Trade Agreements Blog

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According to ICTSD, the EU and Vietnam announced this week that the two nations will be starting negotiations to enter into a bilateral free trade agreement. Vietnam wishes to increase its exports to help its economy, hit especially hard by the recent economic downturn. Prior to joining the WTO in 2007, Vietnam worked to modernize [...]

Critics of trade agreements often claim that by greenlighting free trade, labor standards decrease. Their reasoning is that, in the rush to produce the cheapest possible product, the workers rights and safety are sacrificed. According to VoxEU.org, a collection of European economists that analyze public policy, evidence supports the contrary of the ‘conventional wisdom.’ According [...]

On a roll after getting closer to a trade agreement with South Korea, the EU is now beginning trade agreement talks with Canada. The talks will cover investments and industry sectors excluded from previous agreements, making it potentially the most comprehensive bilateral trade agreement ever reached – wider than the EU-South Korea deal. Talks will [...]

South Korea is a step closer to a free trade agreement with the EU as the European Trade Commissioner, Catherine Ashton, and her Korean counterpart, South Korean Trade Minister Kim Jong Hoon signed a trade pact in Brussels. The trade agreement must now be approved by the 27 member countries of the EU, the European [...]