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To stop misuse of free trade agreements, finance ministry plans text review
19-Nov-2013 Economic Times
India’s finance ministry is pushing for a review of the model text for free trade agreements after recent misuse of bilateral pacts exposed many loopholes in the pacts India has entered into with its trading partners.
Mega EU-US trade talks moving ahead ‘step by step’
17-Nov-2013 AFP
A second round of EU-US talks to seal the world’s largest free-trade accord concluded in Brussels on Friday while a third round is scheduled for December 16-20 in Washington
Now, India eyeing Mekong-India Economic Corridor
17-Nov-2013 Business Standard
The idea of a Mekong-India Economic Corridor — a network of land and sea infrastructure connecting India, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam — is gaining traction with the upcoming signing of the India-ASEAN services and investment deal.
Tackling the trade law dimension of ‘land grabbing’
15-Nov-2013 IIED
As trade talks regain momentum, ’land grab’ activists are scrutinising negotiations and pioneering new opportunities for public accountability
Ecuador: In search of EU trade agreement
15-Nov-2013 PanAm Post
Last Friday, from Paris, Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa expressed his hopes for a conclusion to the long-awaited trade agreement in the first quarter of next year.
Canada signs free trade deal with Honduras amid pre-electoral repression
15-Nov-2013 Upside Down World
Canada and Honduras inked a bilateral free trade agreement on November 5, amid political repression, increasing militarization, and controversial Canadian investment in the Central American nation.
European food industry backs ‘comprehensive free trade’ between EU and Japan
15-Nov-2013 Food Navigator
Representatives of European food industry organisations have come out in support of a strong free trade agreement between the EU and Japan, ahead of talks in Tokyo next Tuesday.
The people can defeat the Trans-Pacific Partnership
15-Nov-2013 Counterpunch
Momentum is growing in the campaign to stop the Trans-Pacific Partnership in the United States.
Broader access to investment ’key’ in EU talks
15-Nov-2013 China Daily
The European Union sees broader access for investment in China as a key issue in negotiations on an agreement that will consolidate 27 bilateral pacts, the head of the EU Chamber of Commerce in China said.
EU could agree trade deal with West African bloc within months
15-Nov-2013 Reuters
The European Union could finalise a trade agreement with West Africa’s 15-nation Economic Community of West African States within the next three months, EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht said on Thursday.
Seed prices a tough nut in Thai-EU free trade talks
14-Nov-2013 Bangkok Post
Concerns that the Thai-EU Free Trade Agreement will cause a huge hike in seed prices are "an extreme view", industry experts say, adding that "farmers should accept the fact that prices will be higher for hybrid seeds with higher yields".
Russia bans two Ukraine meat firms, as meat war threatens
14-Nov-2013 Global Meat News
In a bid to force Ukraine to abandon the signing of a free trade agreement with the EU, Russian veterinary service Rosselkhoznadzor has banned meat imports from two Ukrainian companies in the first step of a possible meat war that could seriously damage the Ukrainian industry.
EU, Vietnam expect to sign FTA pact in 2014
14-Nov-2013 Xinhua
The European Union and Vietnam are working to conclude negotiations on a free trade agreement by late 2014
Consumer, green groups voice fears over EU-US trade deal
14-Nov-2013 Reuters
Consumers risk losing out in a planned free-trade deal between Europe and the United States if big business succeeds in loosening standards, European consumer and environmental groups warned on Tuesday.
WikiLeaks publishes secret draft chapter of Trans-Pacific Partnership
14-Nov-2013 The Guardian
WikiLeaks has released the draft text of a chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement, a multilateral free-trade treaty currently being negotiated in secret by 12 Pacific Rim nations.
Robb hopeful free trade deals can be made
13-Nov-2013
The man tasked with finalising three major free trade agreements for Australia within 12 months says he’s hopeful it can be done.
Ukraine-EU trade deal: Business seeks delay, quarreling MP’s stall
13-Nov-2013
Ukraine’s prospect of signing a key Euro-integration deal this month remains questionable. Its big business suggests delaying the move by at least a year, while parliament has stalled a vote that could release ex-PM Tymoshenko.
Hungary supports EU-Singapore free trade agreement
13-Nov-2013
Hungary has given its strong support for the early ratification of the European Union-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
Concerns over FTA with EU raised
13-Nov-2013
While details of a possible trade pact between the Philippines and the European Union (EU) have yet to be finalized, a non-government organization has expressed concern that the agreement would be too ambitious for the Philippines and undermine its development.
Ecuador high court upholds Chevron verdict, halves fine
13-Nov-2013 Reuters
Ecuador’s highest court upheld a verdict that US oil company Chevron Corp is responsible for pollution in an Amazon rainforest, but halved the fine imposed in a previous trial to $9.5 billion, a decision the company dismissed as illegitimate.