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14-Nov-2011
Reuters
Japan has denied a White House statement that Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda told US President Barack Obama he would put all goods and services on the negotiating table for trade liberalisation. The White House stood by its statement, issued on Saturday, despite Japan’s denial.
14-Nov-2011
Reuters
Tens of thousands of South Koreans, most of them members of trade unions and farmers, staged a rally on Sunday against a free trade deal with the United States, vowing to block what they called a “pernicious” pact.
13-Nov-2011
Prime Minister Stephen Harper signalled a shift in his government’s economic and trade policies Sunday, announcing Canada will apply to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership and will further look to sell its oil and gas to Asian countries following American delays in approving the Keystone XL pipeline.
13-Nov-2011
Daily Times
Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) signed by Germany and Pakistan in 2009 has been ratified by German parliament and sent to European Commission for final approval.
12-Nov-2011
The US is halting the "natural expansion" of a fledgling Asia-Pacific free trade deal with hostile rhetoric towards China, Beijing’s state-run Global Times said in an editorial Saturday
12-Nov-2011
Negotiations have begun between Canada and Costa Rica on the proposed modernization of their existing free trade agreement (FTA), it has been announced.
12-Nov-2011
Trade ministers from nine countries agreed Thursday to forge the broad outline of an expanded Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement this week.
12-Nov-2011
Ria Novosti
Ukraine and the European Union agreed the entire text of the association agreement and free trade zone deal, Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said on Friday.
11-Nov-2011
IANS
Britain has made the European Union (EU)-India free trade agreement (FTA) "as its number one priority", a British member of the European Parliament said.
10-Nov-2011
WSJ
“I believe the Korea-US FTA is a clear infringement on Korea’s sovereignty,” Kang Ki-kab said. “Foreign investors will, I would say, rule the country.”
10-Nov-2011
WSJ
South Korea’s ruling party on Thursday deferred ratifying the country’s free-trade agreement with the United States for the second week in a row, aiming to strike a deal with opposition politicians to avoid a violent protest that would mar a vote.
10-Nov-2011
Japan Times
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda on Thursday postponed his widely expected announcement that Japan will join the US and other countries in negotiations over the Trans-Pacific Partnership, saying he wanted to sleep on the issue for a day before making his final decision.
10-Nov-2011
VOA
Thousands of Japanese farmers and fishermen have rallied in Tokyo to voice opposition to Japan’s proposed participation in an expanded Asia-Pacific free trade organization.
10-Nov-2011
Business Day
South Africa has rejected Turkey’s proposal for a free trade agreement between the two countries saying that this would encourage "destructive competition that will undermine our industrial and employment objectives".
10-Nov-2011
Mainichi
The Japanese government is expected to decide on Thursday to join negotiations for a Pacific free trade agreement to boost the country’s sluggish economy, overcoming resistance within the ruling party and the farm industry that fear an adverse impact from the U.S.-backed tariff-cutting pact.
9-Nov-2011
Reuters
Four senior US lawmakers on Tuesday urged President Barack Obama’s administration not to make a hasty decision to begin free trade talks with Japan if that country should request this week to join negotiations on a Transpacific free trade pact.
9-Nov-2011
MyLaw.net
EU investors are not the only ones seeking ‘protection’ in India.
9-Nov-2011
PTI
The proposed India-US investment protection treaty is back on the negotiating table and is moving forward, Commerce Secretary Rahul Khullar said today.
9-Nov-2011
The Ministry of Justice submitted a formal opinion strongly recommending caution with regard to the investor-state dispute (ISD) system, a key item of contention with the South Korea-United States Free Trade Agreement.
9-Nov-2011
The leaders of Pakistan and Russia have expressed the willingness to speed up work on the proposed Free Trade Agreement and currency swap arrangement to boost bilateral trade and further strengthen their economic ties.
