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Baku to host Azerbaijan-EU association agreement negotiations
14-Sep-2011 APA
The negotiations on Azerbaijan-EU association agreement started last July and cover politics, economy, human rights and trade.
India to rely on free trade pacts amid Doha stalemate
14-Sep-2011 WSJ
India will keep signing free trade pacts with regional blocs and countries to boost merchandise exports, top officials said, as the World Trade Organization’s Doha round of talks remains deadlocked and economies in traditional western markets struggle to recover.
US seeks to allay drug access concerns in TPP talks
14-Sep-2011 Reuters
The Obama administration on Monday sought to allay concerns that the U.S. push for stronger drug patent protections in a Transpacific trade deal would raise the cost of life-saving treatments out of the reach of the region’s poor people.
"India-Israel FTA to diversify trade"
14-Sep-2011 India Blooms
The free trade agreement between India and Israel, which has been on the cards for quite some time now, would change the composition of business between the two countries, bringing new sectors like information technology, agriculture and biotechnology into focus, and diversifying away from diamonds
European Union sends in heavyweight to talk trade
14-Sep-2011 The Namibian
The European Unions’ trade commissioner, Karel De Gucht, will meet with Namibian President Hifikepunye Pohamba, key ministers, as well as the business and civil community in Windhoek today to try and inject new life into the drawn-out negotiations for an economic partnership agreement (EPA) between the two parties.
Pakistan urges Malaysia to expand import base of Pak products
12-Sep-2011
Pakistan and Malaysia have agreed to enhance bilateral economic cooperation and explore avenues for joint ventures in a host of sectors, including agriculture, construction and Halal industry. The understanding to “tap full potential of bilateral economic relations” was reached in Kuala Lumpur at the first ever meeting of the Pakistan Malaysia Joint Committee on Review of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the two countries.
Argentina joins regional free trade pact with Israel
12-Sep-2011
Argentina became the last of five South American countries to sign onto a regional free trade agreement with Israel.
India-EU free trade talks resume today
12-Sep-2011
India and the European Union (EU) are resuming talks on a free trade agreement (FTA) from tomorrow.
The false promise of Obama’s trade deals
9-Sep-2011 The Guardian
US proposals for the TPP hardly break from the Nafta mold, and many weaken or eliminate the few important advances we’ve seen since Nafta in US trade proposals, write Kevin Gallagher and Timothy Wise in The Guardian
Japan, Australia diplomats agree to work toward restart of FTA talks
9-Sep-2011 Mainichi
Japan’s new Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba and his Australian counterpart Kevin Rudd agreed Thursday that the two countries will work toward restarting talks on a bilateral free trade agreement
The pending US-Colombia free trade agreement: False claims versus hard realities
9-Sep-2011 Upside Down World
Corporate leaders and US and Colombian government officials with their public relations operatives are peddling lie after lie to justify passage of the US-Colombia FTA. This guide will help people counter the falsehoods in the coming weeks.
A critical look at pending free trade agreements
9-Sep-2011 WBEZ
We sift through the facts and myths of free trade agreements with Laura Carlsen, director of the Americas Program of the Center for International Policy and a columnist for Foreign Policy in Focus.
Labor Day protestors demand jobs and fair trade deals
9-Sep-2011 People’s World
Jim Robinson, president of the United Steelworkers of America District 7, joined his fellow steelworkers and 1,000 others to protest in Chicago on Labor Day against a new free trade agreement being negotiated for the Pacific Rim countries.
Guatemala says it will win US labor challenge
9-Sep-2011 Reuters
Guatemala is confident it will defeat a US challenge to its record on labor rights, the country’s economy minister said on Wednesday, and he linked the challenge to White House efforts to win domestic support for several free trade deals.
Private sector ‘to play’ role in the future of free trade
9-Sep-2011
An attempt by the private sector to expand business activities worldwide will determine the implementation of free trade agreements in the globalization era, an economist said Thursday.
WIKILEAKS: AIT doubts ECFA impact: cable says
9-Sep-2011
Former American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) director Stephen Young was skeptical of President Ma Ying-jeou’s (馬英九) position that signing the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) would open the door for Taiwan to pursue free-trade agreements (FTA) with other partners, a US cable recently released by WikiLeaks showed.
Africa still the odd one out
8-Sep-2011 IPS
While globally trade agreements are more and more about linking production chains between countries and continents, Africa remains locked in a struggle to overcome the colonial legacy of fragmentation, trade experts say.
The Activist Beat
7-Sep-2011 Uprising Radio
On Labor Day, 500 activists took to the streets of Chicago to speak out against the US free trade agreement with Pacific Rim countries, including Peru, Chile, and Vietnam. Advocates from labor, environmental, public health, and consumer rights groups took part to demand a “Fair Deal or No Deal.”
Labour Day Rally in Chicago Kicks Off Challenge to TPPA Negotiating Round
7-Sep-2011
A rally of around a thousand unionists, HIV-Aids activists and social justice campaigners in Chicago sent a clear message to negotiators the day before the latest round of Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations began in Chicago.
International forum on BITs and alternative investment regime: 5-6 November 2011
6-Sep-2011 TNI
This event aims to bring together social activists and campaigners from all over the world with accumulated experience of critical engagement with the current investment regime and the power of TNCs to Brussels in order to articulate common strategies for campaigning and discuss alternatives.