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25-Apr-2013 Washington Post
Japan’s rice lobby visits Capitol Hill to fight free trade pact
Rice is a staple food in Japan, but it is also a cultural staple — so much so, say opponents of a 12-nation free-trade agreement, that the values learned through rice farming keep the streets of Tokyo safe and the nation stable. -
23-Apr-2013 Business Recorder
ASEAN plans free trade pact with Hong Kong
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will pursue a free trade agreement with Hong Kong, a document obtained by AFP said Tuesday. -
22-Apr-2013 Jakarta Post
Indonesia to kick off CEPA talks with Chile
Indonesia has agreed to begin talks on a comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA) with Chile, hoping to use the nation as a trade hub in South America. -
22-Apr-2013 Jakarta Globe
South Korea and Indonesia plan to ratify trade pact
A major agreement aimed at boosting trade and investment ties between South Korea and Indonesia may be ratified before the end of this year, industry minister M.S. Hidayat said in Jakarta on Friday. -
22-Apr-2013 Bloomberg
Trans-Pacific tariff talks expand to include Japan
Japan will be admitted to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade talks, the existing 11 members of the negotiations said in a statement issued at the weekend after a meeting in Indonesia. -
22-Apr-2013 Forbes
Despite promising start, Taiwan misses free trade deals
The island known for moving big batches of electronics to world markets is struggling to keep a toehold in Asia politically and economically against rivals that make the same stuff and have more trade deals, writes the business magazine Forbes -
22-Apr-2013 DNA
EU free-trade car ’quota’ buzz has makers in a tizzy
India’s passenger vehicle industry is in a tizzy over the import quota proposed in the free trade agreement between India and the European Union. -
22-Apr-2013 Jakarta Globe
Between China and America? Real choices facing Indonesia
Are the RCEP and TPP really competing for members and agenda items? -
22-Apr-2013
Relase IPA Activists that demand to stop trade liberalization!
Indonesian Police Dept in Surabaya is arrested IPA activists that hold a picket to oppose APEC Trade Minister meeting (20-21 April) and trade liberalizations agenda. -
22-Apr-2013 Japan Times
APEC pushes FTAs in shift toward regional initiative
The trade ministers of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum agreed Sunday to promote free-trade agreements in the Asia-Pacific region just a day after Japan won permission to negotiate a free-trade pact involving many of its members. -
22-Apr-2013 NewsClick
India-EU FTA: A lose-lose for India
Newsclick discusses with Biswajit Dhar, Director General of Research and Information System for Developing Countries, the India-EU Free Trade Agreement and its fall-outs.
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22-Apr-2013 Trade Arabia
Importers ‘misusing Bahrain’s FTA with US’
Importers in Bahrain have been accused of trying to misuse the kingdom’s Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the US to avoid paying taxes, a report said. -
19-Apr-2013 Reuters
US, UK want financial services as part of trade pact
The United States and the UK aim to include financial services in a proposed free-trade agreement between Washington and the 27-nation European Union, the British ambassador to the United States said on Thursday. -
19-Apr-2013 Reuters
France threatens to block start of EU/US free trade talks
France said on Thursday it would block proposed negotiations on a free trade agreement between the European Union and the United States unless cultural sectors, such as television and radio, were excluded from the talks. -
19-Apr-2013 Nicaragua Dispatch
Nicaragua ratifies ALBA ‘fair trade’ treaty
On the eve of Nicolas Maduro’s inauguration in Venezuela, Sandinista lawmakers pass ECOALBA-TCP as a sign that ALBA is alive and well -
19-Apr-2013 The Australian
Cars and cattle clash on Japan free trade agreement
Australia’s meat exporters believe they are being sacrificed for the benefit of the car industry as negotiations for the Australia-Japan free trade agreement draw closer to conclusion. -
19-Apr-2013 The Australian
China FTA abandoned
The Gillard government has abandoned a comprehensive free-trade agreement with China to focus on a "trimmed-down" agriculture deal, according to The Australian -
18-Apr-2013 Irish Examiner
EU-US free trade deal worth €800m
US and EU business leaders meet in Dublin Castle today, in parallel to a meeting of EU trade ministers, in an effort to advance talks towards a major new transatlantic trade deal. -
18-Apr-2013 Hindu Business Line
No changing intellectual property laws: Sharma
India wíll not tighten laws on intellectual property or go beyond the global intellectual property agreement, TRIPS, in the free trade agreement (FTA) being negotiated with the European Union. -
18-Apr-2013 Wall St Journal
Global traders have opportunity to impact outcome of EU-US FTA negotiations
United States and European Union companies involved in cross-continent trade in services, importing and exporting have less than 30 days to take advantage of an opportunity to interject their specific trade "wish lists" into the upcoming free trade talks.