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  • 13-Apr-2013
    India-EU FTA won’t hit generic drugs industry: EU envoy
    The much-hyped bilateral trade and investment agreement (BTIA) between India and the European Union (EU) would not impact the Indian generic drugs industry or lead to a change in the country’s patent law, João Cravinho, EU ambassador to India, said on Friday.
  • 13-Apr-2013
    Iceland to sign FTA with China
    Iceland will become the first European country to sign free trade agreement with China next week, according to Prime Minister of Iceland Johanna Sigurdardottir who kicked off her visit to Beijing on Friday.
  • 12-Apr-2013 FFII
    Trade agreement with Singapore secret until it enters into force
    The EU Commission decided to keep the trade agreement with Singapore secret until it enters into force. With this decision the Commission betrays European citizens and democracy, according to the Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure (FFII).
  • 12-Apr-2013 AFP
    US gives Japan nod for mega trade pact
    The United States gave Japan the green light Friday to enter talks on a Pacific trade agreement, in the latest step forward for a pact that would account for 40 percent of the global economy.
  • 12-Apr-2013 Indian Express
    Manmohan Singh, Angela Merkel agree on concluding India-EU FTA
    India and Germany today set a target of concluding the long-awaited India-EU FTA (Free Trade Agreement) this year notwithstanding a number of unresolved issued and BJP’s demand for Parliamentary scrutiny this "highly controversial" move.
  • 12-Apr-2013 Xinhua
    EU trade guilds call for EU-India FTA
    Fifteen European business organizations issued a joint statement Friday, calling for both the European Union and India to speed up free trade agreement talks towards an ambitious trade agreement.
  • 12-Apr-2013 Reuters
    Accord USA-Japon sur un projet de libre-échange transpacifique
    Le Japon et les Etats-unis sont parvenus à un accord pour permettre à Tokyo de participer à des discussions en vue d’un pacte de libre échange trans-pacifique, emmené par les USA.
  • 11-Apr-2013
    The government is planning to announce Friday...
    The Japanese government is planning to announce Friday the results of its preliminary negotiations with the United States on Japan joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade talks, sources said Thursday.
  • 11-Apr-2013
    House Panel asks PM to defer signing of India-EU FTA
    Chairman of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce Shanta Kumar wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday, asking him to put off signing of the India-EU free trade agreement (FTA) till the committee deliberates on the issues raised before it.
  • 11-Apr-2013
    Germany voices support for FTA between India and EU
    Germany has voiced its support for an early conclusion of the long drawn out negotiations between India and the European Union on a free trade agreement, saying the move will be in the interest of both countries.
  • 11-Apr-2013 Firstpost
    India-EU FTA will imperil lives, local industry, say activists
    A large number of people living with HIV, cancer patients and health activists took to the streets of Delhi today asking government of India not to sign a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the European Union (EU) as it would be detrimental to the interests of tens of thousands of people like them in the country.
  • 11-Apr-2013 Business Recorder
    KCCI urges Belgium to facilitate signing of FTA between Pak and EU
    The Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry has urged that Belgium, being the capital of Europe and centre of European politics and policy making, should support the efforts for signing free trade agreement (FTA) between Pakistan and European Union.
  • 10-Apr-2013 Global Times
    Joining TPP best answer for worries of further US encirclement
    It is easy to perceive why China is highly apprehensive at the thought of Japan joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). This move fits into a complex pattern that has fed China’s paranoia about being encircled.
  • 10-Apr-2013 AmCham China
    AmCham China: The right time for a bilateral investment treaty
    A bilateral investment treaty should be high on the list of trade priorities for political leaders in the US and China, writes the chairman of American Chamber of Commerce China
  • 10-Apr-2013 Indian Express
    India-EU FTA talks stuck on greater concessions
    Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are likely to find large unfinished paragraphs in their India-EU free trade agreement when they meet this week.
  • 10-Apr-2013 Lexology
    Canada strengthens its ties with Africa by concluding negotiations of bilateral investment treaties
    On March 4, 2013, the Minister of International Trade of Canada announced the conclusion of the negotiations of Bilateral Investment Treaties with Cameroon and Zambia — home of iron ore, copper and other mineral deposits.
  • 10-Apr-2013 Globe and Mail
    New round of Canada-Japan trade talks coming in April
    Canada and Japan are meeting for a second round of free-trade talks this month as Ottawa tries to stay ahead of other countries looking to cut similar deals with Tokyo.
  • 10-Apr-2013 Hindu Businessline
    Automakers fear free trade pact with EU will hit investments
    Indian auto industry body Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) on Monday came with a White Paper on the India-European Union Free Trade Agreement (EU-FTA). It has said the pact will curtail investments in automotive manufacturing in India and, consequently, employment opportunities.
  • 10-Apr-2013 Sky News
    PM hails historic deal with China
    Asutralian Prime Minister Julia Gillard says talks on a free trade agreement between China and Australia will continue next month.
  • 10-Apr-2013 Infojustice
    Cambodian people’s statement on the EU-India free trade agreement on generic drugs
    We, Cambodian garment workers, sex workers, entertainment workers, people living with HIV, LGBTs, university students, feminists and human right activists from different networks and organisations came together to express our concern about the threat posed by the forthcoming EU-India free trade agreement to the lives of millions of people in Cambodia and many other developing countries across the world.