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EU
European Union 
Opponents question proposed trans-Atlantic trade deal
| 19-June-2013
Controversy is building following the announcement that negotiations will soon begin on a free trade agreement between the United States and European Union, with critics warning that any such agreement could negatively affect a host of regulatory concerns.
The EU’s free trade agreements – where are we?
| 19-June-2013
Memo from the European Commission with its state of play on EU FTAs
EU slams Canada for holding up free-trade negotiations
| 19-June-2013
Canada has publicly been called on the carpet by the European Union for holding up free-trade talks.
EU, US launch talks on vast free trade deal
| 18-June-2013
The European Union and the United States launched yesterday long-awaited formal negotiations on a vast trade pact, dubbed "the biggest bilateral deal in history."
Europe hits back in war of words with the Pacific over trade
| 18-June-2013
Plans for a comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement are in jeopardy after the Pacific Island nations accused Europe of failing to respond to their requests and threatened to pull-out if Europe is unable to meet their deadline of the end of this year.
México: Peña quiere renegociar el TLC con Europa
| 17-June-2013
El presidente Enrique Peña Nieto declaró que se trabaja en la renegociación del Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLC) con la Unión Europea (UE).
Inician pláticas para TLC entre Europa y EU
| 17-June-2013
El presidente de Estados Unidos, Barack Obama, y los dirigentes europeos dieron solemnemente este lunes el pistoletazo de salida de las negociaciones de un acuerdo comercial destinado a crear la mayor zona de libre comercio del mundo, coincidiendo con la cumbre del G8 en Irlanda del Norte.
L’accord de « libre dumping » UE/USA : un faux AMI pire que le vrai
| 17-June-2013
Il me faudra trois billets successifs sur ce que je considère comme un monstre néolibéral, un plan d’ajustement structurel pour l’Europe, avec des incidences mondiales.
Civil Society Bahamas engaged in Economic Partnership Agreement talks
| 17-June-2013
Civil Society Organizations are concerned about Bahamians having a proper understanding of the EPA and its beneficial impact.
Trade deal would benefit US more than EU, Ifo study finds
| 17-June-2013
The US would gain more than the EU from a transatlantic trade deal, according to a study to be released on Monday.
Controversial debate on TTIP mandate in EU Council of Ministers
| 16-June-2013
After hours of late night discussion, the European Union Foreign Affairs Council of Ministers meeting in Luxembourg Friday finally excluded the audiovisual sector from the negotiation mandate for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), the bilateral treaty to be negotiated with the United States.
Francia: Buscan excluir filmes de TLC con EUA
| 14-June-2013
Francia reiteró ayer que bloqueará las negociaciones para definir el mandato a la Comisión Europea para alcanzar un acuerdo de libre comercio con EUA si no se excluye de esas conversaciones la industria cultural, en particular la creación, la difusión y la financiación de películas.
Colombia: Apuran entrada en vigencia de TLC con Unión Europea
| 14-June-2013
El acuerdo entre Colombia y el grupo de 27 países empezará a funcionar este año.
EU and US business to profit from the crisis?
| 14-June-2013
After the green light received from the Council, the European Commission will start negotiating an FTA with the US in July. It is already clear the concerns of civil society organisations, of the European Parliament and of Member States, will not be addressed.
Factbox - Issues at the heart of EU-US free-trade talks
| 14-June-2013
The European Union will try to overcome French resistance to free-trade talks with the United States on Friday and keep alive plans for a deal that could boost their struggling economies by dramatically increasing transatlantic business.
EU reveals its EPA ‘cards’
| 14-June-2013
When Pacific trade negotiators sit down later this month with their European Commission counterparts to carve out the finer details of their Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), the pressure points would be fishery, market access and services.
Rejecting free trade requires new forms of regionalism
| 13-June-2013
Papua New Guinea’s trade Minister, Richard Maru, recently set a cat amongst the pigeons by saying that PNG was not interested in the regional trade negotiations known as PACER-Plus. “We can’t export our taro there, they won’t accept our greens...There’s nothing to be gained from a trade agreement at the moment. ‘We cannot justify the huge amount of resources we expend on such negotiations. They are a complete waste of time.”
North American free trade agreement with Europe needed, says ex-Mexican diplomat
| 13-June-2013
Canadian and U.S. efforts to strike free trade deals with Europe must eventually be harmonized into a North American agreement involving Mexico, a former Mexican diplomat said Wednesday.
Analysis: Cows block path toward Canada-EU free trade deal
| 13-June-2013
Salvaging a free-trade deal between Canada and the European Union after four years of talks will require skillful pasture politicking to pacify beef and dairy cow farmers who see more risk than opportunity.
Court ruling fails to stop business lobbies’ privileged access in EU-India trade talks
| 13-June-2013
In a ruling delivered on 7 June following a lawsuit by lobby watchdog Corporate Europe Observatory, the EU’s General Court in Luxembourg concludes that the European Commission did not violate EU rules when withholding information about the EU-India free trade talks from the public, even though it had already shared the information with corporate lobby groups |
Court ruling fails to stop business lobbies’ privileged access in EU-India trade talks
| 13-June-2013
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