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Gillard voices importance of FTA with Japan
23-Apr-2011
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard stressed Thursday in Tokyo the importance of concluding a free trade agreement between the country and Japan, while vowing to remain a reliable supplier of natural resources to the quake-hit nation.
Locke to lead delegation to Seoul to promote Korea FTA’s passage: Commerce Dept.
23-Apr-2011
U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke will lead a bipartisan congressional delegation to Seoul next week to build support for the ratification of the pending free trade deal with South Korea, the Commerce Department said Friday.
BJP demands halt to FTA talks with EU
23-Apr-2011
The BJP has demanded an immediate halt to all plans to finalise a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the European Union (EU) and asked that an all-party meeting be called to analyse the impact assessment reports of such an agreement.
Japan, Luxembourg to push FTA
23-Apr-2011
Japan and Luxembourg agreed Tuesday to push forward the launch of negotiations on sealing a free-trade agreement between Tokyo and the 27-nation European Union, with an eye on reaching an accord during the next Japan-EU summit talks slated for late May in Brussels, officials said.
EESC slams Commission on EU-India FTA
21-Apr-2011 CEO
One of the European Union’s official advisory bodies has spoken out about the flawed negotiating process in the EU-India free trade agreement (FTA).
Minister: Turkey hopes to see FTA with India signed soon
21-Apr-2011
Foreign Trade Minister Zafer Çağlayan has said a free trade agreement (FTA) between Turkey and India should be signed as quickly as possible to make the best out of what he described as the tremendous trade potential between the two emerging economies.
India-EU FTA talks in crucial phase
21-Apr-2011
Negotiations between India and the European Union (EU) for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) have entered a crucial phase and contours of the deal have started to emerge but there are still some issues which need to be resolved, EU official say.
Human Rights Impact Assessment (HRIA) and Expert Consultation on the EU – India FTA with a special focus on impacts on Indian Food Security
20-Apr-2011 Boell India
The Heinrich Böll Foundation along with partners Anthra, MISEREOR and the Third World Network (TWN) organized under the auspices of the Ecofair Trade Dialogue a two day Expert Consultation in New Delhi on the 11. & 12.04.2011 to gauge the perception and threat potential of the FTA on the Right to Food of various marginalized stakeholder groups in India.
Le Sahara Occidental pourra t-il commercer avec l’Union européenne dans le cadre des accords avec le Maroc ?
19-Apr-2011 GuinGuinBali
Depuis un mois, la Commission européenne (CE) se pose une question claire et concise : Doit-on inclure le Sahara Occidental dans les accords commerciaux avec le Maroc ?
EPA negotiations on backburner
18-Apr-2011 Southern Times
Negotiations for a new economic partnership agreement (EPA) between SADC members and the European Union appear to have been shelved with no fixed date for resumption of the protracted trade negotiations.
EU turns blind eye to Palestinian citizens in Israel
18-Apr-2011 IMEU
The rights of the Palestinian minority in Israel are not even mentioned in the "association agreement" between the EU and Israel
The Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement: a Latin American perspective
16-Apr-2011 CEPAL
The TPP negotiations offer both Chile and Peru little in terms of improved market access, as well as risks such as having to make new concessions in sensitive areas like intellectual property and investment.
AG wants regionalism as a pillar of EPA laws
16-Apr-2011 Antigua Observer
Antigua’s Attorney General Justin Simon has called for regional integration to be a key component of laws being designed to implement the European Union Economic Partnership Agreement (EU EPA).
EU threatens to file lawsuit against Argentina over ’protectionism’
16-Apr-2011 Buenos Aires Herald
The European Union’s top trade negotiator, Karel de Gucht, accused Argentina of being “the great obstacle” in an association agreement between the EU and the Mercosur, and threatened to take the case before the WTO.
Developments in the EU-Mercosur Association Agreement
16-Apr-2011 CAP 2020
With EU-Mercosur FTA talks expected to conclude by July 2011, there are significant concerns being raised about the impact, not only on the EU’s agricultural sector, but also what this might mean environmentally.
EU-Japan trade deal on cards, affirms Spain
16-Apr-2011 IB Times
Japanese automakers and electronics giants have been ramping up efforts to make the government kick-start free trade talks with the EU, concerned about losing further market share to its South Korean competitors.
Colombian free trade deal ignores violence, faces Colombian resistance
13-Apr-2011 Uprising
Congress is poised to ratify a Free Trade Agreement with Colombia in spite of vehement opposition both here in the US and in Colombia.
Korea-US Free Trade Agreement another cash cow for corporations
13-Apr-2011 Madison.com
"If the argument in favor of KORUS is increased corporate profit, fine, call it that, but it is a perverse misrepresentation to imply that US farmers and workers will profit," says Wisconsin dairy farmer Jim Goodman
Russian Prime Minister Putin admits trade protective measures if introduce free trade area between Ukraine and EU
13-Apr-2011 UNA
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says that Russia may apply trade protective measures if Ukraine and the European Union sign a free trade area agreement
Beef issues affect US-Taiwan free trade talks: U.S. official
13-Apr-2011 CNA
The lingering beef dispute was why Taiwan has been unable to hold a new round of high-level trade talks with the United States and why it has lost congressional support for the negotiation, according to a US official Tuesday.