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Pak-China: Talks on free trade begin
11-Mar-2011
The first round of negotiations between Pakistan and China for the second phase of tariff concessions began in Islamabad on Thursday.
Rethinking trade with Panama
11-Mar-2011
It’s been a year and a half since Canada and Panama signed a free-trade agreement that creates important opportunities for Canadian producers. Parliament should ratify it.
Turkey, Ethiopia to sign FTA, eyes $20 bln exports to Africa
11-Mar-2011 Today’s Zaman
Turkey will soon be launching talks with Ethiopia to sign a free trade agreement (FTA) with the eastern African nation, Turkish Foreign Trade Minister Zafer Çağlayan said on Wednesday.
How Argentina torpedoed Uruguay’s FTA with the US, according to Wikileaks
11-Mar-2011 MercoPress
Although in public former Argentine president Nestor Kirchner was supportive of Uruguay’s negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States, members of his cabinet warned the US embassy in Buenos Aires that Argentina would block such an initiative in Mercosur, according to the contents of several Wikileaks cables published in Montevideo and Buenos Aires.
Indígenas de Nariño protestan por TLC que afectaría sector lechero
11-Mar-2011 El Tiempo
Los manifestantes solicitan al gobierno nacional que aplace cualquier negociación con los Estados Unidos respecto a la comercialización de leche con destino a los mercados de Colombia.
TPP - US IPR proposal (Feb 2011)
11-Mar-2011 KEI
Indian farmers call off a massive planned siege of New Delhi after talk and commitments from Prime Minister
10-Mar-2011 LVC South Asia
The main demands of the farmers were to improve farmers incomes through more remunerative and scientifically calculated support prices, to provide health care to farm families, to scrap all agriculture deals in the various ongoing secret negotiations of bilateral FTAs and the WTO, to ban GMOs permanently since there is no need for them, to reduce the rate of farm loans.
Peru’s horticulture industry could raise European exports by 50% after FTA
9-Mar-2011 FFP
The Peruvian-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry has announced Peru’s fruit, legume and vegetable exports to Europe will likely rise 50% after a free trade agreement with the European Union comes into effect in 2012.
US feels threatened by MERCOSUR consolidation and Venezuela’s “generosity” in the region
9-Mar-2011 Venezuelanalysis
A US diplomatic cable released by Wikileaks and published yesterday reveals the U.S.’s fear over the consolidation of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) and Venezuela’s entry to the organisation.
EC tries to downplay impact for farmers of an EU/Mercosur trade agreement
9-Mar-2011 MercoPress
On Monday the European Parliament passed a highly critical report rejecting the EU/Mercosur FTA negotiations arguing that they may imply “farming concessions damaging to European agriculture”. The Commission counter-attacks.
Temelín could persuade US to compromise on bilateral investment treaty
9-Mar-2011
Since Czech Position reported Feb. 15 that Prague is likely to withdraw from a bilateral Czech-US treaty on protection of investments, there have been some developments on the issue, with the Czech chargé d’affaires in Washington being summoned to the State Department. Czech diplomats now have some hope that the US is prepared to compromise — due to the lure of a $28 billion tender to expand Temelín.
Opposition policy institutes debate KORUS FTA
9-Mar-2011
Policy institutes for four of the opposition parties made plans to develop concerted measures by progressive and reformist forces on the South Korea-United States Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA). T
Comesa developing agro-processing sector strategy
9-Mar-2011
COMESA is developing an agro-processing sector strategy in partnership with the International Trade Centre under the All-African Caribbean Pacific Agricultural Commodities Programme.
Negotiating trade agreements must not jeopardise EU’s agriculture
9-Mar-2011
When negotiating international trade agreements, the European Commission must stop making concessions that can adversely affect European farmers, says a European Parliament resolution approved on Tuesday. MEPs warn of the effects of the trade talks with Mercosur and criticise the recent agreement with Morocco.
Negotiations for Africa free trade area to start by mid-year – Davies
9-Mar-2011
Negotiations for a tripartite free trade area (FTA), which would include 26 East and Southern African member states, were expected to begin by mid-year, Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies said on Tuesday.
Peru exported 140 non-traditional products to China
8-Mar-2011
Peru exported 140 new products from the non-traditional sector to the People’s Republic of China in the first year of the enforcement of the bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA), said Thursday Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade, Carlos Posada.
EU prefers Asean-wide FTA
8-Mar-2011
Thailand remains keen to have a bilateral free trade agreement with the European Union (EU) while the latter prefers to seal a region-wide pact with all Asean members, say the delegations of both sides.
Vilsack calls for deal’s early ratification to increase agricultural exports
8-Mar-2011
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Tuesday called for early ratification of the pending free trade deal with South Korea, expressing hope that the deal will greatly increase shipments of U.S. agricultural products to South Korea.
Not yet time to conduct official FTA talks with India: MOEA
8-Mar-2011
The Ministry of Economic Affairs said Tuesday that now is not the time to engage in official talks on the signing of a free trade agreement (FTA) with India.
`The EU puts substance before timing’
8-Mar-2011
On the cusp of realising a Free Trade Agreement with India, the European Union (EU) is already an important trading partner. The ambassador, Head of Delegation of the European Union to India, Daniele Smadja , spoke to Deep K Datta-Ray