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US wants FTA with Colombia while human rights deterioration culminates in massacre
29-Aug-2011 Colombian Reports
While the United States considers a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Colombia, the human rights situation in the Magdalena Medio region of Colombia has deteriorated dramatically, culminating on the 17th of August with a massacre in the township of El Dorado.
Sri Lankan private sector to import entire basmati rice quota from Pakistan
29-Aug-2011 Sunday Times
Sri Lanka has agreed to import its entire basmati rice quota of 6,000 tonnes from Pakistan under the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) through the private sector from 2012.
ICAAP10 2011: No safe avenue to address your concerns
29-Aug-2011 HealthDev.Net
The 10th International Conference on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP10) has been turned upside down completely
Protestors attacked by police at international AIDS conference
29-Aug-2011 The Scavenger
An anti-Free Trade Agreement protest that took place outside an International Congress on AIDS in the Asia Pacific (ICAAP) in Busan, South Korea, on 27 August was violently attacked by police.
Kaesong-made products excluded from KORUS FTA by US
29-Aug-2011 Hankyoreh
The United States government has made it official that products made at the Kaesong Industrial Complex in North Korea will not be classified as “made in Korea” according to the terms of the South Korea-US Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA).
India’s Myanmar Approach: Some General Observations
29-Aug-2011
This article is based on the author’s visit to Manipur and the observations expressed are gathered from the formal and informal interactions with people working on Indo-Myanmar issues from long time.
US: Analysts criticise proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership
28-Aug-2011 IPS
Critics of the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) gathered in Washington to voice concerns over the US’s stronghold on intellectual property rights.
Alcohol lobbyists expose FTA pitfalls
26-Aug-2011 Voxy
Lobbyists for the alcohol industry are threatening to use New Zealand’s free trade agreements against government proposals to restrict products targetting young drinkers
Procurement a sticking point in FTA talks
26-Aug-2011 Livemint
India has convinced both New Zealand and Australia not to include the subject in the ongoing negotiations
EU FTA red tape keeps Korean wine market tied up
26-Aug-2011 Yonhap
Years before the FTA, in Europe, wine grower associations and media emphasized the importance of the FTA and focused on how the new deal would increase sales. But nearly two months later, confusion still reigns.
The US whitewashes Panama’s fatal flaws to champion FTA
26-Aug-2011 Scoop
US policymakers would be wise to re-evaluate the TPA, carefully separating the pros from the cons.
Signing EPA will be suicidal - CSOs
26-Aug-2011 Myjoyonline.com
A number of Civil Society Organisations in Ghana have painted a bleak picture about the Economic Partnership Agreement, warning the government will be consigning the economy to irretrievable doom, if it signs the pact with the EU.
World-first plain packaging for tobacco products becomes law in Australia
25-Aug-2011 The Conversation
Legislation requiring tobacco products to be in plain packaging was passed by Australia’s House of Representatives last night. This is the first such measure in the world to become law.
Homework for trade talks with India, US begins
24-Aug-2011 Republica
The government of Nepal has initiated preparation for trade talks with the country’s two crucial trade partners — India and the US.
Large number of FTAs to impact manufacturing sector: Ficci
24-Aug-2011 PTI
Expressing concern over a large number of free trade agreements signed by India, industry body Ficci on Tuesday said it would make the country’s manufacturing sector "uncompetitive".
Korea, China, Japan to hold 6th study meeting on FTA
24-Aug-2011 Bernama
South Korea, China and Japan will hold their sixth joint study meeting next week on the feasibility of a free trade agreement (FTA) among the three Northeast Asian countries, trade ministry said on Wednesday.
Chandel people protest against EU-India free trade agreement
23-Aug-2011 Imphal Free Press
Various social organizations held sit-in-protest against European Union-India free trade agreement at Zaphou in Chandel district (Manipur, India) today.
The alarmingly uneven deal of the India-EU FTA
22-Aug-2011
For over four years now, India has been negotiating a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the European Union (EU) - the largest trade and investment deal the country has ever embarked on. As much as New Delhi expects to lure the European market and investments closer to India, the actual consequences for the country’s economy could be dire: the open up of public procurement, the deregulation of the banking, automobile, retail and mining industries plus the adverse impact the deal will have in small-scale farmers make of this FTA a counter-productive undertaking.
Some see trade deals as threatening state laws
22-Aug-2011 AP
In Vermont, Maine and other states, there’s growing concern that free trade agreements could undermine states’ authority in a host of areas, ranging from the regulation of groundwater extraction by bottled water companies, to negotiating lower prices for prescription drugs, to issuance of state approval for a takeover of an electric utility by a foreign-owned company.
Costa Rica, Jamaica move forward on trade deal
22-Aug-2011 Inside Costa Rica
Jamaica and Costa Rica are attempting to press forward with the formal implementation of a seven-year-old-free trade agreement signed in 2004 between Costa Rica and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).