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National Association of People Living with HIV in Nepal and friends in solidarity against the IPR provisions in the proposed India-EU FTA
13-Oct-2010 NAPN
NAPN and others in Nepal write to the Indian Prime Minister against the India-EU FTA
Costa Rica: Dominican Republic will respect pact “in a nice way or not”
13-Oct-2010 Dominican Today
Central American countries are filing a complaint against Dominican Republic before the World Trade Organization for violating CAFTA
Cabinet gives nod for Indo-Japan free trade pact
13-Oct-2010 Moneycontrol.com
The pact is expected to open up access of Indian pharma companies to the Japanese drugs market. However sensitive farm products like rice have been kept out of the deal.
India closes in on free trade deal with Japan
13-Oct-2010 Reuters
India on Tuesday moved one step closer to signing a free trade agreement with Japan as the Indian cabinet cleared the deal
Negotiations on Vietnam-Russia FTA begin
12-Oct-2010 VOV News
One of reasons that Russia is interested in FTA with Vietnam is that the country can be a strategic partner in helping Russia restore its Asian influence.
Private sector calls on governments for the EU/Mercosur trade agreement
11-Oct-2010 MercoPress
Chambers of Commerce from Europe, Brazil and Uruguay called on their governments to give a new thrust to negotiations for an ambitious cooperation and trade EU/Mercosur agreement.
Korea-US FTA working level talks facing difficulties
11-Oct-2010 Arirang
Officials from both countries met in France last week, but it ended with the US merely suggesting unofficial ideas regarding automobile and beef issues
Oslo wants to sign free trade deal with China
11-Oct-2010 AFP
Norway said Friday it wanted to wrap up a free trade agreement with China despite a warning from Beijing that jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo’s Nobel Peace Prize would “damage Sino-Norwegian relations.”
NZ TV host’s ’India-racism-slur’ could affect FTA between two nations: Kiwi diplomat
11-Oct-2010 ANI
Raga D’silva, deputy chairman of the India New Zealand Business Council, has warned that the TVNZ presenter Paul Henry’s ’racist’ comments against New Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit could have a negative impact on negotiations for a free trade agreement between both the countries.
Israel and India move toward free trade pact
11-Oct-2010 Globes
Minister of Finance Yuval Steinitz met with his Indian counterpart Pranab Mukherjee in Washington DC on Friday, where the two men agreed to prepare the ground for a free trade agreement (FTA) between their two countries.
Nearly 250 NGOs across world urge PM to reject IP provisions in FTA with EU
11-Oct-2010 PharmaBiz
Hundreds of public interest groups across the world have jointly urged prime minister Manmohan Singh not to sign the proposed free trade agreement (FTA) with European Union as the Centre’s role in medicines supply is under threat due to the intellectual property provisions included in the pact.
Govt says may still escalate EU drugs case
8-Oct-2010 Economic Times
Indian officials reserved their right on Thursday to escalate a trade dispute with the European Union over seizures of generic drugs after Indian media reported the row had been solved.
SA to sign trade pact with EU in about-turn
8-Oct-2010 Business Day
South Africa is likely to conclude an economic partnership agreement by the end of this year with the European Union as a member of the Southern African Customs Union, International Relations and Co-operation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane said yesterday.
UN agency sees better foreign investment appetite
8-Oct-2010 Reuters
Governments are opening up to outside investment for funds to help their economies recover, with liberalising measures outnumbering those seeking to keep out foreign money, a UN report showed on Thursday.
Costa Rica-China free trade agreement approved for final review
8-Oct-2010 Tico Times
Costa Rica’s Foreign Trade Ministry (COMEX) and the legislature’s Special Permanent Committee agreed Thursday morning to recommend approval of the free-trade agreement with China.
Interest builds in Pacific trade zone
8-Oct-2010 WSJ
Momentum is building for a US-supported free-trade pact in the Pacific aimed to serve as a counterweight to China’s economic influence.
MSF launches attack on European Commission for blocking cheap drugs
8-Oct-2010 The Guardian
The EC is seeking a trade agreement with India which will restrict its generic companies from making cheap copycat drugs for poor countries, says MSF, which launches a campaign to oppose this and other allegedly restrictive EC practices today
Unease in Japan over EU-South Korea FTA
8-Oct-2010 Asahi Shimbun
For Japan, which has been unable to even start negotiations with the EU on a similar free-trade arrangement, the agreement could deal a heavy blow to its auto and electronics industries.
Keidanren chief calls for early Japan-US free trade agreement
7-Oct-2010 Mainichi Daily News
Japanese and US business leaders will adopt a joint statement urging Japan to take part in the existing four-nation trans-Pacific free trade agreement.
Anti-counterfeiting trade pact ‘99 percent’ complete
7-Oct-2010 ICTSD
Talks on a controversial “Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement” are very nearly complete, following what participating nations described as the “final” round of negotiations in Tokyo last week.