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Different trade agreements will not divide ASEAN: RI
21-Nov-2011
Despite different stances on the US-led Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade pact, Southeast Asian nations will stay together to consolidate trade deals they already have with six partner countries to boost trade within the group, an Indonesian official says.
Beware the limits of latest free trade deal
20-Nov-2011
Despite claims to the contrary by Prime Minister Julia Gillard, the nine-country Trans-Pacific Partnership announced this week is not good news for Australia.
Harper government should heed calls for freer trade in dairy, poultry
19-Nov-2011
The Harper government should bite the political bullet and agree to start dismantling the controversial supply-management system for dairy, poultry and egg farmers to boost Canada’s access to robust Asia-Pacific markets, analysts said Wednesday.
TPP may affect China’s possible FTA with S. Korea, Japan: scholar
17-Nov-2011
An envisioned regional free trade agreement in the Asia-Pacific may affect China’s possible free trade agreements with South Korea and Japan, giving the world’s No. 2 economy less bargaining power, a Chinese scholar said Thursday.
PM Key says NZ drug-buyer Pharmac may not be changed under Trans Pacific Partnership talks, but fine details still yet to be sorted
14-Nov-2011 Interest.co.nz
New Zealand drug-buying agency Pharmac may not be hit with any changes under the Trans Pacific Partnership deal being negotiated with United States, although the finer details of the Pacific trade agreement are yet to be ironed out, Prime Minister John Key says.
WTO fatigue fuels Asia-Pacific trade deal: NZ minister
14-Nov-2011 Reuters
Impatience with long-running world trade talks, and a desire to snap out of slow economic growth, explain why countries are flocking to a US-led Asia-Pacific free trade agreement, New Zealand Trade Minister Tim Groser said on Sunday.
US welcomes Canada and Mexico’s joining TPP free trade talks
14-Nov-2011 Mainichi
The United States on Sunday welcomed Canada and Mexico’s willingness to join negotiations on a Pacific free trade accord.
Japan, US at odds with PM Noda’s free trade comment
14-Nov-2011 Reuters
Japan has denied a White House statement that Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda told US President Barack Obama he would put all goods and services on the negotiating table for trade liberalisation. The White House stood by its statement, issued on Saturday, despite Japan’s denial.
Canada to push to join trade group, sell oil to Asia
13-Nov-2011
Prime Minister Stephen Harper signalled a shift in his government’s economic and trade policies Sunday, announcing Canada will apply to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership and will further look to sell its oil and gas to Asian countries following American delays in approving the Keystone XL pipeline.
China state paper accuses US over free trade deal
12-Nov-2011
The US is halting the "natural expansion" of a fledgling Asia-Pacific free trade deal with hostile rhetoric towards China, Beijing’s state-run Global Times said in an editorial Saturday
TPP countries set to announce broad outline of Trans-Pacific FTA this week
12-Nov-2011
Trade ministers from nine countries agreed Thursday to forge the broad outline of an expanded Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement this week.
Noda postpones decision on TPP
10-Nov-2011 Japan Times
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda on Thursday postponed his widely expected announcement that Japan will join the US and other countries in negotiations over the Trans-Pacific Partnership, saying he wanted to sleep on the issue for a day before making his final decision.
Japanese farmers, fishermen protest free trade deal
10-Nov-2011 VOA
Thousands of Japanese farmers and fishermen have rallied in Tokyo to voice opposition to Japan’s proposed participation in an expanded Asia-Pacific free trade organization.
Japan to decide to join trade talks despite fears in farm sector
10-Nov-2011 Mainichi
The Japanese government is expected to decide on Thursday to join negotiations for a Pacific free trade agreement to boost the country’s sluggish economy, overcoming resistance within the ruling party and the farm industry that fear an adverse impact from the U.S.-backed tariff-cutting pact.
Lawmakers urge caution on trade talks with Japan
9-Nov-2011 Reuters
Four senior US lawmakers on Tuesday urged President Barack Obama’s administration not to make a hasty decision to begin free trade talks with Japan if that country should request this week to join negotiations on a Transpacific free trade pact.
Hundreds take interfaith service to the streets on eve of APEC trade conference
8-Nov-2011 FACE
More than 30 clergy from a dozen denominations led hundreds of followers out of St. Augustine’s Catholic Church in Waikiki on Monday night and into the streets of Waikiki as a challenge to APEC, the international trade talks kicking off tomorrow in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Occupy Honolulu’s position on APEC
8-Nov-2011 Hawaii Reporter
The Occupy Honolulu General Assembly formally asserts its opposition to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings to be held in Honolulu from November 7 – 13, 2011.
Top U.S. companies urge new Internet trade rules
6-Nov-2011
Google, Microsoft , Citigroup , IBM , GE and other top-tier American companies on Thursday urged the United States to fight for trade rules that protect the free flow of information over the Internet.
US courts Australia in Pacific free trade push
5-Nov-2011
The US has spoken out about its desire to unite with Australia, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam and other nations in a powerful trans-Pacific free trade bloc.
New Zealand trades away our sovereignty in secret negotiations
4-Nov-2011
At the APEC Leaders’ Summit in Hawaii on November 12 & 13, Bill English will signal the Government’s readiness to trade away yet more of this country’s powers of self-government, the New Zealand Is Not For Sale Campaign warned today.