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27-Sep-2013 Counterpunch
Colombia anti-free trade strike brings gains for left
The struggle has made several gains for farmers and the left, writes Steven Mather from Putamayo. -
27-Sep-2013 Yonhap
Trade commission recognizes damage from EU FTA to S. Korean firms
So far, 40 Korean companies have claimed damage from the country’s FTAs, with 18 of them claiming damage from the Korea-EU FTA. Out of the total, 30 have been awarded damage. -
27-Sep-2013 WSJ
Brazil route to broader Europe trade faces regional roadblock
Brazil’s government is ready to present a proposal that would put 90% of its commerce with the European Union under a free-trade agreement, but the effort could stall on resistance from the country’s existing partners in the regional Mercosur trade bloc. -
27-Sep-2013 Toward Freedom
A corporate coup of a different order: The growing resistance to the Trans-Pacific Partnership
As the Obama administration ramps up its negotiations and its pursuit of “fast-track” authority, opposition from lawmakers and activists has similarly escalated, reports Toward Freedom. -
26-Sep-2013
Indian civil society urges the Prime Minister to review and rescind the damaging US-India bilateral investment treaty
On the occasion of the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh’s visit to the USA, where he is supposed to discuss a Bilateral Investment Treaty between India and the US, the Forum against FTAs, a coalition of over 75 organisations, farmers groups, trade unions and development activists, calls upon the Prime Minister to review and rescind its decision to engage in this damaging treaty. -
26-Sep-2013 COHA
Paraguay and the Pacific Alliance: Why the country should not join the regional bloc – analysis
If Paraguay were to enter the Pacific Alliance with its current distribution of land and no progress towards land reform, those who currently hold land—agribusinesses and local elites—will continue to reap the benefits while continuing to displace workers and exacerbating slum conditions in larger cities. -
26-Sep-2013 Jiji Press
Japan, EU to speed up trade talks
Japan’s Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and European Union Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht agreed at a meeting in Brussels on Tuesday that Japan and the EU should accelerate their free trade talks. -
26-Sep-2013 Scoop
Five nations beef alliance agrees on core principles for TPP
An alliance of cattle producers representing Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States have signed a letter announcing their support for a comprehensive Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement. -
25-Sep-2013 Irish Examiner
PM to intervene in deadlocked EU-Canada trade negotiations
Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper is seeking to break a deadlock in trade talks with the EU by stepping up his part in negotiations, people familiar with the strategy said. -
25-Sep-2013 MSF
US puts unwarranted pressure on India for taking legal steps to increase access to affordable medicines
India is facing an onslaught of political pressure from the U.S. government and pharmaceutical industry in retaliation for the country’s entirely legal actions to limit abusive patenting practices and increase access to affordable generic medicines -
24-Sep-2013 Rebelión
Argentina: what to do with the BITs?
Why do we continue to be bound to this investment protection regime when it is not a determinant of FDI and makes it harder for us to retain our resources? -
24-Sep-2013 Euractiv
TTIP: Data is the elephant in the room
Data protection issues have been cut out of the negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, but rivalry between the two trade blocs in the critical booming sector threatens to spoil any deal. -
24-Sep-2013 Xinhua
New Zealand PM admits EU free trade agreement to take time
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key has sought French President Francois Hollande’s backing for a New Zealand-EU free trade agreement, but admitted that such a deal is a long way off, according to reports. -
24-Sep-2013 The Telegraph
Britain leads push to convince Washington to back transatlantic free trade deal
Nick Clegg will arrive in Washington today to spearhead a British-led attempt to convince members of Congress to back an EU-US free trade agreement. -
24-Sep-2013 Malaysia Insider
No TPPA protests next month please, Putrajaya wants Obama to have peaceful visit
Malaysia’s International Trade and Industry Minister has urged the public not to hold demonstrations against US President Barack Obama over the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement when he visits next month. -
23-Sep-2013 Kyodo
Japan offers 75% tariff elimination in 1st year of TPP accord
Japan formally offered 75 percent of its goods for tariff liberalization in the first year in negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact on Saturday, a source close to the negotiations said. -
23-Sep-2013 Politico
Protesters urge President Obama to ‘flush’ Pacific trade deal
A crowd of about 60 activists chanted their disapproval of the proposed agreement outside the office of the US Trade Representative while a juggler wearing a dark business suit and a huge Obama mask repeatedly dropped his bowling pins marked “Jobs,” “Truth” and “Peace” -
23-Sep-2013 The Nation
Sri Lanka: Chinese FTA evokes mixed reactions
The proposed free trade agreement between Sri Lanka and China, which is slated to be inked this November ahead of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, is a ‘wakeup call’ for the country’s exporters, Chairman of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce says -
23-Sep-2013 Business Mirror
Does TTIP top TPP free-trade negotiations?
The transatlantic trade deal, if it does come about, seems potentially more far-reaching, even for Asia. -
23-Sep-2013 Japan Times
Four TPP members offer to kill all tariffs
Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and Chile are offering the other TPP members total tariff elimination on all agricultural and industrial goods, a source close to the talks said.