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Japan, Mongolia to launch talks on free trade, rare earths
12-Nov-2010 AFP
Japan and Mongolia are expected to agree on starting talks on a bilateral free-trade deal next week that would include a stable supply of rare earth minerals, a government official said Friday.
Key sets Japan straight on free trade rationale
12-Nov-2010 NZ Herald
If agriculture was off the Trans-Pacific Partnership table as far as Japan was concerned, then New Zealand did not want to see Japan around the TPP negotiating table. "It’s as simple as that."
Harper announces opening of free-trade agreement talks with India
12-Nov-2010 Montreal Gazette
The prime ministers of Canada and India, both attending the G20 summit in South Korea, announced on Friday the two countries have begun free trade talks.
Japan’s farmers oppose Pacific free-trade talks
12-Nov-2010 NYT
Atsushi Kono considers it the gravest threat to his family’s farm in a century of rice-growing: a free-trade initiative that could dismantle Japan’s sky-high protective farming tariffs, finally opening up the country to cheap, foreign produce.
Afrique : L’accord UE-Inde pourrait menacer l’accès à des médicaments VIH essentiels
12-Nov-2010 IRIN
Alors que des responsables indiens et européens se rencontrent à Bruxelles pour mettre au point les détails d’un accord de libre-échange, des activistes de la société civile s’inquiètent que l’accord puisse déboucher sur une protection renforcée de la propriété intellectuelle qui pourrait réduire l’accès aux médicaments génériques indiens bon marché.
Obama, Lee fail to sign FTA, talks to resume after G-20 summit
11-Nov-2010 Bloomberg
President Barack Obama and his South Korean counterpart Lee Myung Bak failed to reach agreement on a free-trade accord and said talks will continue after the Group of 20 summit in Seoul.
Japan to propose starting FTA talks with EU in spring
11-Nov-2010 Kyodo
Japan plans to propose to the European Union starting talks on a free trade agreement next spring, government sources said Thursday.
EU to focus on bilateral deals, Doha, and beyond
11-Nov-2010 ICTSD
The European Commission on Tuesday set out a blueprint for an EU trade strategy that would help boost growth and job creation in Europe.
Indo-US investment treaty first step towards FTA
11-Nov-2010 FE
Interview with US-India Business Council president Ron Somers
MSF protest over EU India trade talks
10-Nov-2010 MSF
MSF staff and supporters rally outside the offices of the European Commission to deliver an open letter of protest against ongoing trade talks between the European Union and India that could damage access to affordable medicines.
FTA talks jolted by US demand on beef imports
10-Nov-2010 Dong-a Ilbo
Korea and the US were expected to announce Thursday a compromise on contentious issues in their free trade agreement, but an unexpected twist appeared in the negotiations.
Peru, Central America hold first round of FTA negotiations
10-Nov-2010 Andina
The first round of FTA negotiations between Peru and Central American countries (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala and Panama) takes place this week in Lima.
US beef exporters urge speed, not changes, in South Korean trade accord
10-Nov-2010 Bloomberg
American beef exporters are pushing the Obama administration and Congress to approve a pending trade agreement with South Korea without delay rather than hold out for concessions on their behalf.
Japan farmers protest free trade as APEC meets
10-Nov-2010 Reuters
Thousands of Japanese farmers rallied on Wednesday to demand their government steer clear of a US-led free trade initiative which would open the heavily protected agricultural sector to fierce competition.
Thousands in Japan protest new free trade agreement
10-Nov-2010 CNN
An estimated 3,000 Japanese farmers converged in Tokyo on Wednesday to protest against Japan joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP, which would destroy Japanese agriculture and community
S. Korea reaffirms beef issue not on table in FTA talks
10-Nov-2010 Yonhap
South Korea will risk indefinitely delaying the conclusion of a free trade agreement with the United States if Washington insists on an "unacceptable" demand that Seoul opens its market wider to US beef, a senior government official said Wednesday.
Farmers fear economic fallout from Pacific FTA
10-Nov-2010 Kyodo
Japanese farmers voiced concerns Tuesday about the day’s decision by the Cabinet to begin consultations with the United States and other countries to forge a trans-Pacific free-trade agreement, saying further liberalization of trade would deal them a heavy blow.
Chrysler joins Ford against Korean pact
9-Nov-2010 DFP
Chrysler today voiced its opposition – along with Ford – to passage of a free trade agreement between the US and Korea as written in 2007.
The new EU’s 2020 trade strategy will reinforce the policies responsible for the economic, social and environmental crises
9-Nov-2010 S2B Network
Today the European Commission launched its new trade policy as a core component of the EU’s 2020 strategy, which will replace the 2006 Trade Strategy ‘Global Europe – competing in the world’ but has nothing new to add.
Arrêt des négociations sur un accord de libre-échange agricole - maintenant et définitivement
9-Nov-2010 ASSAF
Le Parlement fédéral aura la possibilité de prendre une décision de planification, soumise au référendum, sur l’arrêt des négociations entre la Suisse et l’UE