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12-Nov-2010
NYT
Atsushi Kono considers it the gravest threat to his family’s farm in a century of rice-growing: a free-trade initiative that could dismantle Japan’s sky-high protective farming tariffs, finally opening up the country to cheap, foreign produce.
12-Nov-2010
IRIN
Alors que des responsables indiens et européens se rencontrent à Bruxelles pour mettre au point les détails d’un accord de libre-échange, des activistes de la société civile s’inquiètent que l’accord puisse déboucher sur une protection renforcée de la propriété intellectuelle qui pourrait réduire l’accès aux médicaments génériques indiens bon marché.
11-Nov-2010
Bloomberg
President Barack Obama and his South Korean counterpart Lee Myung Bak failed to reach agreement on a free-trade accord and said talks will continue after the Group of 20 summit in Seoul.
11-Nov-2010
Kyodo
Japan plans to propose to the European Union starting talks on a free trade agreement next spring, government sources said Thursday.
11-Nov-2010
ICTSD
The European Commission on Tuesday set out a blueprint for an EU trade strategy that would help boost growth and job creation in Europe.
11-Nov-2010
FE
Interview with US-India Business Council president Ron Somers
10-Nov-2010
MSF
MSF staff and supporters rally outside the offices of the European Commission to deliver an open letter of protest against ongoing trade talks between the European Union and India that could damage access to affordable medicines.
10-Nov-2010
Dong-a Ilbo
Korea and the US were expected to announce Thursday a compromise on contentious issues in their free trade agreement, but an unexpected twist appeared in the negotiations.
10-Nov-2010
Andina
The first round of FTA negotiations between Peru and Central American countries (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala and Panama) takes place this week in Lima.
10-Nov-2010
Bloomberg
American beef exporters are pushing the Obama administration and Congress to approve a pending trade agreement with South Korea without delay rather than hold out for concessions on their behalf.
10-Nov-2010
Reuters
Thousands of Japanese farmers rallied on Wednesday to demand their government steer clear of a US-led free trade initiative which would open the heavily protected agricultural sector to fierce competition.
10-Nov-2010
CNN
An estimated 3,000 Japanese farmers converged in Tokyo on Wednesday to protest against Japan joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP, which would destroy Japanese agriculture and community
10-Nov-2010
Yonhap
South Korea will risk indefinitely delaying the conclusion of a free trade agreement with the United States if Washington insists on an "unacceptable" demand that Seoul opens its market wider to US beef, a senior government official said Wednesday.
10-Nov-2010
Kyodo
Japanese farmers voiced concerns Tuesday about the day’s decision by the Cabinet to begin consultations with the United States and other countries to forge a trans-Pacific free-trade agreement, saying further liberalization of trade would deal them a heavy blow.
9-Nov-2010
DFP
Chrysler today voiced its opposition – along with Ford – to passage of a free trade agreement between the US and Korea as written in 2007.
9-Nov-2010
S2B Network
Today the European Commission launched its new trade policy as a core component of the EU’s 2020 strategy, which will replace the 2006 Trade Strategy ‘Global Europe – competing in the world’ but has nothing new to add.
9-Nov-2010
ASSAF
Le Parlement fédéral aura la possibilité de prendre une décision de planification, soumise au référendum, sur l’arrêt des négociations entre la Suisse et l’UE
9-Nov-2010
Korea Times
Korea’s main opposition Democratic Party voiced strong opposition Tuesday to the government’s move to revise the text of a free trade agreement signed between Korea and the United States in 2007 to ease environmental standards for American-made automobiles.
9-Nov-2010
PTI
Enthused by the success of US President Barack Obama’s visit, India on Tuesday said it is time to “seriously consider” a trade-opening agreement with America, similar to the ones entered with the ASEAN and South Korea.
9-Nov-2010
Yonhap
Top trade officials from South Korea and the United States will hold further talks on Wednesday as the countries are struggling to resolve outstanding issues that have stalled the ratification of their free trade agreement signed more than three years ago, a Seoul trade official said.
