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Buy American deal paves way for EU trade pact
6-Feb-2010 Globe and Mail
A Canada-US deal on ’Buy American’ trade restrictions opens the door for more sweeping liberalization of provincial and territorial procurement policies, including momentum for a proposed trade deal with the European Union. Union and anti-free-trade groups have slammed the deal.
EU criticises EAC over pact
5-Feb-2010 The Citizen
The European Union has accused East Africa Community partner states of flouting World Trade Organisation rules by refusing to sign a framework Economic Partnership Agreement with the EU.
India reluctant to relent on greater market access to EU
5-Feb-2010 Live Mint
Talks on a free trade agreement between the European Union and India are stuck on the issue of additional market access after the eighth round of negotiations in New Delhi late last month.
US pork wants market access back in China and Russia
5-Feb-2010 AgriNews
The National Pork Producers Council is focusing most of its trade agreement lobbying efforts on re-establishing markets in China and Russia, says the council’s Nick Giordano.
Ma wants FTA with Japan
5-Feb-2010 Straits Times
Taiwan’s President Ma Ying-jeou on Thursday expressed his wish to strike a free trade agreement with Japan
India free trade deal could mean big things for NZ agriculture
5-Feb-2010 NZ Herald
"You’re talking about a billion people that we largely don’t export anything to now," Meat and Wool New Zealand chairman Mike Petersen said
EU “pushing” India over generics in “secret” trade talks
4-Feb-2010 Pharma Times
The eighth round of the FTA talks which took place in Mumbai last week have been strongly criticised in India for their secrecy and lack of consultation with the national parliament and state governments.
Spain expects pact with Syria during EU presidency
4-Feb-2010 Reuters
European Union president Spain expects the EU to sign by June a major economic deal with Syria that has been on ice for the last five years, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos said on Wednesday.
Big business demands accountability on EU 2020
4-Feb-2010 EurActiv
Frustrated by the failure of the Lisbon Agenda, big business has stepped in to force Brussels and governments across Europe to deliver on political promises designed to improve Europe’s competitiveness in the face of mounting challenges from climate change, an ageing population and Asian rivals.
Message to President Obama: Why trade will not save rural America
4-Feb-2010 Civil Eats
Obama’s emphasis on export markets is odd given that it runs directly counter to a lot of the Administration’s work to support local food systems.
China postpones free trade talks with Taiwan
4-Feb-2010 Reuters
China has postponed a second round of free trade talks with Taiwan until after the Lunar New Year holiday and the Taiwanese side downplayed any political reason for the delay.
Colombia’s human rights violations could stop FTA: HRW
4-Feb-2010 Colombia Reports
Human Rights Watch (HRW) warned on Wednesday that Colombia’s human rights record could prevent the passage of the long-awaited U.S.-Colombia free trade agreement.
Obama export plan includes trade deals - Geithner
4-Feb-2010 Reuters
President Barack Obama’s plan to double US exports over five years includes passing free trade agreements with Panama, Colombia and South Korea that have been delayed for years, US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Wednesday.
Viet Nam, EU progress in co-operation negotiations
4-Feb-2010 Viet Nam News
Viet Nam and the European Union have fully agreed on two-thirds of the articles after the sixth round of negotiations on the Partnership and Co-operation Agreement, according to head of the European Commission Delegation in Viet Nam Sean Doyle.
Wheat Board eager for Canada-Morocco trade deal
4-Feb-2010 Reuters
US farmers will gain duty-free access for their grain in 2016 because of the US-Morocco free-trade deal. "Canadian farmers really need a similar deal to level the playing field," says the Canadian Wheat Board.
Canada-EU free trade talks will be long and bumpy
4-Feb-2010 Troy Media
But a new wrinkle was added to the negotiations with the final signing of the Lisbon treaty in 2009. Under the treaty, it is now the European Parliament which must approve the final agreement.
Manila government unprepared for tuna ban
3-Feb-2010 UPI Asia
The tuna ban is not meant to preserve tuna stocks in West and Central Pacific, but to dislodge fishing companies from Third World countries from their tuna fishing grounds and allow the tuna fleets of the European Union and Japan to take over these tuna-rich fishing areas.
Trans-Pacific pact will provide better results, says AMCHAM
3-Feb-2010 Business Times
US businesses in Malaysia said a broader trade pact like the Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement will provide better results than the stalled US-Malaysia free trade agreement (FTA) talks.
EU FTA quest to test political will
3-Feb-2010 Japan Times
The government under Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has never hidden its strong desire to launch free-trade talks with the EU.
A year after implementation of FTA, US and Peru left with broken promises, no new trade model
3-Feb-2010 Public Citizen
Environmental and labor conditions in Peru have deteriorated rapidly since the congressional passage of the FTA in late 2007 and implementation in early 2009.