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HK, Europe to start trade talks
23-Dec-2009 Straits Times
Hong Kong and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), which comprises Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland, are set to begin talks aimed at hammering out a free trade pact in early 2010.
China negotiator: Taiwan trade pact "long process"
23-Dec-2009 AP
The comments from Chen Yunlin appeared to be aimed at assuaging opposition concerns that the pact could undermine Taiwanese sovereignty and lead to significant job losses on the island of 23 million people.
Mexico seeks Brazil free-trade accord by 2012, official says
23-Dec-2009 Bloomberg
Mexico’s government aims to sign a free-trade agreement with Brazil by the end of President Felipe Calderon’s administration in 2012, said Rogelio Granguillhome, head of economic relations at Mexico’s Foreign Ministry.
EU to launch FTA negotiations with individual ASEAN countries, beginning with Singapore
23-Dec-2009 EU
"While we don’t lose sight of our ultimate goal of achieving an agreement within a regional framework, I welcome today’s decision which will allow us to move forward and re-engage with this important region through negotiations with individual ASEAN member states," EU Trade Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner said.
Singapore, EU agree to start FTA talks
23-Dec-2009 AFP
Singapore and the European Union have agreed to begin talks for a free trade agreement, "paving the way for an EU-ASEAN FTA."
EU-Canada FTA (CETA) - draft IP chapter (2009)
22-Dec-2009 Wikileaks
Geist: EU demands in free trade talks would retool our copyright laws
22-Dec-2009 Toronto Star
Earlier this year, Canada and the European Union announced plans to negotiate a Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), possibly the biggest Canadian trade negotiations since NAFTA. The first round of talks took place in Ottawa in October, yet the treaty has generated practically no public scrutiny. That may change following the leak last week of the European Union’s proposed intellectual property chapter.
South Africa: Fisheries pact with EU has to wait
22-Dec-2009 Business Day
The conclusion of a fisheries agreement between SA and the European Union has had to take second place to other considerations, even though SA’s fish exports to the EU are attracting duties that some other countries’ are not.
EU-Morocco: Accord on agricultural trade liberalisation
22-Dec-2009 ANSAmed
The accord, Brussels explained, reinforces the position of European exporters in the Moroccan market, above all in the processed food sector.
China envoy’s Taiwan visit stirs backlash
22-Dec-2009 AP
A senior Chinese envoy’s visit to Taiwan for trade talks has sparked a backlash among critics who fear the Taiwanese government’s China-friendly policies are opening the door to eventual unification with the mainland.
Washington awaits KL’s decision on TPP
21-Dec-2009 Bernama
The United States is still awaiting Malaysia’s decision on whether to join the Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement (TPP) negotiations.
Cosmetics association asks for exemption from FTA
21-Dec-2009 Jakarta Globe
Indonesian cosmetics and herbal medicine producers are calling for an exemption for their products from the Asean-China free trade agreement. “It is not because we are not ready. The question is our products are even now having to compete with illegal Chinese imports which are usually cheaper but of questionable quality.”
Thousands protest in Taiwan over China trade talks
21-Dec-2009 Reuters
Thousands of people marched in Taiwan on Sunday to protest against warming ties with political rival China, a day before Beijing’s top negotiator arrives on the island for talks on a landmark free trade pact.
Taiwanese ire at looming free trade with China
21-Dec-2009 Press TV
Thousands of protesters have swarmed the streets of the central Taiwanese town of Taichung, promoting resistance against pending trade relations with China.
Panama advances on free trade dialogue with European countries
21-Dec-2009 Xinhua
Panama will negotiate a free trade agreement with members of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), Panaman’s Ministry of Commerce and Industries said on Sunday.
Peru seeks to close free trade agreement with EU by Jan. 2010
19-Dec-2009 LIP
"I think negotiations with the European Union will be completed by the end of January 2010," pointed out the Peruvian trade minister, who added that only two or three issues are still yet to solve by both part’s ministers.
Japan, Mongolia agree to study possibility of bilateral FTA
18-Dec-2009 Kyodo
Japan and Mongolia on Thursday agreed to hold working-level talks to study whether the two countries should conclude a bilateral free trade agreement, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said.
Greens on FTA with Japan
16-Dec-2009 Big Pond News
Australia should not agree to a free trade agreement (FTA) with Japan unless the Asian nation stops whaling in the Southern Ocean, the Australian Greens say.
South Korea, Japan to hold free trade negotiations next week
16-Dec-2009 Bernama
South Korea and Japan will hold the fourth round of their bilateral free trade talks next week in Seoul next week, Seoul’s trade ministry said Wednesday
US think tank admits NAFTA failed Mexico
16-Dec-2009 Nicaragua Solidarity Network of Greater New York
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, an influential Washington DC-based think tank, released “Rethinking Trade Policy for Development: Lessons From Mexico Under NAFTA,” challenging what the report notes is a widespread assumption in the US “that Mexico was the undeniable winner from NAFTA.”