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Obama’s Free Trade Agreement: Backdoor deal with corporate America?
31-Jan-2012 LA Progressive
This week, in a $500 a night Beverly Hills Hotel, the Obama administration’s U.S. Trade Representative is gathering in secret with negotiators from around the world for a session that could create a whole new set of international trade rules: rules that favor the wealthy 1% of corporate interests.
Mafta to boost M’sia-Australia trade, investment ties
31-Jan-2012
The proposed Malaysia-Australia Free Trade Agreement (MAFTA) will elevate the bilateral trade and investment relations of both nations to a new level, and build further on the achievements of the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (AANZFTA).
India, Israel to hold another round of talks on Free Trade Agreement
31-Jan-2012
India and Israel will hold another round of negotiations by the end of March on signing the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) to achieve a bilateral trade figure of USD 10-15 billion per year.
India may exclude clause on lawsuits from trade pacts
30-Jan-2012 Livemint
The department of industrial policy and promotion has in principle decided not to include in bilateral trade pacts a clause that permits a foreign investor to sue the host country at an international dispute settlement agency.
India, EU say making good progress on trade pact
29-Jan-2012
India and the European Union (EU) today said they are making steady progress towards concluding the ambitious bilateral trade opening pact on goods, services and investment.
Europe’s carmakers hit out at India trade deal
29-Jan-2012
Europe’s carmakers are crying foul over a proposed free-trade agreement between the European Union and India, which they say would restrict access to one of the most important but highly protected markets.
Canada seeks to carve out agriculture, telecom in EU trade talks: documents
29-Jan-2012
Leaked documents from the Canada-European Union free trade talks suggest Ottawa is seeking to carve out telecommunications and agriculture from any agreement.
European leaders float free trade agreement with US as talks on global deal languish
28-Jan-2012
British Prime Minister David Cameron gave his support to the idea of a free trade deal between the European Union and the U.S. on Thursday, suggesting that a trans-Atlantic pact could deliver a much-needed boost to global commerce.
Peru to conduct market research study on Russia, India FTAs in H2 2012
28-Jan-2012
Peruvian Trade and Tourism Minister Jose Luis Silva announced Monday that the market research studies before starting negotiations on free trade agreements (FTA) with Russia and India will be conducted during the second half of 2012.
Heart breaker: US says Pakistan cannot offer much in free trade
28-Jan-2012
The United States has said that a free trade accord is too big for Pakistan as there is no match between the economies of the two countries, says a top official of the commerce ministry.
Regional implications of Korea-China FTA
28-Jan-2012
The two dynamic economies of Asia, China and South Korea, have been enjoying close economic ties since 1992, when the two countries established diplomatic ties.
Activists submit recommendations on EPA
28-Jan-2012
Tanzania Ecumenical Dialogue Group (TEDG) has presented to the government a statement calling for Tanzania not to sign the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) with Europe until contentious issues in its framework are sorted out.
City may seek trade deal exemption
28-Jan-2012
Saskatoon should request an exemption to a large-scale free-trade agreement being negotiated between Canada and Europe, a Saskatoon city committee agreed.
’Free trade pact will give Israel access to Arab markets’
28-Jan-2012
CEO of the Ramat Gan branch of the State Bank of India says India will become hub for Israeli exports to the Mideast once free trade agreement is signed between the 2 countries.
Selling the farm(er): What the Trans-Pacific Partnership means for Canada’s dairy farmers
28-Jan-2012
An "elephant in the room" is an English metaphor for an obvious truth that’s ignored or an obvious problem or risk that no one wants to discuss. For Canada’s dairy farmers, the elephant in the milking parlour is the Trans Pacific Partnership.
Pakistan keen to move towards FTA with Thailand: Gilani
28-Jan-2012
Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Friday said Pakistan was keen to move towards a Free Trade Agreement with Thailand and stressed focussed talks for increased bilateral trade between the two countries.
GM joins chorus against FTA duty cut on EU cars
28-Jan-2012 Financial Chronicle
General Motors, Hyundai and Suzuki are against the reduction in import duty on European cars proposed under the India-EU free trade agreement
Guiding principles on human rights impact assessments of trade and investment agreements
27-Jan-2012 UN Human Rights Council
The present report sets out guiding principles on human rights impact assessments of trade and investment agreements drawn up by the UN Special Rapporteur to the Right to Food, Olivier de Schutter
European leaders float free trade agreement with US as talks on global deal languish
26-Jan-2012 AP
British Prime Minister David Cameron backed the idea of a free trade deal between the European Union and the U.S. on Thursday, suggesting that a trans-Atlantic pact could deliver a much-needed boost to global commerce.
Taiwan’s Ma seeks to join Trans-Pacific Partnership
25-Jan-2012 Asia Sentinel
US President Barack Obama’s promotion of the Trans-Pacific Partnership multilateral free trade agreement, put forward in November at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting in Hawaii, is seen as a strategic tool to drive a wedge between the US and its Asia-Pacific friends on one side and China on the other.