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’Vexed issues’ delaying free trade talks
31-Jan-2011 LiveMint
Concerns over attacks on Indian students in Australia and Australia’s refusal to supply uranium to India have delayed free trade talks between the two countries.
Malaysia and Gulf nations boost ties towards FTA
31-Jan-2011 The Star
Malaysia and the Gulf Cooperation Council signed a landmark framework agreement to boost economic, commercial, investment and technical cooperation between them.
COAG criticizes French Azura for selling Saharawi tomatoes
31-Jan-2011 WSRW
The Spanish agrarian organisation COAG is convinced that the impending EU-Moroccan agricultural trade liberalisation agreement could be illegal for implicitly including Western Sahara. COAG has now condemned French company Azura’s presence in the occupied territories.
Spate of trade deals move toward passage
30-Jan-2011 IPS
On the heels of US President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address Tuesday in which he focused squarely on resuscitating the economy, pressure is mounting in the nation’s capital to move forward with free trade agreements (FTAs) whose passage would promote exports and create jobs.
CETA.mov
29-Jan-2011 YouTube
Maude Barlow explains why Canadians should oppose the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement otherwise known as CETA
Canada in for $12B windfall with EU deal: Van Loan
28-Jan-2011 Vancouver Sun
The Canadian government’s assertion that a Canada-European Union trade deal will add $12 billion to Canada’s annual wealth by 2014 is coming under criticism from analysts, with one describing it as a "sales pitch" that doesn’t take into account the impact of Europe’s debt crisis and the slide since 2008 in the euro currency.
Canada-Morocco trade talks key to durum sales: CWB
28-Jan-2011 Reuters
Canada and Morocco said on Thursday they will start talks on a free-trade agreement, a deal that the Canadian Wheat Board says is vital to maintaining its sales of durum wheat.
Quebec Premier Jean Charest defends setting conditions in EU free-trade talks
27-Jan-2011 The Canadian Press
Jean Charest fended off accusations of being a fairweather free-trader in talks with the European Union — particularly when it comes to lucrative Hydro-Quebec contracts.
IPA concerned over PMO’s efforts to destabilize India’s IPR regime at the behest of EU
27-Jan-2011 PharmaBiz
The Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance, an association of leading Indian pharma companies, has raised alarm over the recent media reports that efforts are going on in the Prime Ministers Office to destabilize India’s IPR regime at the behest of European Union which, the IPA cautioned the government, will have serious implications on the public health, access to medicines and the domestic generic industry.
South Korea, US to ink final FTA text in mid-February
27-Jan-2011 Bernama
South Korea and the United States have finalised the text of their free trade agreement (FTA) and plan to officially sign the document in the middle of next month, Yonhap News Agency quoted Seoul’s trade ministry as saying Thursday.
Data exclusivity still key hurdle to India-EU FTA
27-Jan-2011 Business Standard
Despite all official assurances, the path towards a free trade agreement between India and the European Union this year remains ambiguous, as both sides are unwilling to relax their stand on the biggest stumbling block — the issue of “data exclusivity”.
New EU envoy cagey on FTA pact
27-Jan-2011 Japan Times
Newly appointed EU Ambassador to Japan Hans Dietmar Schweisgut said Wednesday various issues need to be dealt with before Japan and the EU can conclude a free-trade accord.
Time for EU-Syria deal to be signed: commissioner
27-Jan-2011 AFP
Stefan Fule, the European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy, said in Damascus on Tuesday it is time for the long-dormant EU-Syria association agreement to be signed.
Top Canadian official says FTA deal with the EU is imminent
25-Jan-2011 The Parliament
The two sides concluded the latest FTA talks, the sixth round of discussions, in Brussels last week. The next round of negotiations are due to take place in Canada in April.
A closer look at East Asia’s free trade agreements
24-Jan-2011 ADB
ADB and ADBI conducted firm-level surveys in six East Asian countries, the results of which are published in the book “Asia’s Free Trade Agreements: How is Business Responding?” released on 21 January 2011.
Call for people’s alliance to defeat FTA agenda
24-Jan-2011 The Hindu
“India’s enthusiasm for Free Trade Agreements, in the context of the current global crisis when countries are eschewing trade liberalisation and concentrating on reviving domestic economies and creating jobs, defies economic logic,” said K.N. Harilal of the Centre for Development Studies and member of the Kerala State Planning Board.
TIFA talks shelved over beef dispute
24-Jan-2011 Taeipei Times
The US has decided to postpone a trade meeting with Taiwan later this month amid a dispute over US beef, the Central News Agency reported yesterday, citing unnamed Taiwanese officials.
Egypt, Peru hold talks to sign trade agreement
23-Jan-2011 Andina
Egyptian Ambassador to Lima Hesham Khalil reported Saturday that Peru and his country are holding talks to sign a trade agreement that enables to increase trade between both nations.
KORUS FTA protested in San Francisco
23-Jan-2011 Indybay.org
Citizens and activists joined Kim Kyung-Ran, Director of External Relations for the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, in a rally at San Francisco’s new Federal Building to oppose the KORUS deal. Video and photos.
Colonisation again?
22-Jan-2011 Aliran
The FTA issue is so serious; and the fact that the Malaysian government is taking it so lightly is alarming, says Sarajun Hoda Abdul Hassan.