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Colombia’s rural strikes expand as leftists, minorities and more farmers join
7-May-2014 Colombia Reports
One of Colombia’s largest leftist collective, farmers, indigenous people and Afro-Colombians, united in the so-called Agrarian Summit (Cumbre Agraria Campesina Etnica y Popular) has joined ongoing strikes carried out by farmers, miners and truckers in Colombia’s countryside.
CCTV: Colombian farmers on strike
7-May-2014 CCTV
Farmers and their supporters in Colombia are protesting the so-called free trade agreements that would likely eliminate their livelihoods
[ETUC] Canada-EU trade deal: Trojan horse for contested ISDS?
7-May-2014 ETUC
The EU-Canada trade agreement – which may be concluded on May 8 at the Foreign Affairs Council – should not be used as a ‘Trojan horse’ to smuggle in a controversial Investor-to-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) warned the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC).
The current economic crisis presents an opportunity for Latin American Integration
6-May-2014 Agencia Venezolana de Noticias
The global financial crisis which persists since 2008 and chiefly impacts the United States and Europe presents an opportunity for Latin America to strengthen its internal markets and develop an integrated economy, says Faustino Cobarrubia, an expert at the Centre for Research on the Global Economy (CIEM), Cuba.
Vietnam’s exports to ASEAN reduce despite free trade agreement
6-May-2014 Thanh Nien News
Vietnam’s exports to its ASEAN partners have fallen despite the free trade agreement inked in 2010.
Germany dubious on investor rules in US trade pact
6-May-2014 AP
Germany’s vice chancellor is underlining doubts about the need for new investment rules in a proposed European Union-U.S. trade deal — a thorny issue in the talks.
Text of Canada-EU trade agreement could be finalized by May 7
6-May-2014 rabble.ca
iPolitics reports, "The text of the Canada-EU trade agreement is expected to be finalized May 7, according to a letter posted on a Dutch government website
Japan meets most conditions for ’vital’ EU trade talks: documents
5-May-2014 Reuters
The European Union will tell Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday that Brussels is broadly satisfied with Japan’s progress in negotiations towards an ambitious free-trade deal, likely allowing talks to continue, according to EU documents.
En Paca, la fronde anti Tafta s’organise
5-May-2014 Les Inrocks
En France, la fronde s’organise principalement autour du Front de Gauche (FDG) et d’Europe-Ecologie-Les Verts (EE-LV) qui ont d’ailleurs décidé de placer leur combat contre Tafta au coeur de leur campagne des européennes
In Colombia, free trade brings more poverty and more killings
5-May-2014 TruthOut
Colombian unions and farmers opposed the free trade agreement strongly, and today hold it responsible for increasing poverty while fostering a climate in which corporate rights are paramount and labor rights hardly exist.
Unseen side of TPP talks
3-May-2014
Japan-U.S. bilateral negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership multinational free trade agreement have overcome their largest remaining hurdle, with a substantive agreement reached after renewed talks held in tandem with U.S. President Barack Obama’s visit to Japan from April 23 to 25.
TPP deal on cards this month: Bollard
2-May-2014
It is possible a Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal will be thrashed out by the end of the month, says Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation (Apec) executive director Alan Bollard.
Minister hints at FTA with Japan
2-May-2014
Commerce Minister Khurram Dastgir Khan on Wednesday said that negotiations on signing of a free trade agreement with Japan were progressing.
Agrarian uprising against free trade and ’government lies’ sweeps Colombia
1-May-2014 Common Dreams
Agrarian strikes, protests, and road blockades are sweeping Colombia this week as peasants voice outrage at the "free trade" policies, backed by the Colombian government, that they say are exacerbating the country’s crisis of rural poverty.
FTA btw China, Switzerland to enter into force in July
30-Apr-2014
The free trade agreement (FTA) between China and Switzerland will enter into force on July 1 with internal approval procedures completed, the Swiss Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research (EAER) said on Wednesday.
China pressing for vast Asia-Pacific FTA as rival US-led deal runs into snags
30-Apr-2014
China is pressing for a vast Asia-Pacific free trade agreement, a senior official said Wednesday, as a rival U.S.-led deal that excludes the Asian giant runs into snags.
Vilsack says sanitary issues delaying TTIP
30-Apr-2014 Agri-Pulse
Disagreements over sanitary and phytosanitary standards (SPS) are delaying US-EU Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations, according to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.
African leaders join Nigeria to reject European economic agreement
30-Apr-2014 This Day
African Ministers of Trade meeting at the African Union in Addis have aligned with Nigeria’s position on the trade liberalisation deal with the European Union under the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), saying it will have a long-term negative impact on the continent’s efforts towards industrialisation and job creation.
Abe calls for swift progress in talks with EU on free-trade pact
30-Apr-2014 AFP
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, on a visit to Germany on Wednesday, called for swift progress in talks with the European Union to nail a free-trade pact.
Colombia cracks down on rural reform protests
30-Apr-2014 Inserbia Info
While Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos criticizes Nicolás Maduro of neighboring Venezuela for repressive tactics, he himself has now ordered armed troops, armored vehicles and gendarmerie agents onto the streets of the Colombian capital to disperse demonstrators.