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Advisory: Massive rally on EU-India FTA in Delhi, 2 March
28-Feb-2011
People living with HIV from across Asia who depend on affordable generic AIDS medicines to stay alive will urge the Indian government to stand strong against European Union demands on the sensitive intellectual property chapter in ongoing free trade agreement negotiations.
Canada-EU trade deal will hurt climate policy regardless of EU decision on tar sands
28-Feb-2011 Boundary Sentinel
The Harper government is using the Canada-European Union trade talks to lobby the EU on its climate policy, according to recently released briefing notes.
COMESA FTA deal in final stages
28-Feb-2011 E African Business Week
As the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), East African Community (EAC) and Southern African Development Community (SADC) continue to integrate their economies, countries are now subscribing to the block’s trading area in order to attract investment.
Translation errors in KOREU FTA’s 23 versions prompt outcry for correction
28-Feb-2011 Hankyoreh
The Lee Myung-bak administration announced plans Friday to submit a new S Korea-EU Free Trade Agreement ratification motion to the National Assembly correcting a translation error present in the text submitted in October 2010. However, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade did not independently verify translations in the languages of 21 other EU nations.
Mingas statement on Korea FTA
26-Feb-2011 Mingas
The US-Korea FTA must be opposed not only because of its own terrible effects on US and Korean workers, peoples and communities, but also because it would open the door to similar disastrous agreements with Panama and Colombia.
EU’s pharma trade hoax
25-Feb-2011 Hindu Business Line
The EU’s proposed trade agreement is riddled with intellectual property provisions that would harm India’s 2005 Patent Act and block public-interest rulings such as the Aluvia decision.
Vietnam wants to speed up co-operation with EFTA
25-Feb-2011 VOV News
Vietnam National Assembly will accelerate the negotiation process to facilitate the signature of a free trade agreement with the European Free Trade Association ahead of schedule.
Thailand to push for FTA with Bimstec members by July
25-Feb-2011 PTI
Thailand today said it will push for the conclusion of a free trade agreement with India and other members of Bimstec by July, enabling tariff reduction next year.
Ecuador requests US to extend trade agreement
25-Feb-2011 Xinhua
The Ecuadorian government on Wednesday requested the U.S. Senate to approve an extension by at least 18 months of the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA), which expired 11 days ago.
EU renews FTA call with Philippines
25-Feb-2011 CNA
"The ball is in the Philippines’ court," Ledoux told reporters.
The EU and Israel - Or how Brussels learned to love the occupation
24-Feb-2011 Palestine Monitor
Under the leadership of Tony Blair and Catherine Ashton, the EU has increased its connection to Israel’s occupation of Palestine, says David Cronin
TPP - Chile IPR proposal (2011)
24-Feb-2011 Public Citizen
TPP - NZ IPR proposal (2011)
24-Feb-2011 Public Citizen
Nicaragua joins Chile-Central America FTA
24-Feb-2011 Insidecostarica.com
Nicaragua joined on Tuesday the Free Trade Agreement between Chile and Central America, seeking to promote exports bound for the South American country.
Japan, Canada agree to resume joint study on bilateral FTA: sources
23-Feb-2011 Mainichi Daily News
Japan and Canada have agreed to resume a joint study on the possibility of a bilateral free trade agreement, Japanese government sources said Wednesday.
South Africa pushes for new African FTA
23-Feb-2011 Bua News
South Africa is pushing ahead to secure a free trade agreement between the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the East African Community (EAC) and the Common Market for East African States (Comesa).
RI should speed up FTA talks with India: Gapki
23-Feb-2011 Jakarta Post
The Association of Indonesian Palm Oil Producers has called on the government to speed up negotiations of a free trade agreement with India to protect Indonesia’s palm oil market following last week’s India-Malaysia free trade agreement.
What South Korea can teach Colombia about FTAs
23-Feb-2011 Colombia Reports
While South Korea seeks to further its development by selling to Colombia its industrial goods, Colombia’s elite pretend to develop the country by selling coal, oil, coffee and flowers (and probably farmland, which, thanks to the paramilitaries, they own) to South Korea, says Colombia Reports
Japan, Angola strike basic accord on investment treaty
23-Feb-2011 Mainichi Daily News
Japan and Angola struck a basic agreement Monday on a bilateral investment treaty, which is designed to facilitate Japanese firms’ foray into the resource-rich African country
The EU-India free trade agreement: An interview with Loon Gangte
23-Feb-2011 OS Blog
"It’s like an ant fighting an elephant. We are one of the weakest and poorest groups and they (the EU and the pharmaceutical industry) are among the richest and strongest."