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21-Mar-2013 Newsroom Panama
Panama-Colombia free trade talks stall
The sixth round of negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement between Panama and Colombia in Medellin, closed in Medellin last Friday without any agreement being reached. -
21-Mar-2013 China Daily
US says trade talks are ajar for China
The United States remains open to including China in a Pacific free-trade zone, Washington’s top trade official said less than a week after Japan asked to join the negotiations. -
21-Mar-2013 Hankyoreh
US hoping South Korea will join trans-pacific partnership
To counter China, US is seeking to expand its presence in the Asia-Pacific region, and wants SK as a partner -
21-Mar-2013 Asia Times Online
EU-Vietnam weigh FTA
While both sides agree an FTA would on the whole be mutually beneficial, negotiations will likely be complicated by the potential socio-economic impacts a pact would have on Vietnam’s fragile transitional economy. -
21-Mar-2013
CALL TO ACTION! Deal a decisive blow to Neoliberalism - End the WTO and Stop the new wave of Free Trade Agreements - The time is now for Economic Justice!
The Indonesian People’s Movement Against Neocolonialism-Imperialism (Gerak Lawan) would like to work hand in hand with other movements in Asia and around the world, to dismantle the ongoing efforts to revive the WTO in the upcoming Ministerial meeting to be held in Bali, Indonesia on 3-6 December 2013. -
21-Mar-2013 EU
EU roadmap for Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)
Indicative roadmap prepared by the European Commission for the EU-US FTA negotiations -
20-Mar-2013 EurActiv
France draws red lines for EU-US free trade negotiations
Food safety, GMO cultivation and France’s cherished “cultural exception” for audiovisual services are non-negotiable areas in view of upcoming EU-US free trade talks, the French stressed. The message was apparently well received by the European Commission in Brussels. -
19-Mar-2013 Infojustice
Civil society statement – No copyright in the EU-US trade agreement!
"From a democratic perspective, we believe that important rules governing technology, health, and culture should be debated in the US Congress, the European Parliament, national parliaments, and other transparent forums where all stakeholders can be heard—not in closed negotiations that give privileged access to corporate insiders." -
19-Mar-2013
Mass rally against EU-FTA held
A mass rally cum public meeting protesting against the proposed India- EU FTA was held today at Kumbi in Bishnupur district, said a release of United Community Development Platform, Moirang. -
19-Mar-2013 Japan Times
TPP entry could pave way for US LNG deal
Japan’s bid to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiations may make it easier for it to import liquefied natural gas from the United States, a prospect that is raising the hackles of environmental groups. -
19-Mar-2013 PNN
European lawmakers urge suspension of agreement with Israel
Palestinian official news agency WAFA reports that European parliamentarians wrote European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton last week calling on her to suspend the Association Agreement with Israel because of the latter’s violation of the terms of the agreement. -
19-Mar-2013 Live Mint
Multinational firms look for tax shields in bilateral pacts
The aggressive push by India’s tax department to increase revenue has prompted several multinational companies to informally seek the views of lawyers and consultants about invoking bilateral investment promotion and protection agreements to resist the government’s demands for more money. -
19-Mar-2013 TechDirt
Now US wants Transatlantic Free Trade Agreement with European Union to include Turkey: who’s next?
Some media are reporting talk of Mexico and Turkey joining the EU-US FTA. -
19-Mar-2013 China Post
Germany, EU keen to clinch Thai FTA within two years: ambassador
Germany and the entire European Union are ready to provide maximum cooperation for conclusion of the Thai-EU free-trade agreement in two years’ time, for a win-win scenario for both parties, German Ambassador to Thailand Rolf Schulze said. -
18-Mar-2013 Yomiuri Shimbun
Effects of joining TPP mixed / Though imports would become cheaper, some fear threats to food safety
How would livelihoods in Japan be changed by membership in the TPP? View from the Yomiuri Shimbun -
16-Mar-2013 Eurogroup for animals
New briefing on the EU-Morocco FTA
Eurogroup for Animals released a brief insight into different ways how the EU and Morocco could include animal welfare in their Free Trade Agreement discussions. -
15-Mar-2013 Tax-News
TPP talks ’on track’ for 2013 conclusion
At the close of the 10-day 16th round of Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations on March 13, 2013, in Singapore, the Office of the United States Trade Representative reported that the talks had been placed on an accelerated track toward conclusion of the trade agreement this year. -
15-Mar-2013 Bloomberg
Japan may open beef in TPP trade talks, former adviser says
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe may sacrifice barriers protecting Japan’s beef and wheat farmers as he joins the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade talks, said a former government adviser on farm policy. -
15-Mar-2013 Hankyoreh
Still many unresolved issues with the KORUS FTA
One year after the South Korea-United States Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA) took effect, many issues between the two sides remain unaddressed. -
15-Mar-2013 AFP
EU-Canada free-trade agreement could lay groundwork for larger accord with US
If Europe can secure a free trade deal with Canada, it would lay the groundwork for a planned, much larger accord with the United States, French and Canadian leaders said Thursday.