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Jane Kelsey: Trading sovereignty for short-term advantage
8-Nov-2010 NZ Herald
The TPPA would impose the most far-reaching obligations on New Zealand since the Closer Economic Relations agreement with Australia, deepening our commitment to free market policies that affect our jobs, our social and cultural well-being, and ultimately the sovereignty to make decisions as a nation.
Obama’s trip to India: Don’t rush into a bilateral investment treaty
7-Nov-2010 FPIF
The negotiations over a US-India bilaterals investment treaty were begun by the Bush administration. Obama officials have said they won’t complete the deal until they finish up a review of the US model BIT.
Farmers take Japan’s place at TPP bargaining table
7-Nov-2010 Japan Times
The Japanese government did not clearly state its stance in the basic FTA policy it set out Saturday and only stipulated that it will start approaching the countries involved in the Trans-Pacific Partnership talks.
Ford slams South Korea trade deal as Obama officials renew talks in Seoul
5-Nov-2010 The Hill
Ford, the US car company, has launched an aggressive advertising campaign against the South Korea free trade agreement, which it argues would lock in unfair trade between the countries.
Potash decision unlikely to hurt Canada-EU trade talks
5-Nov-2010 Montreal Gazette
The Canadian government’s rejection of the Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. takeover is raising European eyebrows but isn’t expected to dampen the prospects of a Canada-European Union free trade deal, say observers.
Q+A: Japan has headache over US-led free trade deal
5-Nov-2010 Reuters
Japan is having trouble forging a consensus on joining an Asia-Pacific free trade initiative, a pact that business lobbies want the government to pursue but that long-protected and politically powerful farmers are resisting.
RI, Australia to start talks on economic partnership
4-Nov-2010 Jakarta Post
Indonesia and Australia have agreed to begin negotiations to create a framework for a comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA) to further enhance trade and investment exchanges between both countries.
APEC to refer to Pacific FTA as pathway to free trade area: draft
4-Nov-2010 Mainichi
At the annual APEC summit meeting in Yokohama on Nov. 13 and 14, the 21-member forum is planning to specify for the first time in its declaration the possible efforts to realize the long-term goal of creating a Free Trade Area of the Asia Pacific.
Cabinet to declare stance on trans-Pacific FTA on Nov. 9
4-Nov-2010 Japan Times
Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan’s Cabinet will adopt on Nov. 9 a basic policy on free trade, including its stance on a US-backed trans-Pacific free-trade agreement, national policy minister Koichiro Genba said Tuesday.
Member states put corporate rights over public interests in EU investment policy
3-Nov-2010 S2B Network
Trade justice campaigners working together in the “Seattle to Brussels Network” are calling for a radical overhaul of international investment policy.
Free trade deals bait Indian fishermen
2-Nov-2010 IPS
A series of bilateral free trade agreements (FTAs) is threatening the livelihoods of India’s fishermen on the 8,000 km peninsular coastline — among the longest in the world — and the diets of millions of Indians for whom fish is a cheap source of protein.
Malaysia-EU FTA set to be concluded by 2012, says EU official
2-Nov-2010 Bernama
The FTA will open up trade in services beyond the level of commitment undertaken by EU and Malaysia in the WTO, says EU Ambassador and Head of Delegation to Malaysia, Vincent Piket.
Giving in to corporate pressure?
2-Nov-2010 Open Democracy
Since their launch in Prague last year, the EU-Canada FTA negotiations have largely followed an agenda drawn up by Goldman Sachs, IBM, Vodafone and Deutsche Bank.
Tokyo warned of risks from Pacific trade pact
2-Nov-2010 Financial Times
Takashi Shinohara, senior vice minister for agriculture, strongly denies Japanese media reports that Tokyo has already decided to launch talks with the US and others on entry to the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
New Economic and Trade Agreement sells Canada out further to European Union elites
2-Nov-2010 The Canadian
The EU-Canada FTA really is a recolonization of Canada. However, it is not just a recolonization by Europeans, but colonization by international business interests via the European Commission.
SKorea, US presidents seek to finalize trade deal
2-Nov-2010 AP
The leaders of South Korea and the United States agreed to try and finalize a long-stalled free trade deal ahead of a summit of major economies set for next week, the office of South Korea’s president said Tuesday.
KL and Canberra to sign free trade agreement by next year
2-Nov-2010 The Star
Malaysia and Australia have agreed to sign a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) by next year to further improve trade and investment opportunities between the two countries.
Vietnam mulls free trade zone with post-Soviet customs union
1-Nov-2010 Ria Novosti
Vietnam is considering creating a free trade zone with the post-Soviet customs union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, Vietnam’s President Nguyen Minh Triet said on Sunday.
Bill in works to woo foreign firms to Japan
1-Nov-2010 Japan Times
The Japanese government will submit a bill to the Diet next year that would give foreign firms preferential treatment if they establish headquarters or research centers in Japan.
China-Norway FTA on track
1-Nov-2010 Global Times
Forward momentum on a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between China and Norway appears to be on track, despite the recent spat over awarding of the Nobel Prize.