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Sables bitumineux: un groupe environnemental porte le débat devant l’ALENA
15-Apr-2010 Presse Canadienne
Un groupe environnemental canadien porte sa lutte contre l’exploitation des sables bitumineux albertains devant le mécanisme de régulation environnementale de l’Accord de libre-échange nord-américain (ALENA).
Egypt, Mercosur to complete free trade agreement in July
15-Apr-2010 Reuters
Egypt expects to complete free trade negotiations with the four Mercosur countries — Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay — in July, Egypt’s trade minister said on Wednesday.
Tarsands complaint goes before NAFTA watchdog
15-Apr-2010 The Canadian Press
A Canadian environment group is claiming the federal government is breaking its own laws when it comes to the tar sands, and plans to take its concerns to NAFTA.
S Korea to examine feasibility of China, S. Korea FTA
15-Apr-2010 Xinhua
South Korea will probe into the feasibility of the free trade agreement (FTA) with China, examining how a pact may boost up the country’s overall competitiveness, local media reported Thursday.
EU-Colombia-Peru FTA (2010)
14-Apr-2010
As agreed to on 30 March 2010
Q & ACTA, with Michael Geist
14-Apr-2010 iTnews
With the Wellington round of the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) talks underway, organised opposition to the proposed treaty on intellectual property rights and enforcement is also gathering in the New Zealand capital. A brief chat with a global expert on the ACTA treaty.
ACTA not linked to free-trade agreement, say officials
14-Apr-2010 ComputerWorld
Officials negotiating New Zealand’s position on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) intellectual-property treaty say they have no perspective on the separate negotiations over the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement. Nor would they be involved in any trade-off of ACTA concessions against broader free-trading rights.
The changing landscape of export credit agencies in the context of the global financial crisis
14-Apr-2010
New study by Kavaljit Singh on the structure and role of export credit agencies, an integral part of trade finance and investment relations
Mercosur and EU trade negotiators must “deliver” before May summit
13-Apr-2010 MercoPress
Mercosur is waiting for “dialogue contributions” from the European Union to decide on negotiations for a political and commercial agreement with the EU. Brussels is expected to make its move at the end of April on time for a formal launching in May of the decade-long delayed talks.
Agricultural body raises concern about new CARICOM-Canada agreement
13-Apr-2010 Barbados Advocate
The Barbados Agricultural Society is closely watching the ongoing negotiations for the new Canada-CARICOM trade and development agreement, as it is concerned about the potential devastating impact that such an agreement can have on the regional and local pork industries.
Tokyo-Seoul FTA cornerstone of E. Asia community
13-Apr-2010 Asahi Shimbun
Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has recently said that there are three key policy issues in the area of diplomacy that he intends to tackle while he is in office. One of them is signing a free trade agreement with South Korea.
Congo trade agreement creates opportunities for SA
12-Apr-2010 Daily Dispatch
President Jacob Zuma and the Republic of Congo’s President Denis Sassou-Nguesso signed a bilateral trade agreement in Pretoria on Thursday. In a statement released after their meeting, Zuma welcomed the long-term land lease agreement of over 200000 hectares of idle farmland to a consortium of South African farmers.
Canada misses its chance to join major Pacific free-trade deal
12-Apr-2010 Mail and Guardian
When asked in 2006 to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations that only recently got under way in Australia, the Harper government refused, largely to protect the Quebec and Ontario dairy industry from foreign competition.
Pakistan, GCC close to signing free trade pact
12-Apr-2010 Gulf Times
Talks of signing of FTA between Pakistan and GCC have been making the rounds for several years but both sides have only now reached at some concrete work to move ahead.
Thailand: June start eyed for FTA talks with EU
12-Apr-2010 Nation
The Thai government is accelerating the process of establishing preliminary guidelines and conducting public hearings in order to launch free-trade agreement (FTA) talks with the European Union by June, a move seen as necessary to ensure the Kingdom remains competitive with potential rivals who are also looking to ink a pact with the bloc.
Peru plans to close FTA negotiations with Japan by end of April
12-Apr-2010 Andina
"Japan insists on having more Peruvian fishing and agricultural products excluded from the agreement, but we insist on having less items out of the agreement," said Peru’s minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism, Martín Pérez.
China, Costa Rica sign FTA
12-Apr-2010 AFP
China said on Thursday it had signed a free trade agreement with Costa Rica, paving the way to lift almost all tariffs on Chinese textiles, chemicals and machinery to the Central American nation.
Caribbean questions EU development pledges
9-Apr-2010 IPS
When Caribbean leaders sit across the table from their European counterparts at a May summit in Spain, high on their agenda will be the problems experienced by banana and sugar producers in gaining meaningful access to the European market.
Colombia, Mexico sign agreements on deepening FTA project
9-Apr-2010 Xinhua
Colombia and Mexico agreed on Thursday to move ahead on the consolidation of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) project to boost trade between the two countries.
Japan, US ‘some distance’ apart in beef trade talks
8-Apr-2010 Bloomberg
“For us, food safety based on Japan’s scientific standards is the priority,” Akamatsu said today. “The OIE standards are different from the Japanese scientific ones.”