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Canada-EU trade agreement a threat to family farms
26-Oct-2011 Redeye
Terry Boehm, president of Canada’s National Farmers Union, says this agreement is not about trade, it’s about a fundamental restructuring of the role of governments and their ability to act in the public’s interest.
Anti-TPP rallies around Japan
26-Oct-2011 NHK
Agricultural and medical groups in Japan have held rallies to oppose the country’s participation in the talks for a free trade agreement in the Asia-Pacific region.
Seoul inches closer to KORUS FTA endorsement
26-Oct-2011 Korea Times
Seoul has inched closer to endorsing the Korea-U.S. free trade agreement (KORUS FTA), with the ruling camp pushing to make it a done deal by the end of the month despite resistance from the opposition parties.
Free trade triumvirate next coup for NZ
26-Oct-2011 NZ Herald
After China and Hong Kong, New Zealand will now seek a free trade agreement with Taiwan
Tar sands and the CETA
25-Oct-2011 CCPA
The recent decision by the European Union (EU) to disregard Canadian government pressure and forge ahead with regulations that recognise the higher green-house-gas intensity of fuel produced from tar sands and oil shale is encouraging
Japan speeds up TPP decision-making process, unveils plan to back farmers
24-Oct-2011 Kyodo
The Japanese government is trying to accelerate its decision on whether to join multilateral negotiations for a Pacific-wide trade pact while compiling a package to support the nation’s farmers, who fear being inundated by cheap imports if Japan decides to enter the pact.
S. Korea, Indonesia agree to seek free trade deal
24-Oct-2011 Yonhap
South Korea and Indonesia agreed to significantly boost their economic ties, a move that will include the signing of a free trade deal at an early date, the Seoul government said Monday.
Kenya walking tightrope on EPAs talks
24-Oct-2011 East African
The outcome of the Economic Partnership Agreement negotiations scheduled for December will determine the future of trade between the East African Community bloc and European Union.
US union tells Clinton Colombian colleagues face ’elevated threat’
24-Oct-2011 Colombia Reports
US labor union United Steelworkers sent Hillary Clinton an "emergency alert" Friday warning Secretary of State that Colombian unionists are under an "elevated threat" after Washington approved a free trade deal between the two countries.
President Zardari, King Abdullah for early conclusion of Pak-Jordan FTA
24-Oct-2011 APP
President Asif Ali Zardari of Pakistan and King Abdullah of Jordan on Saturday called for an early conclusion of a Free Trade Agreement and holding of the second round of talks soon for this purpose.
’Save Act’ skips Obama’s FTAs
24-Oct-2011 MB
President Barack Obama on Friday signed three, and possibly the last of his administration, free trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia, and Panama, but skipped the Philippines proposed “Save Our Industries Act,” which the Aquino administration hoped to become a rider in one of these trade bills.
Mexican truck is first in delayed NAFTA program
24-Oct-2011 AP
A Mexican truck crossed into the U.S. on Friday bound for the nation’s interior, fulfilling a long-delayed provision of the North American Free Trade Agreement that had been stalled for years by concerns it could put highway safety and American jobs at risk.
Trade among Gulf Arab states expected to surge by 14 percent: officials
24-Oct-2011 Reuters
Trade among Gulf Arab oil producing countries is expected to grow around 14 percent in 2011 recovering from a contraction two years ago at the height of the global financial downturn, two officials said on Sunday.
TPP - US regulatory coherence proposal (Sep 2011)
24-Oct-2011 CTC
Citizen Trade Campaign has released this September 2011 proposal from the US on regulatory coherence under the Trans Pacific Partnership
TPP - US transparency proposal (2011)
24-Oct-2011 CTC
Citizen Trade Campaign has released this September 2011 proposal from the US on transparency under the Trans Pacific Partnership
TPP - US TBT proposal (2011)
24-Oct-2011 CTC
Citizen Trade Campaign has released this proposed text from the US on technical barriers to trade relating to medical devices and pharmaceuticals under the Trans Pacific Partnership
TPP - US IPR proposal (Sep 2011)
24-Oct-2011 CTC
Citizen Trade Campaign has released this September 2011 proposal from the US on IPR under the Trans Pacific Partnership
Leaked Trans-Pacific FTA texts reveal US undermining access to medicine
23-Oct-2011 CTC
Leaks of US proposals for the Trans-Pacific free trade agreement reveal that the Obama administration has reversed reforms designed to enhance access to affordable medicines made during the George W Bush administration and is instead demanding new rights for pharmaceutical firms to challenge pricing and other drug formulary policies used by many developed countries to keep down prices,
TPPA ’threatens national sovereignty’
21-Oct-2011 IT Wire
Despite the secrecy, there are some intrepid souls who are mounting opposition to the Trans Pacific Partnership. Interview with one of them, Jane Kelsey, a professor of law at the University of Auckland and long-term academic activist in the area of free trade and investment agreements.
Govt likely to expand compensation for farmers
21-Oct-2011 Yomiuri Shimbun
With participation in Trans-Pacific Partnership comprehensive trade talks and resumption of an economic partnership agreement with Australia on the horizon, the Japanese government is likely to increase its direct payments to farmers by several hundred billion yen, it has been learned.