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  • 3-Sep-2012 Liberation News
    Regional cooperation or ‘free trade’?
    Ché Guevara once summarized “free trade” between the imperialist and underdeveloped countries as a “free fox among free chickens.”
  • 3-Sep-2012 Yomiuri Shimbun
    Pact among ASEAN, partners could kickstart Japan’s stalled policy
    The agreement reached Thursday to start negotiations in November for a new regional economic and trade area among ASEAN countries and six partners, including Japan, is a lifeline for the nation, as its trade policy has come to an impasse.
  • 3-Sep-2012 Rappler
    Free trade agreements ’more political than economic’
    State-owned think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) said Free Trade Agreements are only political agreements more than economic.
  • 2-Sep-2012
    S. Korea proposes talks on bilateral economic partnership with Russia
    South Korea’s finance minister proposed resuming talks with Russia on bilateral economic partnership in order to establish a stronger cooperation framework between the two countries, his officials here said Wednesday.
  • 2-Sep-2012
    Nation Must Review Its Trade Pacts, Kadin Says
    The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce said that the nation is not yet ready to enter into a trade pact known as the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement with another country because deficits are widening in Indonesia’s trade balance.
  • 2-Sep-2012
    Pharma exports: India asks Japan to remove non-tariff barriers
    India has asked Japan to remove all non-tax barriers to help the domestic industry take advantage of the comprehensive free-trade agreement and increase share in the Japanese market.
  • 2-Sep-2012
    Pak-US hectic talks on BIT draft
    Pakistan and the United States remained engaged on Friday to narrow their differences over the draft of Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) which Islamabad and Washington have been discussing since March 2012
  • 31-Aug-2012
    Pan-Asian FTA possible
    Sixteen nations home to roughly half the world’s population have agreed "in principle" to create a free trade area spanning Asia, according to Asean secretary-general Surin Pitsuwan.
  • 30-Aug-2012
    Pakistan, China FTA review: MoI, industrialists begin consultations
    Ministry of Industries (MoI) has started consulting with industrial representatives ahead of talks between Pakistan and China as part of the process to review Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Both countries signed FTA on November 24, 2006 which according to business circles has hurt some local industries very badly.
  • 30-Aug-2012
    Taiwan’s dignity should be maintained in FTA signings: academic
    Taiwan should maintain its dignity when it signs Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with other countries, a National Taiwan University professor said Wednesday.
  • 30-Aug-2012 Bangkok Post
    Civic groups voice FTA worries
    Civil society organisations have expressed concerns about Thai-European Union free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations to the European Parliament, which has expressed full support for the pact.
  • 30-Aug-2012 Infojustice
    18 Thai civil society groups urge EU Parliament delegation to reconsider TRIPS-plus provisions in EU-Thailand FTA
    The letter warns that the TRIPS-Plus provisions in the trade agreement between EU and Thailand – including border measures, data exclusivity, patent term extensions, and protection for new indications – would block access to generic medicines.
  • 29-Aug-2012
    India, ASEAN to review talks on FTA in services and investments
    Trade ministers of India and 10-member ASEAN will review the progress of ongoing negotiations to widen the base of free trade agreement between them by including services and investments.
  • 29-Aug-2012
    Pacific leaders urged to wrap up talks on trade deal
    Pacific members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) were urged Tuesday to wrap up talks on a trade deal with the European Union this year.
  • 29-Aug-2012 Be Your Own Leader
    Growing Opposition to the Canada-EU Trade Agreement
    The whole process has lacked openness, transparency and any public consultations. In Canada, there are concerns over the threat it poses to local democracy. This includes fears of deregulation and privatization, as well the expansion of corporate investor rights.
  • 29-Aug-2012 Reuters
    Australia scraps carbon floor price, agrees EU link
    Australia and the European Commission on Tuesday agreed to link their carbon trading schemes by 2018, allowing Australian companies to buy cheaper EU carbon credits and providing a much-needed boost for the flagging European market.
  • 28-Aug-2012 IBNS
    India, Canada start negotiating CEPA
    India and Canada have commenced negotiations towards a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) covering Trade in Services, Trade in Goods, Sanitary and Phyto-sanitary Measures, Rules of Origin, Technical Barriers to Trade etc.
  • 27-Aug-2012 The Guardian
    The Pacific free trade deal that’s anything but free
    Just Foreign Policy is offering a reward, now up to $21,100, to WikiLeaks if it publishes a draft copy of the TPP. People could add to the reward fund, or if in a position to do so, make a copy of the draft agreement available to the world.
  • 27-Aug-2012
    Negotiations between EAC, EPA on track despite hitches
    East Africa Community (EAC) General Secretary, Dr Richard Sezibera said despite progress made in the ongoing negotiations in the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union, there were still contentious issues to be addressed.
  • 27-Aug-2012
    S. Korea says Japan free trade talks ‘difficult’ due to tensions
    South Korea said resuming negotiations with Japan over a free trade agreement will be difficult given a maritime territorial spat.