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26-Mar-2013
China, Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK) on Tuesday started the first round of trilateral talks on the free trade agreement (FTA) in the ROK’s capital, which will continue until Thursday.
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26-Mar-2013
Lexology
On 6 March 2013, Ecuador’s President, Rafael Correa, requested that Ecuador’s legislature approve the denunciation of the bilateral investment treaty (BIT) between the USA and Ecuador.
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26-Mar-2013
Two new interviews to listen to on bilaterals.org:
– An interview with John Hilary of War on Want on the EU push to establish bilateral trade agreements as part of the ’Global Europe’ trade and investment plan.
– An interview with activist Yasuo Kondo of People’s Action Against TPP who explains the Japanese social movement against the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement.
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25-Mar-2013
Minaichi
Hokkaido, Japan’s largest breadbasket prefecture, says its production of agricultural, forestry and fishery products will be halved to 524.1 billion yen if the country joins the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade talks and all relevant tariffs are lifted.
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25-Mar-2013
World War 4 Report
Neoliberalism knows no borders, so perhaps it should not come as a bolt out of the blue that the United States and European Union are set to negotiate a "Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership."
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25-Mar-2013
The Namibian
Namnibia has just over 18 months to conclude controversial trade negotiations with the European Union or lose its duty- and quota-free access for beef, fish and grapes to EU markets.
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25-Mar-2013
EU
Memo from the European Commission regarding the state of play of all EU FTAs
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25-Mar-2013
Live Mint
The FTA might enable seizure of property of generic drug makers on suspicion of IP rights infringement
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25-Mar-2013
MWE
For US companies with export interests, Japan’s participation in the TPP could mean improved access to one of the world’s largest economies for US goods, services and investments including in agriculture, insurance, medical devices, autos and pharmaceuticals.
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25-Mar-2013
Pharmabiz
The undue hurry on the ongoing negotiations between the Indian government and the European Commission (EC) to finalise the EU-India free trade agreement (FTA) has come in for sharp criticism from the NGOs working in the health sector. They have termed the government action as undemocratic.
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25-Mar-2013
Bloomberg
Mexico envisions a trade deal tying it to the European Union, US and Canada as the future of transatlantic commerce and would welcome joining talks between the US and EU, Foreign Minister Jose Antonio Meade said.
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23-Mar-2013
The Nation
Thailand has agreed to set up 14 subcommittees to consider various issues in talks for the Thailand-European Union Free-Trade Agreement in order to ensure the greatest benefits for the Kingdom.
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22-Mar-2013
CGT
The Confederación General del Trabajo (Spain), the Union Syndicale Solidaires (France) and the Central Sindical e Popular Conlutas (Brazil) have extended an international invitation to all organizations that consider themselves part of the combative trade union movement and see the need for social transformation to an international trade union meeting to be held in Paris from 22 to 24 March in order to work towards the coordination of alternative trade-unionism on an international level
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22-Mar-2013
AFP
Japan and the European Union will hold a summit next week at which they are expected to formally launch negotiations on a huge free trade deal, officials said on Friday.
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22-Mar-2013
USTR
The Obama Administration has notified US Congress of its intent to enter into negotiations on a comprehensive trade and investment agreement with the European Union, specifying its negotiating objectives.
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22-Mar-2013
Infojustice
A comparison of language between two of the most substantive and recent free trade agreements (FTAs) adopted by the US and the EU for one controversial area of IP: liability for internet service providers (ISP) for infringing content.
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21-Mar-2013
Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) could be successful if bilateral agreements between the member countries complement them.
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21-Mar-2013
President Ma Ying-jeou said Thursday that his government will work hard to create the conditions for Taiwan to participate in the U.S.-led Trans-Pacific Partnership at an appropriate time.
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21-Mar-2013
The free trade agreement that European Union is pushing India to sign could put an end to India’s status as the pharmacy of the developing providing affordable medicines, especially HIV drugs to countries like Brazil, Thailand, South Africa, Zimbabwe and several others. The negotiations with EU are on at a feverish pace this week in Brussels even before the parliamentary standing committee looking into the free trade agreements (FTAs) has submitted its report.
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21-Mar-2013
This Day
Dr. Herminio Blanco, the Mexican Candidate for the position of the Director General of the World Trade Organisation, says the rules being negotiated in the WTO are becoming obsolete when compared to free trade agreements negotiated all over the world.
