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13-May-2014
Business Mirror
The Philippines is set to undertake a study on the impact of a free-trade agreement with a European economic bloc as the country is scheduled to sign a declaration of economic cooperation with the European Free-Trade Association ministers this June.
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13-May-2014
World Bulletin
Turkey has to be party to a proposed Free Trade Agreement between the EU and the US, Turkey’s Economic Ministry declared on Monday, stressing that otherwise Turkey should consider renouncing their custom union agreement with the EU.
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13-May-2014
National Post
Canada’s Prime Minister may announce the conclusion of marathon trade negotiations with the European Union in Brussels on June 4-5, when he’s in town for a previously scheduled G7 leaders meeting. Then again, he may not.
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13-May-2014
Indian Express
Entangled in a protracted tax mess in the country, Nokia has said that it would like to address the issue under the bilateral investment treaty between Finland and India, sources told The Indian Express.
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13-May-2014
DWN
The seed industry is planning to take advantage of the free trade agreement between the US and the EU (TTIP) to implement its patents in the European market.
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12-May-2014
Pakistan is not benefiting from Free Trade Agreement with China, as the leather industry is still paying around 9 per cent import duty on its export goods to China owing to non-implementation of zero-duty under FTA regime.
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12-May-2014
Xinhua
The fifth round of Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) talks is set to commence in June, barely two months after the last round, a sign that the efforts by 16 Asian countries to create the world’s biggest free trade area are gaining momentum.
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12-May-2014
Irish Times
The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership would subject higher education “to the commercial rules of trade agreements for the first time”, said David Robinson, consultant to Education International, the global federation of teachers’ associations and unions.
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12-May-2014
Zambia Daily Mail
Zambia, as chair of the Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) states negotiating with the EU, has commissioned an impact study of the EPA in ESA countries to be ready in July. Then, each ESA state will decide whether to sign or not.
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12-May-2014
Global Research
The deep integration of the continent makes a continental labour response necessary and possible. However, the prospects of such a response depend on the political evolution in the Mexican working-class on both sides of the border, the political evolution of unions in North America, and more general developments in the politics and economy of each country.
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11-May-2014
While Uruguay has been celebrated by liberals around the world for its bold steps to regulate cannabis, with new rules taking effect this week, its similarly pioneering attempts to control smoking of another, legal plant – tobacco – has earned it powerful enemies.
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11-May-2014
Colombia is set to gain a foothold in East Asia after a free trade agreement is signed with Korea.
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10-May-2014
Canadian Press
The EU’s De Gucht said "technical problems’’ in 3-4 areas prevented him and Fast from sealing the deal while a senior Canadian official says even if a text is released, the deal is still a long way off because both sides would still need to consult with member states, provinces and lawyers.
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10-May-2014
Reuters
Colombian farmers agreed on Friday to halt an 11-day strike that had threatened to damage President Juan Manuel Santos’s re-election campaign with just over two weeks left before the election.
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9-May-2014
Emphasising the need for enhanced trade relations between Pakistan and Indonesia, the Chairman Senate Syed Nayyer Hussain Bokhari on Thursday observed that the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the two needs to be implemented in letter and spirit for mutual growth and prosperity.
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9-May-2014
Embassy
Besides dealing with final technical issues, the EU Commission is also fighting with member states over who has the competence over the deal.
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9-May-2014
ETUC
The EU-Canada trade agreement – which may be concluded on May 8 at the Foreign Affairs Council – should not be used as a ‘Trojan horse’ to smuggle in a controversial Investor-to-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) warned the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC).
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9-May-2014
US proposals for free flow of information across borders and a ban on local server requirements could hamper other governments’ ability to uphold national privacy laws and regulations for off-shored personal data
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9-May-2014
Japan Times
The European Union is insisting on a human rights clause linked to a proposed economic partnership agreement (EPA) with Japan. It allows Brussels to suspend the trade deal if Japan engages in human rights violations
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9-May-2014
Common Dreams
Hundreds of protesters rallied outside of the Capitol building in Washington DC on Wednesday to declare to the US government that "the entire progressive movement is united" in the call to reject unjust trade deals.
