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EAC for diplomatic engagement with EU
9-Sep-2013 Tanzania Daily News
The East African Community ministers responsible for EPA negotiations with the EU have agreed to use diplomacy to resolve the outstanding issues, as the clock ticks towards the 2016 deadline.
Ghana to finalise decision on EPA by end of October
9-Sep-2013 Economy Times
The Government of Ghana will by end of October this year declare its stance on the European Union-Economic Partnership Agreement (EU- EPA) with barely three years down the line for the deadline of negotiation.
S. Korea considering joining TPP: report
9-Sep-2013 Kyodo
South Korea has decided to join the US-led Trans-Pacific Partnership and is studying the schedule and potential impact, a Seoul daily reported Monday, citing a high-ranking South Korean government official.
S. Korea, Vietnam agree to conclude free trade deal next year
9-Sep-2013 Yonhap
South Korea and Vietnam agreed Monday to conclude a bilateral free trade agreement next year and cooperate closely for nuclear power development in the Southeast Asian nation.
India-Thailand free trade agreement talks move ahead
9-Sep-2013 Economic Times
Thailand has indicated softening of stance on some of the issues in the freetrade agreement it is negotiating with India, bringing the pact closer to reality after more than 10 years of talks.
FTA between EU and New Zealand called for
9-Sep-2013 Global Meat News
New Zealand’s High Commissioner has called for a free trade agreement between his country and the European Union so there can be increased trade in meat.
Free trade: Bilateral and multilateral negotiations dangerous for financial regulation and taxation
9-Sep-2013 SOMO
Financial services — both in terms of market access and how they are regulated — are a critical issue in the EU-US FTA (TTIP) talks. Analysis from WEED and SOMO.
To confront the climate emergency we need to dismantle the WTO and the free trade regime
8-Sep-2013
Sign-on statement
Inversiones, transnacionales y desarrollo: el caso de Uruguay
6-Sep-2013 Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
El contexto actual, pasados ocho años de gobierno del Frente Amplio en Uruguay, es particularmente propicio para reflexionar acerca de las diversas condicionantes para la aplicación de estrategias de desarrollo económico, productivo y social.
Farmers’ strike in Colombia highlights impact of free trade deal on local communities
6-Sep-2013 FSRN
Radio interview with Julia Duranti, with Witness for Peace. The group works in some of the hardest-hit regions for farmers in Colombia.
US Pacific Island Country trade and development agreement being explored
6-Sep-2013 CTA
In July 2013, Pacific Island Country Trade Ministers called on the Pacific Forum Secretariat to give priority to trade and economic cooperation discussions with the United States.
Seoul, Beijing agree on basic guidelines for FTA negotiations
6-Sep-2013 Yonhap
South Korea and China have reached an agreement on the modality or basic guidelines for their negotiations on a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA), the Seoul government said Friday.
Colombian workers and farmers take on global neoliberalism
5-Sep-2013 IUF
The wave of strikes and demonstrations is not only the most significant social movement in decades in Colombia. It is currently the most broadly based challenge to the global neo-liberal project.
Transatlantic alliance to cost Turkey ‘$20 billion’
5-Sep-2013 Hurriyet
Turkey’s exclusion from the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) of the US and the EU would cause 2.5 percent of its national income to melt, a recently published study shows
Dhaka keen to join a free-trade move
5-Sep-2013 Dhaka Tribune
The government of Bangladesh has already taken up its desire to join the Trans Pacific Partnership talks through its embassy in Washington
Guatemala opts into Central American FTA with Mexico
5-Sep-2013 Tax News
As Guatemala has now approved its participation in the free trade agreement between Mexico and the other Central American countries – Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua – the agreement entered into effect on September 1, 2013.
Colombia farmers’ uprising puts the spotlight on seeds
5-Sep-2013 GRAIN
On 19 August, Colombian farmers’ organisations initiated a massive nationwide strike against the government’s policies. Seeds emerged as one highly visible issue.
Signing of treaty on free trade zone between Ukraine, EU will create problems for Ukraine, Russia - Putin
4-Sep-2013 Voice of Russia
"If Ukraine believes it needs to sign a treaty on free trade with the EU, it means that’s how it should be. However, we see some problems for us and them here," Putin said in an interview with Russia’s Channel One and the Associated Press.
TPPA goes into overdrive and underground
4-Sep-2013 Scoop
Moves to get the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement to the point of sign-off by the end of the year went into overdrive at the round just ended in Brunei, according to Professor Jane Kelsey. Remaining negotiations will be tackled through informal intersessional meetings.
"Investment" narrowly construed under NAFTA in Apotex v. US
4-Sep-2013 Mondaq
In a recent NAFTA Investor-State claim brought against the United States by Apotex Inc., Canada’s largest producer of generic drugs, the Tribunal upheld the US’ preliminary objections to jurisdiction on the grounds that the company’s efforts to win approval for generic drugs in the US market did not make it an "investor" under NAFTA Chapter Eleven.