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New website launched to promote debate on Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations
30-May-2010
A new website, "Trans-Pacific Partnership Digest", has been launched to provide a comprehensive data base of material on the negotiations for a Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement involving New Zealand, the US, Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Chile, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam. The second round of negotiations will take place in San Francisco next week.
RP gov’t urged to resist EU pressure for ’economic integration’
28-May-2010 IBON
The just-concluded EU-ASEAN foreign ministers meeting in Madrid ended with apparent agreement on economic integration mechanisms and the EU calling the ASEAN countries not to implement protectionist measures.
Catastrophic Economic Partisan Agreement (CEPA) with India means disaster
28-May-2010 Lanka Web
The India-Sri Lanka agreement is like the story of two farmers who share a cow by owning two equal halves of the cow. They tied a rope around the belly of the cow. One owned the front part and the other the rear. Farmer who owned the rear got all the economic benefits including milk, calves and even manure while the other paid for it!
GCC members suspend free-trade talks with Europe
27-May-2010 Bloomberg
“Negotiations were suspended because EU countries added a clause depriving GCC countries the right to impose duties on EU exports in the future,” the Director General of the External Economic Relations Department at the Gulf Cooperation Council said.
President says no deal to unfair trade agreements
27-May-2010 The Island
President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Tuesday said Sri Lanka would not enter into trade agreements that would have an adverse effect on the country’s economy when he met a group of protestors against the implementation of a comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA) with India.
’Korea-Peru FTA could be completed by November’
26-May-2010
Negotiations on a Korea-Peru free trade agreement (FTA) could be finalized by November, a development that would further enhance bilateral ties and precede a possible state visit by Peruvian President Alan Garcia, Peru’s vice foreign minister said Wednesday.
Australia says mining tax won’t threaten China FTA
26-May-2010 AFP
Australia Tuesday denied that its planned 40 percent mining tax would hurt attempts to strike a free-trade agreement with China, a key market for the country’s resources.
Peru and Mexico take up meetings to close FTA negotiations
26-May-2010 Andina
Peru and Mexico will restart negotiations on an FTA that adjourned in 2006.
Colombia: UN worried about trade agreements
26-May-2010 Poder 360·
The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights warned in its latest meeting of the negative impact of free trade agreements on the most vulnerable part of Colombia’s populace
Protest against CEPA
26-May-2010 The Island
A large group of Sri Lankan entrepreneurs, businessmen and workers launched a protest outside the Liberty Plaza complex at Kollupitiya yesterday, opposing the CEPA trade agreement with India.
Protests in Sri Lanka over proposed trade pact with India
26-May-2010 AFP
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets in the capital Colombo Tuesday demanding Sri Lanka’s government abandon a proposed trade pact with neighbouring India.
India, EU decide to fast track FTA talks
25-May-2010 The Hindu
India and the European Union on Tuesday decided to fast track the talks to conclude a Free Trade Agreement within the next few months.
Australia, South Korea hold trade talks, Crean says
25-May-2010 Bloomberg
Australia and South Korea opened a new round of trade talks today, including “sensitive” areas such as agriculture and the automotive industry, Australian Trade Minister Simon Crean said.
China, US dialogue seeks solutions to major issues
24-May-2010 China Daily
The second round of the China-US Strategic and Economic Dialogue is being held in Beijing on May 24-25.
EU India FTA — Free Trade or Re-inventing Colonialism
24-May-2010 NewsClick
On the dangers of India’s FTAs with EU
EU accord to favour shrimp industry
24-May-2010 FIS
Honduran shrimp exports to the Community market are expected to increase by 15 per cent as part of the association agreement signed between the European Union and Central America.
Govt to go ahead with free trade deal with India
24-May-2010 Jakarta Post
The Indonesian government will go ahead with the implementation of a free trade agreement with India despite strong opposition from local industries about a similar trade deal with China early this year, says a senior trade official.
S Korea, China, Japan trade ministers see investment pact in ’10
24-May-2010 Dow
Trade ministers of South Korea, China and Japan are targeting to conclude an investment agreement among the three countries this year in order to promote tripartite economic and trade cooperation, Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade said Sunday.
Trade deal sails on slow boat to China
24-May-2010 Australian
No big breakthroughs have occurred in the five years and 14 rounds of Australia-China FTA negotiations, and none is expected in the next round, in Beijing from June 28.
Discuss FTA talks with EU in Parliament: CPM to govt
24-May-2010 Economic Times
Taking exception to “extreme secrecy” in negotiations on the India-EU free-trade agreement, Communist Party of India (Marxist) has asked the Manmohan Singh government to discuss all proposals and drafts in Parliament and with states before taking any further step.