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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. -
20-Sep-2013 Xinhua
Trans Pacific free trade deal to drive up medicine costs: global health group
The Global Asthma Network warns that the proposed Pacific-wide free trade agreement could lead to higher costs for essential medicines around the world. -
20-Sep-2013 International Viewpoint
The proposed EU-US free trade agreement and the NHS
This treaty, if passed, would represent an enormous challenge to public-owned health services across Europe. -
20-Sep-2013 AP
Arbitration panel rules for Chevron on Ecuador Amazon pollution case
Plaintiffs’ hopes for collecting a $19 billion judgment awarded by an Ecuadorean court against Chevron Corp. for oil contamination in the Amazon have suffered another potential setback. -
20-Sep-2013 DG Trade
EU-Singapore FTA (draft, Sep 2013)
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20-Sep-2013 KUNA
EU, Singapore ready to sign free trade deal
The EU and Singapore Friday moved closer to signing a Free Trade Agreement after they released the draft text of the deal for approval and ratification by the two sides. -
20-Sep-2013 Stabroek News
Ramotar: Has any Caribbean country benefited from EU trade deal?
“I think it is time that we evaluate whether any Caribbean country has actually benefitted in a tangible way from the implementation of the EPA, and if not, why,” Guyana’s President Donald Ramotar told European Union officials. -
19-Sep-2013 VNN
Chinese investors flock to Vietnam to wait for TPP
Three years ago, Chinese businessmen, when asked if they would make investment in Vietnam, all said “no.” However, they have changed their mind. -
19-Sep-2013 The Guardian
Colombia is latest addition to pantheon of free-trade follies
The failure of free-trade agreements has repeatedly highlighted the need for more humane, intelligent agricultural interventions -
19-Sep-2013 The Nation
Activists warn of EU FTA dangers
While Thai authorities trumpet the progress of the second round of negotiations for a free-trade agreement with the European Union, activists are harsh in their opposition, particularly on the opening up of the pharmaceutical and agricultural sectors. -
19-Sep-2013 CNN
Chevron wins major arbitration victory
In an apparent coup for the oil giant’s efforts to undermine a $19 billion environmental judgment in Ecuador, an international tribunal has suggested that the Ecuadorians’ claims in that case were all settled and extinguished in 1995 -
18-Sep-2013 IB Times
Bilateral trade agreement on ice as Brazil’s Dilma Rousseff cancels US visit
Dilma Rousseff cancels visit and mutual trade pact on revelations that US’ National Security Agency hacked into presidential emails -
18-Sep-2013 The Hill
China’s interest grows in joining an Asia-Pacific trade deal
China’s tnterest in eventually joining an Asia-Pacific trade agreement is growing considerably, US business officials say. -
18-Sep-2013 INTA
EU-China investment talks: no EP consent without transparency, Trade MEPs warn
EU-China talks on an investment and market access accord will touch interests that are highly sensitive for the EU public and must be conducted "with the highest possible level of transparency" and subject to parliamentary oversight, says the European Parliament’s International Trade Committee -
18-Sep-2013 China Daily
Xi seeks to resume FTA talks with Arab states
President Xi Jinping on Monday called for an early restart of negotiations for a free trade area between China and the Gulf Cooperation Council, which Xi called an important partner of China. -
18-Sep-2013 dpa
Hundreds protest Thai-EU free trade talks in northern Thailand
Hundreds of Thais gathered in the northern city of Chiang Mai Wednesday to protest against talks on establishing a Free Trade Agreement between Thailand and the European Union.