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17-Oct-2013 Les Echos
Stephen Harper à Bruxelles pour conclure l’accord de libre-échange Canada-UE (officiel)
Le Premier ministre canadien Stephen Harper se rendra à Bruxelles jeudi en vue de conclure l’accord de libre-échange que le Canada et l’Union européenne négocient depuis plus de quatre ans, a annoncé mercredi soir son porte-parole. -
16-Oct-2013 The National
Conservatives open door to free trade with EU after reaching cheese import deal
Negotiators have agreed to double the amount of European cheese imported into Canada — to around 30,000 tonnes a year — in order to get the Europeans on board. -
16-Oct-2013 Huffington Post
Lose the double standard around foreign investment in Canada
Should the "right" of a foreign corporation to make a profit trump governments’ attempts to create local jobs, improve environmental regulations or establish laws that raise royalty rates? Most Canadians would say no. But that’s what their government is pushing poor countries to accept if they want Canadian investment. -
16-Oct-2013 FT
Japan politicians criticise Shinzo Abe’s trade pact push
“Why should Japan take its own underpants off?” a parliamentarian from rural Toyama prefecture told reporters last week, after a senior Japanese negotiator suggested that Tokyo may have to make concessions over a set of highly protected agricultural products. -
16-Oct-2013 The Diplomat
Can $150 melons boost Japan’s post-TPP agriculture exports?
While Japanese farmers fret that the TPP will cut import tariffs and flood the domestic market with cheap foreign produce, Abe sees the potential for an increase in luxury food exports – specifically pertaining to Japan’s world-class fruit, rice and beef. -
16-Oct-2013 FIS
Anfaco insists on excluding Thai tuna from EU-Thailand FTA
Spain’s National Association of Manufacturers of Canned Fish and Shellfish (Anfaco Cecopesca) is to once again ask the authorities of the European Union for the exclusion of Thai tuna from the free trade agreement that the European bloc is negotiating with Thailand. -
15-Oct-2013 Sky News
Divisions grow in govt over farm buyouts
Divisions within the Australian government over foreign ownership of farmland appear to be deepening, with Labor accusing the coalition of speaking with two heads about Chinese investment. -
15-Oct-2013 Andina
Peru’s FTA with Thailand to increase exports of grapes and fish
The recent free trade agreement with Thailand is expected to allow Peruvian producers to increase their exports of grapes, canned food, flour and fish, Peru’s Foreign Trade and Tourism Minister announced Monday. -
14-Oct-2013 FT
Green and consumer groups voice fears over EU-US trade agreement
As negotiations get under way for an EU-US trade agreement, European environmental and consumer groups are mobilising to contest a pact they believe would lower standards for everything from apples to automobiles. -
14-Oct-2013 PTI
EU Parliament panel may raise FTA issue with Anand Sharma
India-EU free trade agreement is expected to be a major issue that will come up in the meeting between a high-level delegation of European Parliament’s panel on international trade and Commerce Minister Anand Sharma. -
14-Oct-2013 Inside Costa Rica
After 6 years, some continue struggle against FTA with United States
The group which emerged as the “Patriotic Committee” nearly six years ago as Costa Rica held a national referendum which ultimately ended with the signing of the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) with the United States, continues its struggle against the agreement, known locally as TLC. -
14-Oct-2013 Arab News
GCC-Singapore free trade deal boon for Saudi firms
The Saudi-Singapore Business Council is encouraging Saudi investors to invest in Singapore instead of Europe, using the GCC-Singapore FTA as a launching pad into China. -
11-Oct-2013 The Australian
Australia: Farmers seek bigger slice of FTAs
Australian farmers are demanding that Tony Abbott’s proposed free trade deals with China, Japan and South Korea unlock a greater share of Asian markets that are predicted to expand agricultural imports by more than $90 billion in real terms by 2050. -
11-Oct-2013 Computerworld
TTIP Update III
Glyn Moody addresses the EU’s latest document "Incorrect claims about investor-state dispute settlement" -
11-Oct-2013 Malay Mail
At summit, Kerry’s visit draws 100 anti-TPPA protestors
About 100 people railed in Kuala Lumpur against the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) as US Secretary of State John Kerry rubbed shoulders with Malaysian government officials at an entrepreneurial summit in the capital city. -
11-Oct-2013 Daily News
PM calls for economic accord with Indonesia, wider trade
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday called for a comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) with Indonesia, saying that such an accord would open up the potential on both sides and provide impetus to growth. -
11-Oct-2013 USCIB
Putting the I In TTIP: The necessity of a strong investment chapter
United States Council for International Business (USCIB) argues for a strong investment chapter in the EU-US FTA (TTIP) -
11-Oct-2013 NY Times
European officials consulted business leaders on trade pact
Long before trade negotiations began with the United States this summer, European officials were consulting with business leaders from both sides of the Atlantic on how to structure a free-trade pact. -
11-Oct-2013 Teamsters
Hoffa: Secret US-Euro backroom trade talks are more of the same
An article in today’s New York Times details how corporate leaders met last year with European officials on the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) months before trade negotiations officially began. -
10-Oct-2013 Astro Awani
Malaysia can still walk away from TPPA, says analyst
Malaysia is still able to walk out from the contentious Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement, says RAM Holdings group chief economist Dr Yeah Kim Leng