn Spanish PDF
     
  September
    28 September 2012
    Trade Policy Developments
      bulletCanada-Jordan Free Trade Agreement to enter into force on 1 October 2012
      bulletChile-Central America Free Trade Agreement: Chile-Nicaragua bilateral protocol expected to enter into force on 19 October 2012
      bullet Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP): Fourteenth round of negotiations
      bulletColombia and Japan to negotiate an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)
      bulletColombia and Costa Rica: Second round of negotiations for a free trade agreement
      bulletColombia and Israel conclude third round of free trade negotiations
      bulletColombia-Singapore: Second round of negotiations for a bilateral investment treaty In SpanishPDF
      bulletCanada and China signed Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (FIPA) PDF
      bulletChile-Japan Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement: DIRECON's fifth year assessment of the agreement
      bulletChile-India Preferential Trade Agreement: DIRECON's fifth year assessment of the agreement
     
  August
    31 August 2012
    Trade Policy Developments
      bulletChile-Thailand: Sixth round of free trade negotiations
      bulletCanada-Chile Free Trade Agreement: DIRECON's fifteenth year assessment of the agreement
      bulletChile-Korea Free Trade Agreement: DIRECON's eighth year assessment of the agreement
      bulletChile's Foreign Trade Report: January-July 2012
      bulletCanada-Jordan Free Trade Agreement: Canada approves legislation to implement the agreement
      bulletInternational Trade Reports from El Salvador's Ministry of Economy
      bulletBelize and El Salvador to negotiate partial scope agreement In SpanishPDF
      bulletColombia-Singapore: First round of negotiations for a bilateral investment treaty In SpanishPDF
     
    07 August 2012
    Trade Policy Developments
      bulletChile and Hong Kong conclude negotiations for a free trade agreement
      bulletColombia-Singapore: First round of negotiations for an investment agreementPDF
      bulletColombia and Costa Rica:  First round of negotiations for a free trade agreement
      bulletPeru-China Free Trade Agreement: First meeting of the Free Trade Commission  
   
  July
    31 July 2012
    Trade Policy Developments
      bulletVenezuela formally becomes full member of MERCOSUR PDF
   
    10 July 2012
    Trade Policy Developments
      bulletEuropean Union and Central America sign Association Agreement
    bulletPeru-EFTA Free Trade Agreement enters into force for Peru and Norway
      bulletTrans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP): Thirteenth round of negotiations
      bulletWTO Trade Policy Review of Colombia
    bulletUnited States Trade Representative's Sixth Report to the U.S. Congress on the Operation of the Andean Trade Preference Act as Amended
      bulletPanama joins the Central American Economic Integration System PDF
      bulletVenezuela to become full member of MERCOSUR on 31 July 2012 PDF
   
  June
    27 June 2012
    Trade Policy Developments
      bulletColombia, Peru and the European Union sign comprehensive trade agreement
    bulletColombia and Korea conclude free trade negotiations
      bulletCanada-Morocco: Third round of negotiations for a free trade agreement
   
    22 June 2012
    Trade Policy Developments
      bulletAndean Countries-European Union: Agreement between Peru, Colombia and the European Union will be signed on 26 June 2012
    bulletColombia and Costa Rica signed General Framework for free trade negotiations
   
    19 June 2012
    Trade Policy Developments
   

bulletTrans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP): Canada is invited to join the TPP negotiations

   
    18 June 2012
    Trade Policy Developments
   

bulletTrans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP): Mexico is invited to join the TPP negotiations

   
    12 June 2012
    Trade Policy Developments
   

bulletCanada-Costa Rica: Fourth round of negotiations to expand their free trade agreement

    bulletColombia-Korea: Seventh round of free trade negotiations
   
    08 June 2012
    Trade Policy Developments
   

bulletIV Summit of the Pacific Alliance: Declaration in Spanish PDF

    bulletCentral America-European Free Trade Association (EFTA): Second round of free trade negotiations
    bulletColombia and Costa Rica announce the launch of free trade negotiations
    bulletColombia-Turkey: Sixth round of free trade negotiations
    bulletChile-Thailand: Fifth round of free trade negotiations
   
  May
    29 May 2012
    Trade Policy Developments
      bulletGuatemala-Trinidad and Tobago: Second round of negotiations for a partial scope agreement
      bulletU.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement: First meeting of the Joint Committee
     
    16 May 2012
    Trade Policy Developments
      bulletColombia-United States Trade Promotion Agreement enters into force
      bulletMexico-Uruguay Free Trade Agreement: Fourth meeting of the Mexico-Uruguay Free Trade Commission
      bulletTrans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP): Twelfth round of negotiations
      bulletColombia-China: Establishment of a joint study group to assess feasibility of a free trade agreementin SpanishPDF
     
    08 May 2012
    Trade Policy Developments
    bulletPanama-Peru Free Trade Agreement enters into force
    bulletUSTR 2012 Special Report on Intellectual Property Rights
    bulletPanama-United States Free Trade Agreement: Signing of agreement on environmental cooperation
      bulletText of the Panama-U.S. Agreement on Environmental Cooperation
   
  April
    26 April 2012
    Trade Policy Developments
      bulletColombia-Korea: VI round of free trade negotiations
     
    25 April 2012
    Trade Policy Developments
      bulletWTO Trade Policy Review of Uruguay
      bulletChile-Malaysia Free Trade Agreement enters into force
     
    19 April 2012
    Trade Policy Developments
    bulletCanada-Costa Rica: Third round of negotiations to expand their free trade agreement
    bulletGuatemala-Trinidad and Tobago: First round of negotiations for a partial scope agreement
    bulletColombia-Venezuela Partial Scope Agreement enters into force
     
    16 April 2012
    Trade Policy Developments
      bulletColombia-United States Trade Promotion Agreement to enter into force on 15 May 2012
     
    13 April 2012
    Trade Policy Developments
      bulletCAFTA-DR (Central America-Dominican Republic-United States) Free Trade Agreement: Sixth meeting of the CAFTA-DR Environmental Affairs Council
      bulletPeru-Thailand Free Trade Agreement: VIII round of negotiations to review agreement
      bulletChile-Hong Kong: Second round of free trade negotiations
      bulletChile-Korea Free Trade Agreement: DIRECON's eighth year assessment of the agreement
      bulletChile-Australia Free Trade Agreement: DIRECON's third year assessment of the agreement
      bulletChile-Peru Free Trade Agreement: DIRECON's third year assessment of the agreement
     
    04 April 2012
    Trade Policy Developments
      bullet2012 USTR National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers
      bullet2012 USTR Report on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
      bullet2012 USTR Report on Technical Barriers to Trade
      bulletNorth American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA): Joint Statement of the 2012 Meeting of the Free Trade Commission
      bulletColombia-Korea: Fifth mini round of free trade negotiations
      bulletChile-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement: Chilean Parliament ratifies agreement
      bulletCentral American Countries-Peru: Peruvian Government ratifies the Costa Rica-Peru Trade Agreement
     
  March  
    28 March 2012
    Trade Policy Developments
      bulletChile-Thailand: Fourth round of free trade negotiations
      bulletCanada and Japan launch free trade negotiations
      bulletCanada and MERCOSUR hold exploratory trade talks to strengthen their trade relationship
     

bulletCanada and Thailand announce exploratory talks towards a free trade agreementPDF format

     
    19 March 2012
    Trade Policy Developments
      bulletU.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement enters into force
      bulletAndean Countries-European Union: Council of the European Union clears free trade agreement with Colombia and Peru
      bulletU.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement: Colombian Government to submit FTA implementation package to Congress
      bulletColombia and Israel conclude first round of free trade negotiations
      bulletEU-MERCOSUR: Statement issued after the 8th round of negotiations on the future association agreement  
     
    13 March 2012
    Trade Policy Developments
      bulletEU-MERCOSUR: XXIV Meeting of the  Bi-Regional Negotiations Committee
      bulletColombia and Israel agree to initiate negotiations for a trade agreement
      bulletTrans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP): Costa Rica interested in joining TPP negotiations
     
    08 March 2012
    Trade Policy Developments
      bulletWTO Trade Policy Review of Trinidad and Tobago
     
    06 March 2012
    Trade Policy Developments
      bulletCentral America-European Free Trade Association (EFTA): First round of free trade negotiations
      bulletTrans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP): Eleventh round of negotiations
      bulletUSTR publishes 2012 Trade Policy Agenda and 2011 Annual Report
     
    01 March  2012
    Trade Policy Developments
      bulletAgreement between Peru and Japan for an Economic Partnership enters into force
      bulletText of the Guatemala-Peru Free Trade Agreement in Spanish
     
  February
    22 February 2012
    Trade Policy Developments
      bulletU.S.-Korea FTA will enter into force on 15 March 2012
      bulletColombia-Uruguay: First round of trade negotiations to deepen trade relations
      bulletCanada-India: Fourth round of free trade negotiations
      bulletColombia-Turkey: Fifth round of free trade negotiations
      bulletJoint Committee Meeting of the United-States-Israel Free Trade Agreement
      bulletChile-European Union Association Agreement: DIRECON's ninth year assessment of the agreement
      bulletChile's Foreign Trade Report (DIRECON): Fourth quarter 2011
     
    13 February 2012
    Trade Policy Developments
      bulletCanada-Costa Rica: Second round of negotiations to expand their free trade agreement
      bulletColombia-Venezuela: Last round of negotiations of a trade agreement
      bulletPeru-Venezuela: Fifth round of negotiations of a trade partial scope agreement
     

bulletCanada and China: Conclusion of negotiations toward a Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (FIPA) between Canada and China PDF format

     
    10 February 2012
    Trade Policy Developments
      bulletChile-Hong Kong, China: First round of free trade negotiations
      bulletChile-India: Fourth meeting to deepen their preferential trade agreement
     
    02 February 2012
    Trade Policy Developments
      bulletMexico-Peru Free Trade Agreement enters into force  
     
  January
    27 January 2012
    Trade Policy Developments
      bulletCAFTA-DR Free Trade Agreement:  Second meeting of the Free Trade Commission
       
    19 January 2012
    Trade Policy Developments
      bulletMexico-Peru Free Trade Agreement: Government of Mexico issues decree approving Mexico-Peru FTA
      bulletCentral American Countries (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua)-Mexico: Government of Mexico issues decree approving Mexico-Central American Countries Free Trade Agreement
      bulletText of the Mexico and Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua Free Trade Agreement 
      bulletChile-United States Free Trade Agreement: DIRECON's eighth year assessment of the agreement
      bulletText of the Chile-Malaysia Free Trade Agreement
      bulletPeru-Thailand Free Trade Agreement enters into force
      bulletTexts of the Peru-Thailand Free Trade Agreement 
     
 

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