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Call for MPs to have say in foreign trade deals
6-May-2010 BusinessDay
Parliament’s trade and industry committee wants South African MPs to play a greater role in negotiating international agreements and has urged that the legislative framework and rules for dealing with them be reviewed.
EU seeks to reestablish negotiations with Mercosur
5-May-2010 Buenos Aires Herald
The European Commission has proposed to reactivate its negotiations with the Mercosur bloc, stagnant since 2004, with the objective of reaching an association agreement.
Major step towards a Free Trade Agreement between Australia and India
5-May-2010 AFN
A joint study finds that an Australia-India FTA will bring billions of dollars to both countries.
A divided agenda
5-May-2010 Southeast Asia Globe
The European Union adopts a piecemeal approach to trading with Southeast Asia.
Canada will resist EU demands in trade agreement talks
5-May-2010 Feedstuffs.com
The Canadian government will resist pressure from European Union trade negotiators to open the domestic dairy and poultry markets to European product in talks on a free trade agreement, the country’s number-two agriculture minister said May 3.
Taiwanese remain skeptical about free trade deal with China
5-May-2010 Vancouver Sun
Despite a persistent propaganda campaign by Ma’s Kuomintang (KMT) administration, most Taiwanese people appear to continue to worry that any kind of free trade agreement with Beijing will expose domestic industries to the threat of cheap, subsidized Chinese products.
Livestock keepers concerns on FTAs
4-May-2010
Letter to the Government of India about the impacts of FTAs on livestock keepers and traditional pastoral communities
Costa Rican legislators approve final piece of CAFTA
4-May-2010 Tico Times
The last link in the free trade agreement with the United States passed through Costa Rica’s Legislative Assembly
Indian farmers won’t say cheese
4-May-2010 IPS
India is facing strong pressure to open up its markets to cheese and other dairy produce from Europe, even though the New Delhi government has expressed fears about how small farmers could be forced into deeper poverty as a result.
Food for thought and action
4-May-2010 Pacific Island News Association
A critical look at the likely implications of a free trade agreement dubbed Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations Plus (PACER-Plus) between the island countries and Australia and New Zealand on food sovereignty.
EU assures FTA won’t lead to costlier life-saving drugs
4-May-2010 The Economic Times
The European Commission has said that the proposed FTA with India will not affect production of cheap life-saving medicines in the country as the two sides agreed that the IPR chapter will not go beyond TRIPS.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership: Should Malaysia Join?
3-May-2010 Opinion Asia
In March, the United States Ambassador to Malaysia James Keith indicated that Malaysia should participate in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement; a new regionalisation project that intends to expand the existing Pacific-4 Free Trade Agreement (P4 FTA).
EU-India FTA to adversely impact agriculture, livelihoods, health: FAFTA
3-May-2010 News Worms
The Government of India came under attack from a coalition of groups representing farmers unions, trade unions, hawkers, public health and other civil society organisations on the ongoing, secret negotiations on a European Union–India Free Trade Agreement (EU-India FTA)
Pakistan, US to start BIT talks this month
3-May-2010 Dawn
Pakistan and the United States are scheduled to restart negotiations on Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) in the third week of May
Labour, environment may stay out of India-Australia FTA
3-May-2010 Economic Times
India has managed to convince Australia to keep issues like environment, labour and government procurement out of the bilateral free trade agreement the two countries will begin discussing soon.
Taiwan workers protest against planned China deal
3-May-2010 AFP
Thousands of Taiwanese people took to the streets of the capital on Saturday for a labour day protest against a planned trade pact with China that they say will threaten the island’s workforce.
Taiwan: Thousands protest for workers’ rights
3-May-2010 Taipei Times
Exclusion of labor issues from ECFA [China-Taiwan FTA] negotiations and the increasing rates of temporary hiring brought more than 10,000 people to the streets
Protest held against govt’s FTAs in Mumbai
2-May-2010 PTI
Public health groups, patients’ groups and other community-based organisations today staged a protest here against the Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) which are being negotiated by the Indian government.
’Keep IPR away from free trade agreements’
2-May-2010 istockanalyst
Civil rights groups want the Government to keep Intellectual Property Rights outside the ambit of Free Trade Agreements being negotiated between India and several other regions including the European Union and Japan.
India, Japan likely to conclude FTA this year: Anand Sharma
1-May-2010 The Hindu
Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma on Friday said India and Japan will be able to conclude their proposed bilateral free trade pact to liberalise commerce this year.