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Turkey fears being left out in the cold by EU free trade deals
26-May-2013
Frustrated with the slow progress of its bid to join the EU, the rash of free trade pacts Brussels is negotiating that leave Turkey out in the cold has Ankara threatening to tear up its customs union agreement.
Unfair, unsustainable, and under the radar
26-May-2013 Democracy Center
A new paper from the Democracy Center sheds an urgent public light on the system of international investment rules and arbitration tribunals that is being used by corporations to undermine citizen and government action on a range of urgent social and environmental issues.
Japan to join KL’s TPP talks in July
25-May-2013
Negotiators working on a trade agreement among 11 Asia-Pacific nations have completed a 17th round of talks in Peru for the so-called Trans-Pacific Partnership, and say Japan will join the talks when they reconvene in Malaysia in July.
Conclusion of FTA talks creates vast space for deepening Sino-Swiss ties: Premier Li
25-May-2013
The conclusion of talks over a free trade agreement (FTA) between China and Switzerland will create a vast space for further development of bilateral ties and is also conducive to the development of China-Europe relations, visiting Chinese Premier Li keqiang said here Friday.
EU, Africa Economic Partnership Agreements imbalanced - Mkapa
25-May-2013
Retired President Benjamin William Mkapa has argued Inter Action Council European members to press on their governments to ensure that the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) they are negotiating with African countries do not threaten the development aspirations of Africa.
China, Switzerland sign MOU on concluding FTA talks
25-May-2013
China and Switzerland here on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on concluding negotiations on a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA).
GDP growth may drop by 1 point by joining TPP: opposing researchers
23-May-2013 Japan Times
Growth in gross domestic product could be pushed down by 1.0 percentage point, or ¥4.8 trillion, if Japan joins the envisaged Trans-Pacific Partnership, a group of researchers said Wednesday.
US, Myanmar sign trade, investment framework deal
23-May-2013 KUNA
The US and Myanmar signed Tuesday a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA), creating a platform for "ongoing dialogue and cooperation" on trade and investment issues between the two countries.
Costa Rican lawmakers approve association agreement with European Union
23-May-2013 Tico Times
The regional agreement, already approved by Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Guatemala and El Salvador, will enter into effect on Aug. 1.
Costa Rica and Colombia sign free trade deal
23-May-2013 AFP
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla on Wednesday evening penned a bilateral free trade agreement that will help pave the way for Costa Rica to become a full member of the Pacific Alliance, a Latin American trade bloc launched in 2012.
Chevron calls for strong investor rights chapter in US-EU trade deal
22-May-2013 rabble.ca
US energy giant Chevron is encouraging the United States to pursue a strong investment chapter and investor-state dispute settlement process in the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership with the European Union.
Big trading blocs moving at breakneck pace to raise free trade standards
22-May-2013 IP Watch
The pace to negotiate bilateral or plurilateral free trade agreements has been accelerating rapidly over the last month as the big trading blocs seem eager to position themselves in the race for market access and standards. Special report for Intellectual Property Watch.
Exclusive: EU says Chinese FTA possible, but wants market opening
22-May-2013 Reuters
The European Union is willing to deepen trade ties with China but wants to see concessions from Beijing first, documents seen by Reuters on Tuesday showed.
PM Lee on Japan FTA: ’Let’s go for ambitious review’
22-May-2013
Singapore would like the ongoing review of its free trade agreement (FTA) with Japan to be an "ambitious review", and not one resulting in just minor adjustments, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said in Tokyo on Wednesday, after meetings with its top leaders.
SADC scrambles to meet EU trade deadline
22-May-2013 Mmegi
Trade ministers from SADC member states met in Gaborone yesterday as part of efforts to thrash out a new inclusive Economic Partnership Agreement with the European Union ahead of next year’s deadline.
Taiwan trying to secure FTAs with U.S., EU: president
21-May-2013
President Ma Ying-jeou has said that his administration has been working toward signing free trade deals with the United States and the European Union, a development that sock manufacturers in Changhua County are eager to see.
Kosovo looks to EU trade agreement
21-May-2013 Eurasia Review
By launching a free trade regime with the EU, as part of its Stabilisation Association Agreement, Kosovo is hoping to increase the amount of agricultural products that it exports to the 27 member countries in order to improve revenues.
Historic Indo-Lanka trade pact goes public for the first time
21-May-2013 Lanka Web
The first ever international Free Trade Agreement entered by Sri Lanka has boosted its exports to its partnering country by no less than 16 times-and overall trade volumes grew by eight fold.
Food and capitalism: a crisis of waste and destruction
21-May-2013 PSL
Capitalism and the racing pace of technology at the service of maximizing profits have come together to form a super-crisis of waste and destruction. We can use corn as an example
US livestock industry ready for ’comprehensive’ FTA with EU
21-May-2013 Farm Futures
Coalition of ag organizations says previous talks through Trans-Pacific Partnership should be used as model for EU agreement