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  • 11-Jul-2013
    NZ Taiwan trade deal puts heat on China FTA
    The Rudd government is likely to face new pressure from rural exporters to push ahead with a free trade agreement with China after New Zealand signed a breakthrough deal with Taiwan on Wednesday.
  • 11-Jul-2013 CEO
    Unravelling the spin: a guide to corporate rights in the EU-US trade deal
    In the face of growing opposition to plans for expanded corporate powers in the proposed pact, the European Commission is trying to dispel concerns with propaganda. See through the rosy PR with Corporate Europe Observatory’s guide to investor-state dispute settlement.
  • 10-Jul-2013
    Trade agreement with Taiwan a first
    New Zealand will today become the first OECD nation to strike a free trade deal with Taiwan, promising to remove tens of millions of dollars in annual trade tariffs faced by exporters.
  • 10-Jul-2013
    Taiwan deal to save millions in duties
    Tens of millions of dollars of duties on New Zealand’s exports to Taiwan will be eliminated over the next four years, after the island nation signed its first trade deal with an OECD nation.
  • 10-Jul-2013
    Sri Lanka business chamber wants CEPA and more trade agreements
    Sri Lanka’s main business Chamber urges the government to fast track the signing of the Comprehensive Partnership Agreement with India and also sign more trade deals to avoid over-dependance on one country for exports.
  • 10-Jul-2013
    Treaty disputes roiled by bias charges
    Concerns about objectivity and accountability of investment dispute arbitrators have prompted calls for tougher ethical guidelines as caseloads have exploded.
  • 10-Jul-2013 CEO
    Help roll back corporate power over EU trade policy! Support CEO’s legal action!
    Corporate Europe Observatory needs your help to shine a light on these important agreements being negotiated in secret, with big business in the driving seat. Please help us create a more just and transparent EU trade policy.
  • 10-Jul-2013 Bernama
    18th round of TPP negotiations to be held in Sabah
    The 18th Round of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Negotiations will be held from July 15 – 25, in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.
  • 10-Jul-2013 AP
    New Zealand, Taiwan sign free trade deal
    New Zealand on Wednesday signed a free trade agreement with Taiwan in a deliberately low-key ceremony designed to demonstrate the South Pacific nation’s fealty to its formal relations with mainland China.
  • 9-Jul-2013 Globes
    Israel, China move closer to free trade agreement with survey
    Israel and China have moved closer to a bilateral free trade partnership, agreeing to hold a survey to quantify its impact as a first step, Israel’s Globes reported on Tuesday.
  • 9-Jul-2013 Xinhua
    Xi, Rudd vow to speed up FTA talks
    Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed bilateral relations with Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd by phone on Monday, vowing to boost efforts for the conclusion of free trade talks between the two countries.
  • 9-Jul-2013 The Nation
    Rethink new trade pact with Europe, MPs urge
    Members of the National Assembly last week opposed a push to have Kenya sign a trade treaty with Europe until outstanding issues had been resolved.
  • 8-Jul-2013 Times of India
    India becomes part of regional trading bloc despite Chinese opposition
    India overcame resistance from China to become a part of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement, an Asean + 6 grouping which is set to emerge as one of the most significant free trading blocs in the world, government sources confirmed.
  • 8-Jul-2013 Financial Express
    Restrictive rules tilt trade agreements against India
    India’s bilateral trade pacts including the relatively recent ones with Asean, Singapore, Malaysia, Japan and South Korea have arguably gone more to the partner’s advantage if one takes into account the widening trade deficit or increased imports
  • 8-Jul-2013 Reuters
    After long buildup, US-EU free trade talks finally begin
    The United States and the European Union, after nearly two years of preparation, start talks on Monday aimed at securing a free-trade agreement to squeeze new economic growth out of the world’s largest trade and investment relationship.
  • 8-Jul-2013 AFP
    Chinese, Swiss ink free trade agreement
    China and Switzerland on Saturday signed a free trade agreement (FTA) — Beijing’s first in continental Europe — in a deal that comes against a backdrop of trade tensions between the Asian giant and the European Union (EU).
  • 6-Jul-2013 Global Meat News
    EU wants US beef ban lifted under TTIP
    European Union representatives travelling to Washington DC next week for the first round of negotiations with the US to forge a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership want early progress on the Americans lifting the current ban on European beef, an EU source close to the negotiations said.
  • 5-Jul-2013 Ottawa Citizen
    Another non-report on human rights and free trade with Colombia
    On June 14th, the Canadian government quietly tabled its second report on the human rights impacts of the Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement. The report avoids any examination of the impact of Canadian investment — including oil, gas and mining – in Colombia.
  • 5-Jul-2013 Busan Haps
    Large protest rallies held in Busan over Korean FTA talks with China
    There was a lot of tension in connection with the Korea-China FTA negotiations being held for three days in Busan this week. Rallies of opposition groups including farmers coincided with a visit from the Chinese trade delegation.
  • 5-Jul-2013 Yonhap
    S. Korean farmers hold massive rally against FTA with China
    Thousands of South Korean farmers and fishermen rallied Tuesday to oppose a potential free trade deal with China as the two countries kicked off a new round of negotiations to tear down trade barriers between two of Asia’s biggest economies.