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Colombian govt seeks acceleration of FTA with US
21-Mar-2012 Colombia Reports
The Colombian government filed a bill to hurry through implementation of the Free Trade Agreement with the United States, reported local media Tuesday.
John Kinsman: Why we should oppose the Trans Pacific Partnership
21-Mar-2012 The Cap Times
US dairy farmers fear they will go bankrupt as cheap foreign powder imports like milk protein concentrate flood the domestic market under the TPP.
Ecuador: Trade agreement sought with EU
19-Mar-2012 FIS
The Ecuadorian government will try to reach a new trade agreement with the European Union, since in 2013 the benefits the country receives for the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP Plus) will expire.
Zimbabwe: Mashakada decries ’infruitful’ Bippas
19-Mar-2012 The Herald
Economic Planning and Investment Promotion Minister Tapiwa Mashakada has decried the lack of positive outcomes from the Bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Agreements Zimbabwe has signed with a number of countries.
Nigeria: Soludo - EU trade agreement is second slavery
19-Mar-2012 This Day
The Economic Partnership Agreement being negotiated with African countries, including Nigeria, on sub-regional basis by the European Union will further underdevelope the continent despite the juicy promises, former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, has warned.
Wen says he’s confident of US-China free-trade deal one day
19-Mar-2012 Bloomberg
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said today he’s confident the day will come when the US and China will sign a free-trade agreement.
Tariffs, access on agenda for JPEPA renegotiation
17-Mar-2012
The Philippines hopes to persuade Japan to lower tariffs further for over a thousand types of agricultural goods when the two meet to renegotiate a bilateral trade pact later this semester, a Trade official said.
Calls to advance trade ties
17-Mar-2012
China should accelerate its steps in advancing a free trade agreement with Japan and South Korea and promoting the integration of the Asian economies, the Ministry of Commerce said on Friday.
EU ministers agree free trade pact with Peru, Colombia
17-Mar-2012
EU trade ministers agreed on Friday to approve a free trade pact with Colombia and Peru that could boost European car and chemical exports and lift food and mineral exports from the South American countries.
After KORUS FTA, new pressures on the horizon
17-Mar-2012
As the South Korea-United States Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA) takes effects Thursday, some are expecting new trade pressures from the US, including moves to open the beef market. In particular, South Korea will be forced to sit down at the negotiating table if the US requests negotiations on beef.
NDP asks Tories to release details of Canada-EU free trade deal
17-Mar-2012
The Opposition NDP is asking the federal government to lift what it argues is a veil of secrecy over one of the largest free-trade deals in this country’s history.
‘Time is ripe to finalise Pakistan, Morocco FTA’
17-Mar-2012
Pakistan and Morocco should finalise Free Trade Agreement (FTA) as it is conducive to enhance overall trade, which provides comprehensive and legally binding protection to foreign capital, repatriation of principal amount and the profits.
Occupy, social justice groups blockade entrance to Monsanto
16-Mar-2012 Indybay
"We are calling for a ’global class-action’ against Monsanto," said Steven Payan, one of the Davis protest organizers. "We are joining the world in solidarity to demand a ban on all GMO foods and hold Monsanto accountable for its actions throughout history from Agent Orange to Deforestation to current and past deaths to preying on small farmers through a broken court system and also through International Free Trade Agreements."
A Perimeter Approach to Security and the Transformation of the U.S.-Canada Border
14-Mar-2012 Be Your Own Leader
U.S.-Canada bilateral dialogue on strategic issues concerning the Beyond the Border deal continues as the action plan lays out deadlines where initiatives will be incrementally implemented over the next several years.
Pacific illusions: New report exposes Trans-Pacific Partnership shortcomings, as Obama presses ahead
14-Mar-2012
As Obama’s main trade and diplomatic thrust in the Pacific, the TPP is meant to revive the US export economy and counter Chinese influence. In reality, it does neither.
East Africa: Sezibera Optimistic Over EPA Negotiations
12-Mar-2012
The East African Community (EAC), Secretary General Dr. Richard Sezibera has said that the region is committed to succeed in the negotiations of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA).
Secret trade deal threatens democracy
12-Mar-2012
A “free trade agreement” being negotiated by Australia, the United States and other countries could have profound impacts on crucial public policy issues including food security, natural resource management, access to essential medicines, public assets and more.
S. Korea’s exports fall after FTA with EU: report
12-Mar-2012
South Korea’s exports to the European Union (EU) fell after the implementation of the Seoul-Brussels free trade deal due to the region’s deepening debt crisis, a report showed Monday.
Trade deal could mean end of procurement strategies, panellists say
12-Mar-2012
An impending trade deal with Europe could spell the end of procurement strategies like the one used to award the $25-billion shipbuilding contract to Irving Shipbuilding Inc. in Halifax.
Nationals scrutiny ’threatens’ free trade agreements
12-Mar-2012
Labor has seized on Coalition disunity over foreign investment to warn that a Nationals plan for new restrictions on investment in farmland would breach the Australia-US Free Trade Agreement.