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15-Jun-2012
Colombia Reports
Colombia’s trade minister announced Thursday that the free trade agreement with the European Union would be finalized June 26.
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14-Jun-2012
DN!
A draft agreement leaked Wednesday shows the Obama administration is pushing a secretive trade agreement that could vastly expand corporate power and directly contradict a 2008 campaign promise by President Obama.
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14-Jun-2012
Al Jazeera
South Africa’s recent demand that products originating in Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank and Golan Heights remove the label "Made in Israel" is extremely significant - much more so than the European Union’s decision to deny these products preferential status and subject them to customs duty.
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14-Jun-2012
Korea Times
Korea’s auto trade group refuted Wednesday European carmakers’ allegation that the free trade agreement between Korea and the European Union solely contributed to a sharp rise in Korean car sales in Europe.
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14-Jun-2012
Reuters
The European Parliament on Wednesday requested a delay in negotiations on an EU-Japan free-trade agreement (FTA) because of concerns over trade barriers, for the first time using new powers to try to hold up trade deals.
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14-Jun-2012
The Namibian
To finalise an EPA acceptable to Namibia will take at least 18 months. Namibia is therefore lobbying to get the deadline postponed to January 2016.
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14-Jun-2012
IPS
Caught between a proverbial rock and a hard place, African and Pacific countries are still unsure whether they should follow the lead of their Caribbean counterparts and sign a wide-ranging Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with Europe.
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13-Jun-2012
The Trans Pacific Partnership agreement being negotiated at present would open up New Zealand Governments to litigation for tightening regulations in such areas as gas and oil and exploration or even introducing a capital gains tax, according to Professor Jane Kelsey of Auckland University.
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13-Jun-2012
Public Citizen
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13-Jun-2012
Huffington Post
A critical document from President Barack Obama’s free trade negotiations with eight Pacific nations was leaked online early Wednesday morning, revealing that the administration intends to bestow radical new political powers upon multinational corporations, contradicting prior promises.
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13-Jun-2012
Bernama
South Korea has proposed to Malaysia to have a dedicated free trade agreement (FTA) with that country, Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said today.
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13-Jun-2012
Daily Yomiuri
The European Commission will suspend planned talks with Japan on a bilateral economic partnership agreement if Tokyo fails to remove nontariff trade barriers as it pledged, a senior member of the commission said Monday.
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12-Jun-2012
Be Your Own Leader
The DHS recently unveiled a northern border strategy which seeks to address security concerns, while at the same time facilitating the flow of lawful travel and trade.
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11-Jun-2012
The Government says New Zealand’s robust dairy sector is the main sticking point in brokering a free-trade deal with Russia.
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11-Jun-2012
On 5 June 2012 the arbitral tribunal of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) adopted the decision on the case initiated by Caratube International Oil Company LLP (CIOC) against the Republic of Kazakhstan.
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11-Jun-2012
AFP
Larger trade talks between Taiwan and the United States have stalled as a result of the country’s indecision about accepting US beef imports.
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11-Jun-2012
Korea Herald
Retail prices of imported whisky from Europe have not dropped but climbed in the local market despite the Korea-EU Free Trade Agreement which took effect in July 1, 2011, according to Korea’s antitrust regulator.
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10-Jun-2012
Hyderabad/The India-Asean Free Trade Agreement (FTA) is under-utilised, as it has more potential for increasing bilateral trade, according to Mr Vichael Angelo, Commercial Attache, the Philippines Department of Trade & Industry.
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10-Jun-2012
Kenya could lose heavily if Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) are not signed, Musa Sirma, East African Community (EAC) minister said.
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10-Jun-2012
Southern African Development Community (SADC) integration is compounded by the ongoing Economic Partnership Agreements’ (EPAs) trade negotiations between the European Union (EU), a SADC official said on Wednesday.
