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EU could agree trade deal with West African bloc within months
15-Nov-2013 Reuters
The European Union could finalise a trade agreement with West Africa’s 15-nation Economic Community of West African States within the next three months, EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht said on Thursday.
Seed prices a tough nut in Thai-EU free trade talks
14-Nov-2013 Bangkok Post
Concerns that the Thai-EU Free Trade Agreement will cause a huge hike in seed prices are "an extreme view", industry experts say, adding that "farmers should accept the fact that prices will be higher for hybrid seeds with higher yields".
Russia bans two Ukraine meat firms, as meat war threatens
14-Nov-2013 Global Meat News
In a bid to force Ukraine to abandon the signing of a free trade agreement with the EU, Russian veterinary service Rosselkhoznadzor has banned meat imports from two Ukrainian companies in the first step of a possible meat war that could seriously damage the Ukrainian industry.
EU, Vietnam expect to sign FTA pact in 2014
14-Nov-2013 Xinhua
The European Union and Vietnam are working to conclude negotiations on a free trade agreement by late 2014
Consumer, green groups voice fears over EU-US trade deal
14-Nov-2013 Reuters
Consumers risk losing out in a planned free-trade deal between Europe and the United States if big business succeeds in loosening standards, European consumer and environmental groups warned on Tuesday.
WikiLeaks publishes secret draft chapter of Trans-Pacific Partnership
14-Nov-2013 The Guardian
WikiLeaks has released the draft text of a chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement, a multilateral free-trade treaty currently being negotiated in secret by 12 Pacific Rim nations.
Robb hopeful free trade deals can be made
13-Nov-2013
The man tasked with finalising three major free trade agreements for Australia within 12 months says he’s hopeful it can be done.
Ukraine-EU trade deal: Business seeks delay, quarreling MP’s stall
13-Nov-2013
Ukraine’s prospect of signing a key Euro-integration deal this month remains questionable. Its big business suggests delaying the move by at least a year, while parliament has stalled a vote that could release ex-PM Tymoshenko.
Hungary supports EU-Singapore free trade agreement
13-Nov-2013
Hungary has given its strong support for the early ratification of the European Union-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
Concerns over FTA with EU raised
13-Nov-2013
While details of a possible trade pact between the Philippines and the European Union (EU) have yet to be finalized, a non-government organization has expressed concern that the agreement would be too ambitious for the Philippines and undermine its development.
Ecuador high court upholds Chevron verdict, halves fine
13-Nov-2013 Reuters
Ecuador’s highest court upheld a verdict that US oil company Chevron Corp is responsible for pollution in an Amazon rainforest, but halved the fine imposed in a previous trial to $9.5 billion, a decision the company dismissed as illegitimate.
Roadblocks revealed in TPP talks
13-Nov-2013
Leaked details of free trade negotiations between New Zealand and the United States show the two countries are in stark opposition on a number of key areas.
Developing countries are right to resist restrictive trade agreements
13-Nov-2013 The Guardian
International investment agreements are once again in the news. The United States is trying to impose a strong investment pact within the two big so-called "partnership" agreements, one bridging the Atlantic, the other the Pacific, that are now being negotiated. But there is growing opposition to such moves, writes Joseph Stiglitz.
EU angry as investment policy levels playing field
13-Nov-2013 Business Report
Is there something the EU trade guys know that they’re not telling the rest of us? Have they got wind of a dastardly ANC plan to expropriate all European-owned assets in South Africa?
EU-Thailand partnership signed
13-Nov-2013 Bangkok Post
The European Union and Thailand have finalised the text of a Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA), according to a press statement from the EU office in Bangkok.
Militarization and the Trans-Pacific “strategic economic” Partnership
13-Nov-2013 Global Research
The TPP has been mostly framed as a secret free-trade agreement but it has in large part taken the form of a policy initiative called the Pacific Pivot, a shifting of military resources into the Pacific.
Ukrainian chances of clinching EU deal begin to fade
13-Nov-2013 AFP
Ukraine’s union of industrialists and businessmen late Tuesday called on President Yanukovych to delay the signing of the deal by one year, saying it was damaging trade relations with Russia and Kazakhstan.
Harper moves to give up more Canadian sovereignty
12-Nov-2013
Tthe Harper government recently committed Canada to ratify the ICSID Convention.
No assurance on MFN from Pak
12-Nov-2013
No assurance was given by the Pakistan government on Tuesday for granting India the Most Favoured Nation trade status, almost a year after it missed the deadline to do so in order to normalise bilateral trading relations.
Free trade agreements are a concern for local industry: Poll
12-Nov-2013
Australian industry is concerned about the impact of FTAs which the government is attempting to forge with China, South Korea and Japan.