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Germany for speedy conclusion of proposed EU-ASEAN FTA
2-Jun-2011 CNA
Germany supports a speedy conclusion of the proposed free trade agreement between the European Union and ASEAN. This was in view of the non-conclusion of the Doha round of talks, says German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
La zone de libre-échange avec l’UE reportée à 2020
2-Jun-2011 El Watan
L’Algérie a obtenu un accord de principe pour que la zone de libre-échange avec l’Union européenne entre en vigueur en 2020 au lieu de 2017 comme prévu initialement
Farm groups make case for passage of free-trade deals
31-May-2011
Emphasizing the importance of trade to the nation’s economy and the need to prevent the loss of existing export markets, agricultural leaders converged on Capitol Hill to urge for immediate passage of three outstanding trade agreements.
Services: to liberalize or not?
31-May-2011
The Southern Africa Development Community and the Common Market for East and Southern Africa are currently in the process of liberalizing trade in services.
Three outstanding issues remain in FTA agreement between Ukraine, EU, says Ukrainian PM
31-May-2011
The agreement on the establishment of a free trade area between Ukraine and the European Union is almost ready, although there are three unresolved issues remaining, Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov has said.
DP calls for renegotiation of free trade pact with US
31-May-2011
Leaders of Korea’s main opposition party Tuesday urged the government to renegotiate the free trade agreement with the United States before seeking parliamentary approval.
Govt hints at flexibility in WTO talks in line with FTAs
31-May-2011
India may agree in the WTO negotiations to cut tariff in specific sectors in which the country is, any way, slashing duties under Free Trade Agreements with different countries and blocs, a Commerce Ministry official said today.
Peru, Japan FTA to contribute to increase trade flow in 30%
31-May-2011
Peru and Japan will increase trade flow in 30 percent thanks to the signing of a bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA) by both countries which will come into effect in a short term, reported Tuesday Peruvian Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism Eduardo Ferreyros.
Mexico declares progress in FTA talks with C. America
30-May-2011
Mexico said Sunday the fifth round of negotiations for forming a single free trade agreement (FTA) with Central America ended with important progress on various issues.
Agriculture, the big trade off for the Korea-Mexico FTA
30-May-2011
Mexico, like Korea, is a country heavily dependent on exports to sustain its economic growth, but the two countries are currently not seeing eye-to-eye over a possible trade deal.
Goff: Pharmac ’absolute bottom line’
30-May-2011
Labour leader Phil Goff says his party would not put government drug buying agency Pharmac on the block to gain a free trade deal with the United States.
Japan edges toward EU free trade talks, but with not much optimism
29-May-2011 Mainichi
While agreeing at the Japan-EU summit in Brussels to start what is called a "scoping" exercise suggests that the 27-member European Union has become more serious about the launch of the FTA talks, a Japanese government official familiar with bilateral relations appeared jittery.
Karl De Gucht writes Andris Piebalgs on topic of European Union IPR demands on India and other developing countries
29-May-2011 KEI
KEI has received a copy of a May 16, 2011 letter from Karl De Gucht to Andris Piebalgs, which discusses (1) the EU-India FTA, and (2) Relations between IPR and development policies.
Cigarettes may be too hot to handle
28-May-2011 The Australian
The Australian government’s attempt to bring in plain packaging for cigarettes may violate the TRIPS agreement, the US-Australia free trade agreement and the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property
EU, Japan agree to work towards mega free trade deal
28-May-2011 AFP
Leaders of the European Union and Japan on Saturday agreed to start talks towards a multi-billion-euro free trade deal linking the world’s third biggest economy to the globe’s largest market.
US rejoiced when AG quit, pushed for investment treaty, show cables
28-May-2011 Oman Tribune
The US was not exactly sorry that Pakistan’s Attorney General Makhdoom Ali Khan resigned from General Musharraf’s cabinet in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to reinstate ‘suspended’ Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry, according to a ‘confidential’ US diplomatic cable accessed by Dawn News through WikiLeaks.
PH free trade pact with EU means more damage to Manila economy says think tank
28-May-2011 AllVoices
Only the EU will benefit from further opening up the Philippine economy and, in effect, will be passing on the burden of adjusting to its crisis to the Philippines, IBON said.
Japan, Peru to ink FTA on Tuesday
27-May-2011
Japan and Peru are expected to sign a bilateral free-trade agreement Tuesday when Peruvian Foreign Minister Jose Antonio Garcia Belaunde visits Tokyo.
US Senate Finance Committee members agree on ratification of KOR-US FTA by summer
27-May-2011
The US Senate Finance Committee held a hearing on the Korea-US Free Trade Agreement on Thursday, and the members agreed on the need to ratify the trade pact before August this year.
Indoctrinating a New Generation to Think North American
27-May-2011 Be Your Own Leader
Recent Wikileaks documents confirm what some of us have been warning about for years, that plans for a North American Union dismissed by many as a conspiracy theory are indeed real.