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14-Nov-2013 Bangkok Post
Seed prices a tough nut in Thai-EU free trade talks
Concerns that the Thai-EU Free Trade Agreement will cause a huge hike in seed prices are "an extreme view", industry experts say, adding that "farmers should accept the fact that prices will be higher for hybrid seeds with higher yields". -
14-Nov-2013 Global Meat News
Russia bans two Ukraine meat firms, as meat war threatens
In a bid to force Ukraine to abandon the signing of a free trade agreement with the EU, Russian veterinary service Rosselkhoznadzor has banned meat imports from two Ukrainian companies in the first step of a possible meat war that could seriously damage the Ukrainian industry. -
14-Nov-2013 Xinhua
EU, Vietnam expect to sign FTA pact in 2014
The European Union and Vietnam are working to conclude negotiations on a free trade agreement by late 2014 -
14-Nov-2013 Reuters
Consumer, green groups voice fears over EU-US trade deal
Consumers risk losing out in a planned free-trade deal between Europe and the United States if big business succeeds in loosening standards, European consumer and environmental groups warned on Tuesday. -
14-Nov-2013 The Guardian
WikiLeaks publishes secret draft chapter of Trans-Pacific Partnership
WikiLeaks has released the draft text of a chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement, a multilateral free-trade treaty currently being negotiated in secret by 12 Pacific Rim nations. -
13-Nov-2013
Robb hopeful free trade deals can be made
The man tasked with finalising three major free trade agreements for Australia within 12 months says he’s hopeful it can be done. -
13-Nov-2013
Ukraine-EU trade deal: Business seeks delay, quarreling MP’s stall
Ukraine’s prospect of signing a key Euro-integration deal this month remains questionable. Its big business suggests delaying the move by at least a year, while parliament has stalled a vote that could release ex-PM Tymoshenko. -
13-Nov-2013
Hungary supports EU-Singapore free trade agreement
Hungary has given its strong support for the early ratification of the European Union-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (FTA). -
13-Nov-2013
Concerns over FTA with EU raised
While details of a possible trade pact between the Philippines and the European Union (EU) have yet to be finalized, a non-government organization has expressed concern that the agreement would be too ambitious for the Philippines and undermine its development. -
13-Nov-2013 Reuters
Ecuador high court upholds Chevron verdict, halves fine
Ecuador’s highest court upheld a verdict that US oil company Chevron Corp is responsible for pollution in an Amazon rainforest, but halved the fine imposed in a previous trial to $9.5 billion, a decision the company dismissed as illegitimate. -
13-Nov-2013
Roadblocks revealed in TPP talks
Leaked details of free trade negotiations between New Zealand and the United States show the two countries are in stark opposition on a number of key areas. -
13-Nov-2013 The Guardian
Developing countries are right to resist restrictive trade agreements
International investment agreements are once again in the news. The United States is trying to impose a strong investment pact within the two big so-called "partnership" agreements, one bridging the Atlantic, the other the Pacific, that are now being negotiated. But there is growing opposition to such moves, writes Joseph Stiglitz. -
13-Nov-2013 Business Report
EU angry as investment policy levels playing field
Is there something the EU trade guys know that they’re not telling the rest of us? Have they got wind of a dastardly ANC plan to expropriate all European-owned assets in South Africa? -
13-Nov-2013 Bangkok Post
EU-Thailand partnership signed
The European Union and Thailand have finalised the text of a Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA), according to a press statement from the EU office in Bangkok. -
13-Nov-2013 Global Research
Militarization and the Trans-Pacific “strategic economic” Partnership
The TPP has been mostly framed as a secret free-trade agreement but it has in large part taken the form of a policy initiative called the Pacific Pivot, a shifting of military resources into the Pacific. -
13-Nov-2013 AFP
Ukrainian chances of clinching EU deal begin to fade
Ukraine’s union of industrialists and businessmen late Tuesday called on President Yanukovych to delay the signing of the deal by one year, saying it was damaging trade relations with Russia and Kazakhstan. -
12-Nov-2013
Harper moves to give up more Canadian sovereignty
Tthe Harper government recently committed Canada to ratify the ICSID Convention. -
12-Nov-2013
No assurance on MFN from Pak
No assurance was given by the Pakistan government on Tuesday for granting India the Most Favoured Nation trade status, almost a year after it missed the deadline to do so in order to normalise bilateral trading relations. -
12-Nov-2013
Free trade agreements are a concern for local industry: Poll
Australian industry is concerned about the impact of FTAs which the government is attempting to forge with China, South Korea and Japan. -
12-Nov-2013
India’s imports gained while exports grew negligibly from FTAs: ASSOCHAM study
After signing 15 regional and bilateral free trade agreements, India’s exports to these partner countries either stagnated or registered minimal growth, according to a study by The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India.