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  • 6-Oct-2010
    People living with HIV lathi charged & arrested during demonstration against the EU-India FTA
    As DNP+ members were proceeding towards the final “die in”, the Delhi police lathi charged (hit them with sticks) the HIV+ people and finally picked up five of the protestors. Few of the HIV+ people including a person suffering from spinal TB were beaten up by the police.
  • 6-Oct-2010 Reuters
    US says to negotiate free trade deal with Malaysia
    "On behalf of the president, I am pleased to inform the Congress that we intend to include Malaysia in the ongoing negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement," US Trade Representative Ron Kirk said in a letter to House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
  • 6-Oct-2010 Bloomberg
    Malaysia, European Union hold free-trade talks to strengthen economic ties
    Malaysia and the European Union began negotiations on a free trade agreement and a political and cooperation agreement, which may take 18-24 months to conclude.
  • 6-Oct-2010 Asahi Shimbun
    Editorial: Pacific free trade pact
    In his Diet policy speech on Friday, Prime Minister Naoto Kan said he will consider Japan’s participation in the negotiations for a regional trade pact known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement.
  • 6-Oct-2010 ToI
    Activists decry India-EU IPR talks
    Delhi Network of Positive People (DNP+) is staging a mass demonstration in front of Udyog Bhavan on Wednesday to protest against the inclusion of intellectual property (IP) provisions in the EU-India free trade agreement (FTA) which they fear will affect people’s access to affordable HIV/AIDS drugs.
  • 5-Oct-2010
    Destructive EU-Asia free trade deals should cease
    Debating the far-reaching implications of EU trade policy in Asia in the context of the Asia-Europe Summit currently taking place in Brussels, GUE/NGL MEPs joined civil society organisations, NGOs and elected representatives from Asia and Europe to call for a halt to EU Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with Asian countries.
  • 5-Oct-2010
    EU-India trade talks must stop
    Civil society groups today urged the European Commission and Indian Government to halt free trade negotiations, scheduled to continue in Delhi tomorrow
  • 5-Oct-2010 BeYourOwnLeader
    US economic, political and military expansion in Asia-Pacific
    The US is stepping up efforts to gain more influence in Asia-Pacific through participation in more regional institutions and negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal. U.S. foreign policy seeks to shape the future of the region in an attempt to dominate economic, political and security issues.
  • 5-Oct-2010 The Citizen
    EALA heeds Mkapa’s call on Epa agreement
    Partner states of the East African Community (EAC) should not rush to seal partnership deals with the European Union until sticky issues are sorted out, the East African Legislative Assembly has cautioned.
  • 5-Oct-2010 Reuters
    EU-Asia summit boosts calls for free trade pacts
    Europe hopes trade pacts with Asia will allow it to impose environmental and anti-counterfeiting rules to secure European dominance of technology sectors and guarantee intellectual property when European firms invest abroad.
  • 5-Oct-2010 AFP
    Japan eyes free trade deal with EU but says bloc divided
    Japan hopes to follow in the footsteps of South Korea by striking a free trade deal with the EU but said Monday the 27-nation bloc remains divided about embracing the Asian economic powerhouse.
  • 5-Oct-2010 FPB
    Tomato protectionism
    The agriculture Ministers of independent Spanish Islands (Valencia, Canary and Maurice) are asking The European Parliament to freeze and suspend the trade agreement between the EU and Morocco concerning tomatoes and dairy products.
  • 5-Oct-2010
    Call for International Week of Action against EU-India FTA
    We are calling for an international week of joint action from 4 October 2010 to 9 October 2010 to call upon the Government of India to reject the EU-India FTA, especially the provisions relating to intellectual property rights and investment.
  • 4-Oct-2010 Borneo Post
    PM set to launch Malaysia-Europe FTA talks on the sidelines of ASEM
    Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak is scheduled to launch the Europe-Malaysia FTA negotiations on the sidelines of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) next week in Brussels.
  • 4-Oct-2010 The Link
    Manmohan Singh, Harper to meet to hammer out economic partnership
    Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will meet his Canadian counterpart Stephen Harper soon to launch formal negotiations for a Comprehensive Economic-Partnership Agreement (CEPA) between the two countries, Commerce Minister Anand Sharma has said.
  • 3-Oct-2010 FPIF
    Forget the FTA fix, just say no
    There is no way to repair an agreement that is, by design, destructive of the public interest, write Christine Ahn and Martin Hart-Landsberg
  • 1-Oct-2010
    EU-Central America FTA (2010)
    The texts as they were agreed to at the final negotiation round in Madrid on 16-18 May 2010, now going through legal scrubbing.
  • 1-Oct-2010 Business World
    Preparations for Pacific pact to take five years
    "The only way we can have a trade agreement with the US right now is through the TPP," says Philippine Trade Secretary Gregory L. Domingo.
  • 30-Sep-2010 Asia Pacific Network of people living with HIV/AIDS (APN+) and Delhi Network of positive people (DNP+)
    People living with HIV call out EU hypocrisy on MDGs as it pushes FTAs
    People living with HIV call out EU hypocrisy on Millennium Development Goals as it forces its trade agreements on developing countries, seizes generic drugs and negotiates ACTA
  • 30-Sep-2010 NTDTV
    South Korean farmers protest against free trade with China
    Chanting slogans, shaving their heads and painting banners using their own blood, more than 10,000 farmers gathered in downtown Seoul for the biggest rally by the farmers this year.