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Blasting ‘weak-kneed’ skeptics, Tories fan out to plug EU trade deal
27-Apr-2012 Globe and Mail
The Harper government’s PR machine will be working overtime Friday as 40 per cent of the Conservative Canadian cabinet fans out across the country to shore up support for a free trade deal with the European Union.
Treaties that gave away the store
27-Apr-2012
As India grapples with the Vodafone and 2G fallout, the Bilateral Investment Treaties it signed a few years ago are coming back to haunt it.
EPAs will take the EAC countries to early grave
26-Apr-2012
East African governments are negotiating for Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) with the European Union (EU). The EPAs are free trade agreements based on the principle of reciprocity. They require Africa to open up its borders to duty and tariff-free goods and services from Europe. But numerous studies posit that this unequal partnership will have disastrous consequences on African citizens.
’Gringo superpigs’ threaten Colombia’s pork trade: Report
26-Apr-2012 Colombia Reports
The new FTA with the U.S. will bring "gringo superpigs" to Colombia, threatening the country’s domestic pork trade, newspaper Diario Del Huila claimed Wednesday.
CETA: foundering on the agricultural issue
25-Apr-2012 La France Agricole
Canada and the European Union hope to conclude a free trade agreement by November 2012, however discussions stumble on supply management of Canadian farm products.
Labor action and inaction in Colombia free trade deal
25-Apr-2012 In These Times
As the media swarmed over the scandal surrounding the Secret Service’s alleged carousing with prostitutes in Colombia, another questionable financial transaction slipped quietly through the backdoor of hemispheric diplomacy.
Thousands in Japan protest Asia-Pacific trade pact
25-Apr-2012 AFP
Thousands of farmers rallied in Tokyo Wednesday against a Pacific-wide free trade pact as Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda’s prepares for a visit to the United States.
Mad-cow scare stalls US beef sales in Sth Korea
25-Apr-2012 NZ Herald
South Korean agriculture officials are considering whether to formally suspend delivery of US beef to stores by halting quarantine inspections, preventing it from clearing customs.
Canada-EU negotiators are talking. But is it a round?
25-Apr-2012
Canadian and European negotiators are back at the table in Brussels this week to pick through unresolved issues in the Canada-European Union free trade talks.
Oilsands not a sticking point in EU trade talks
25-Apr-2012
Canada’s oilsands aren’t a sticking point in trade talks with the European Union, Denmark’s trade minister said today in Ottawa.
Thousands in Japan protest Asia-Pacific trade pact
25-Apr-2012
Thousands of farmers rallied in Tokyo Wednesday against a Pacific-wide free trade pact as Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda’s prepares for a visit to the United States.
Lost in translation: Anti-TPP campaign befuddles Washington
25-Apr-2012 WSJ
Japan’s agricultural lobby has taken its campaign against a global free trade agreement to the US, buying a full-page advertisement in Tuesday’s Washington Post opposing the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Malaysia-Chile FTA (2012)
25-Apr-2012
Full text of FTA between Chile and Malaysia
Japan, Australia apart on FTA talks
24-Apr-2012
Japan and Australia kicked off five days of talks in Canberra Monday on sealing a free-trade agreement as persistent differences remained on agricultural products.
Emerson says China free trade deal overrated
24-Apr-2012
Trade Minister Craig Emerson says a free trade agreement with China is overrated. Talks between the two countries began nearly seven years ago but have faced a number of problems, particularly around agricultural trade.
Sri Lanka, Israel hold bilateral trade talks
24-Apr-2012
Sri Lanka and Israel have held their first bilateral consultation on enhancing trade ties, authorities said.
Pakistan puts tariff, trade barriers on the EFTA table
24-Apr-2012
An official delegation of Pakistan led by Secretary Commerce has discussed tariff preferences and reduction of non tariff barriers with the officials of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) member in Geneva.
’Now the agenda will be driven by businessmen: Commerce secretary’
24-Apr-2012
Almost a year after he visited Pakistan to lay the foundation for a change in trade relations between the two neighbours, commerce secretary Rahul Khullar tells Sidhartha things have moved faster than anticipated.
EU’s De Gucht: Argentina Risks Jeopardizing Trade Ties
24-Apr-2012
The European Union has warned Argentina that it risks jeopardizing trade ties over Buenos Aires’ plans to expropriate a unit of Spanish oil company Repsol YPF SA (REP.MC) and impose a series of import restrictions and that Brussels stands ready to take retaliatory action.
UNCTAD to offer Africa assistance to boost intra-continental trade
24-Apr-2012
The UN Conference on Trade Development (UNCTAD) says it will offer assistance with three elements of the newly adopted African Union (AU) action plan on intra-African trade.