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Brit official goads Philippines on free trade talks with EU
13-Jan-2011 BusinessWorld
A visiting British state official urged the Philippines yesterday to pick up its pace towards starting free trade talks with the European Unio, saying an agreement would boost export sales of all parties involved and also attract more investors into Manila’s public-private partnership projects for infrastructure.
Democrat to revisit Colombia trade pact on trip
13-Jan-2011 Post Chronicle
A senior Democratic lawmaker opposed to a US free trade agreement with Colombia headed to that country on Wednesday to see what progress has been made on labor concerns related to the pact.
Pork industry wants feds to cut a Korean trade deal
13-Jan-2011 Better Farming
Canadian pork producers and packers fear consequences of lagging behind Chile, United States and Europe in key Asian market
India, SACU to sign preferential trade agreement: Sharma
13-Jan-2011 Business Standard
India and South African nations are expected to sign a trade agreement by the middle of this year, which aims at reducing tariffs on certain items traded between the nations, Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma has said.
EU push for liberal patents finds favour with PMO
13-Jan-2011 Financial Express
Hard lobbying by the European Union, home to many of the world’s largest pharmaceutical firms like Novartis, Sanofi-Aventis and Roche, has struck a chord with India’s Prime Minister’s Office, which is now ’putting pressure’ on a reluctant commerce and industry ministry to include a contentious IPR chapter in the proposed India-EU trade and investment pact.
EU-India FTA - IP chapter (draft Jul 2010)
12-Jan-2011 CIS India
Draft consolidated version of the IPR text in preparation for IPR discussions during the week of 12th July 2010 in Delhi.
New release of IPR chapter of India-EU free trade agreement
12-Jan-2011 CIS
A draft of the IPR chapter of the EU-India FTA, made publicly available for the first time, provides insight into India’s response in July 2010 to several EU proposals on intellectual property protection and enforcement.
Tunisia: EP Maghreb delegation calls for independent inquiry into deadly riots
12-Jan-2011 European Parliament
Members of the European Parliament advocate suspending negotiations for an “advanced status” for Tunisia, complementing its EU Association Agreement (FTA).
India, South Korea set to expand existing trade pact
11-Jan-2011 Livemint
India and South Korea are set to expand a one-year-old bilateral trade pact at a time when India has concluded talks for a more ambitious agreement with Japan.
Rumours linking animal disease with US FTA bewilders Seoul
11-Jan-2011 GNA
Internet postings say the Korean government may not be trying hard to prevent the spread of foot and mouth disease since the culling of livestock could help boost sales of American beef.
The EU-South Korea FTA and its implications for the United States
11-Jan-2011 FAS
Some US business representatives argue that enactment of the KOREU FTA before enactment of the KORUS FTA would give European competitors first mover advantages, but US multinational firms operating in the EU could benefit from the KOREU FTA.
Hollywood tries it on at TPP talks
10-Jan-2011 p2pnet
Hollywood wants TPP participants to “introduce statutory penalties for IP infringement, draft new laws regarding ISP liability, reduce the threshold to commercial scale infringement and target torrent search engines”. Look familiar to you?
Working Iowans should oppose the US-South Korea FTA
10-Jan-2011 Blog for Iowa
When Senator Grassley, House Speaker Boehner and others speak for the need to ratify the US-South Korea Free Trade Agreement, there is an underlying presumption that members of the US middle class are either not paying attention or have forgotten that unrestricted access to US markets benefits the wealthy and puts pressure on the middle class.
Oz rethinking value of bilateral deals
9-Jan-2011 NZ Herald
Thirty years after officials began seriously negotiating the ground-breaking transtasman closer relations agreement, Australia is having doubts about the value of bilateral trade deals.
TPP talks set to start this week
9-Jan-2011 Japan Times
Japanese and US officials said they will hold their first talks this week on Tokyo’s possible participation in negotiations for a trans-Pacific free-trade agreement.
SADC trade deal with Europe seen by mid-2011
8-Jan-2011
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) was presenting a more unified front at the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) negotiations with the European Union (EU), said Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies, adding that a final agreement could possibly be reached by mid-2011.
EU-Taiwan trade arrangements on right track: envoy
8-Jan-2011
Negotiations on trade arrangements between the European Union (EU) and Taiwan are on the right track despite imbalance in bilateral trade and investment, according to a top EU diplomat in Taipei.
Japan: Pres. Lee’s Visit a Chance to Resume FTA Talks
8-Jan-2011
Japan’s Kyodo News agency reports that the Japanese government apparently sees an expected visit to Tokyo by President Lee Myung-bak as a chance to resume stalled talks on a free trade agreement.
Joint report on the state of play of negotiations for an EU-India FTA
8-Jan-2011
Presented to the EU-India Summit on 10 December 2010
What you don’t know about a deal you haven’t heard of
7-Jan-2011 Globe and Mail
In coming days, Canadian and European officials will intensify negotiations on a new trade agreement most Canadians have never heard of, warns Maude Barlow.