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Anniversary of the Seattle WTO protests
3-Dec-2012 Swans Commentary
Today I noticed an article about an "American" company that is suing Canada for an alleged World Trade Organization (WTO) violation.
Export firms eagerly await EPA talks / Deal could even playing field with S. Korean automakers in EU, offset surging yen
3-Dec-2012 Daily Yomiuri
News that Japan and the European Union have agreed to start negotiations for an economic partnership agreement was a breath of fresh air for Japanese export-related companies, as it is highly likely an EPA deal will give a boost to their businesses.
Trade war in the Pacific: ASEAN and the Trans-Pacific Partnership
3-Dec-2012 The Conversation
Australian politicians are keen to project our participation in two major international trade talks – the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) – as unproblematic.
Opponents rally against Pacific-wide free trade pact talks in New Zealand
3-Dec-2012 Global Times
An international network of critics was gearing up Monday for more than a week of events opposing the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade talks as delegates from the 11 participating nations began the 15th round of negotiations behind closed doors in New Zealand.
Treaty shopping: How Philip-Morris cherry-picked worst case BITs
3-Dec-2012 Infojustice.org
Australia’s new stance against investor-State arbitration may do nothing to prevent claims being brought in the future.
Auckland TPP trade talks spark protest
3-Dec-2012 TVNZ
Long running talks to hammer out a free trade agreement between 11 Asia Pacific countries have resumed in Auckland, sparking criticism and protest.
No time to lose on FTA with EU: Thai ministry
3-Dec-2012 ANN
Thailand’s Commerce Ministry is rushing to get Cabinet’s endorsement of the draft Thai-EU free-trade agreement on Tuesday in a bid to maintain the Kingdom’s attractiveness in terms of trade and investment, as well as to prepare for the end of European Union privileges under the Generalised System of Preferences.
One million to stop the corporate death star
3-Dec-2012 Avaaz
722,655 have signed this petition against the TPP. Help us get to 1,000,000.
Canada EPA could boost energy supply
29-Nov-2012
The government aims to secure a stable supply of resources such as natural gas and oil by entering negotiations Monday with Canada to conclude an economic partnership agreement. Whether Japan can overcome differences of opinion with Canada over liberalization of agricultural products will be a test for the government in promoting other trade negotiations, including those for the Trans-Pacific Partnership multilateral trade talks.
Argentina faces 65bn dollars in claims; plans to abandon international litigations court
29-Nov-2012
Argentina faces 42 claims at the World Bank’s ICSID in which the plaintiffs are demanding compensations for almost 65 billion dollars, revealed Eduardo Barcesat legal advisor to the Argentine Treasury and one of several lawyers who has defended the country in those litigations.
Senate passes Malaysia free trade deal
29-Nov-2012
Senators on Thursday approved legislation to implement the agreement, which will lead to almost all Australian goods being able to enter Malaysia free of import duties.
South Korea-Vietnam to sign free trade agreement
29-Nov-2012
On November 27, a conference relating to the ongoing Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations between Vietnam and the Republic of Korea was held in Ho Chi Minh City.
Gas imports: India wants US to consider free trade pact
29-Nov-2012
To enable import of gas from the US, India has asked the US Government to consider a free trade agreement (FTA).
Hopes high of a start to EU-Japan free trade talks
29-Nov-2012
Hopes were running high Thursday that EU ministers will decide to start talks on a free trade deal with Japan, which together with the 27-member bloc accounts for more than a third of world output.
EU seeks stiff rules on free trade deal
26-Nov-2012
The European Union wants Canada to agree to compensate European companies for any losses that stem from changes to health, environment or safety rules in Canada, according to documents obtained by The Canadian Press.
Poroshenko: Technical procedures for signing of FTA agreement with EU to be completed in 2012
26-Nov-2012
All of the necessary technical procedures for the signing of the agreement between Ukraine and the European Union on the creation of a deep and comprehensive free trade area (DCFTA) will be completed by the end of 2012, Minister for Economic Development and Trade Petro Poroshenko has said.
Japan-Canada FTA talks get under way
26-Nov-2012
Japan and Canada opened their first round of talks Monday on a bilateral free trade agreement that would eliminate tariff barriers on both sides.
PM asked to facilitate out of court resolution
26-Nov-2012
The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources (MoPNR) has written a letter to Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf to persuade the Balochistan government to settle the Reko Diq issue out of court, fearing a penalty of Rs39 billion by the International Centre for Settlement Investment Disputes (ICSID).
Praful Patel for import duty cuts on luxury cars from EU
26-Nov-2012
Heavy Industries Minister Praful Patel Monday said his ministry is agreeable to cutting duty on luxury cars imported from Europe as part of the proposed India-European Union free trade agreement.
Politics threatens East Asia FTA
26-Nov-2012
Ministers of commerce from China, Japan and the Republic of Korea are meeting in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh to initiate talks on a free trade area between the three countries, despite the deadlock in bilateral relations between China and Japan because of Japan’s purchase of China’s Diaoyu Islands.