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China in talks over Panama Canal rival
15-Feb-2011 Financial Times
China is in talks to build an alternative to the Panama Canal that would link Colombia’s Atlantic and Pacific coasts by rail – a move that Bogotá also hopes will spur Washington to push for Congressional approval of a US-Colombia free-trade pact.
US aims Latam trade accords to Congress by mid-year
15-Feb-2011 Reuters
President Barack Obama’s administration aims to send stalled free trade pacts with Colombia and Panama to Congress by the middle of this year after fresh analysis of the situation in both countries, a senior US official said on Monday.
Korean conglomerates get ready for upcoming FTA entry into force
15-Feb-2011 Andina
Large Korean conglomerates such as Samsung and Hyundai are getting ready to enter Peru in view of the upcoming entry into force of the Free Trade Agreement scheduled for April
EU-India FTA - EC negotiating mandate on investment (draft 2011)
14-Feb-2011
Mexican opposition party to vote against FTA
14-Feb-2011 Fresh Fruit Portal
One of Mexico’s opposition parties, the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), has vowed to vote against a potential free trade agreement (FTA) with Peru, Colombia and Brazil on the grounds of food sovereignty, national public health, as well as food and plant sanitation.
Philippines’ TPP plea backed by precedent?
14-Feb-2011 BusinessWorld
An Australian envoy has hinted at favorable reception for the Philippines’ request that any invitation to join the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) deal come with easier terms.
Protesters want details of free-trade agreements
14-Feb-2011 Stuff
Protesters will descend on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade today as they join calls for the New Zealand Government to release Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free-trade agreement details.
EU-South Korea free trade agreement: green light a step away
13-Feb-2011 EP
MEPs are expected to give green light for ratification on Thursday (17 February) of the most ambitious free trade accord the EU so far negotiated.
Indo-Lanka CEPA deadlock ends
13-Feb-2011 Sunday Times
The Sri Lankan government has broken an impasse over the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement which has been dragging for several years, and decided to renegotiate some sections of the proposed agreement with India.
Basic agreement on a bilateral investment treaty between Japan and Papua New Guinea
11-Feb-2011 MOFA
Japan and Papua New Guinea have reached a basic agreement on a bilateral investment treaty between the two countries
Free trade deal will be bad for workers
11-Feb-2011 Portland Insight
The International Trade Commission even predicts that the US service sector will be a net loser as a result of the US-Korea pact.
Free trade with Europe could hinge on oilsands, seal hunt
11-Feb-2011 Montreal Gazette
Sealing and oilsands, two issues that have darkened Canada’s image in some sectors of European society, could affect ratification of the proposed Canada-European Union free trade agreement, suggests a report from the House of Commons parliamentary committee on trade.
Mexico-Brazil begin free trade talks on Feb. 28, Reforma says
11-Feb-2011 Bloomberg
The governments of Mexico and Brazil will begin formal negotiations on Feb. 28 to reach a free-trade agreement, newspaper Reforma reported.
India: FTA will boost Malaysia palm oil sector
11-Feb-2011 The Star
Next week’s free trade agreement (FTA) signing between Malaysia and India will be a further boost for the country’s palm oil sector and Sabah, in particular, stands to benefit.
US negative in excluding rice in trans-Pacific FTA
10-Feb-2011 Kyodo
US Trade Representative Ron Kirk indicated Wednesday in a congressional panel that the United States is unlikely to treat Japan’s rice as an exception in the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement.
Maehara denies US pressure on Japan to join Pacific FTA talks
10-Feb-2011 Kyodo
Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara denied that the United States has been pressuring Japan to join a US-backed Pacific free trade agreement, saying some Americans have expressed a sense of caution on the possibility of Japan entering the talks.
EU keen to secure an early Mercosur deal
9-Feb-2011 UPI
EU officials visiting Latin America have given the clearest signal yet they are keen to seal a wide-ranging economic collaboration pact with Mercosur regional trade bloc.
Australian trade deal real test of gov’t resolve on ’Heisei opening of Japan’
9-Feb-2011 Mainichi
"Essentially, a deal with Australia is a prerequisite for participation in the TPP, making this a do-or-die moment for the Japanese administration," says the Mainchi Daily News
US to press South Korea, Panama, Colombia and Russian trade
9-Feb-2011 Reuters
Apart from passage of the three pending FTAs, the White House also wants Congress to remove a Cold War-era stain on relations with Russia by approving "permanent normal trade relations."
Gov’t, ruling party discuss ratification of S. Korea-US FTA
9-Feb-2011 Yonhap
"The GNP will never railroad the KORUS FTA through parliament," Grand National Party floor leader Kim Moo-sung said