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14-Dec-2011
Peru-Panama FTA to come into force in 1Q 2012
Peruvian Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism Jose Luis Silva on Wednesday said that the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) signed with Panama will come into effect in the first quarter of 2012 after being approved by the National Assembly of said Central American country on Tuesday. -
14-Dec-2011 Socialist Worker Online
Occupy Seoul activists rally against neoliberalism on day of action
Occupy Seoul has helped to revitalise the campaign against the neoliberal Korea-US Free Trade Agreement -
14-Dec-2011 Manila Bulletin
PJEPA review reset to January
Negotiations for the general review of the Philippines-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement, originally scheduled this month, have been moved to January next year. -
14-Dec-2011 VietnamNet
MOIT: Russia considers FTA with Vietnam a breakthrough in Asean
Vietnam has agreed to kick off the negotiation for FTA with the Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan in 2012 -
14-Dec-2011 CKUT
Harper’s attempt to quietly sign the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement with the European Union
An audio report from a protest against the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) in Quebec City
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13-Dec-2011 Xinhua
Turkey mulls suspension of free trade agreement with Syria
Turkey’s Economy Ministry has drafted a decree on suspension of free trade agreement with Syria amid ongoing bilateral diplomatic friction, Turkish semi-official Anatolia news agency reported Friday. -
13-Dec-2011 Yonhap
Thousands of Koreans stage street protest against free trade deal with US
Thousands of people rallied in downtown Seoul Saturday in protest of a free trade agreement (FTA) South Korea has signed with the United States, arguing that it unfairly favors Washington. -
13-Dec-2011 The Messenger
EU-Georgia free trade agreement takes step closer to reality
The EU and Georgia have launched negotiations on a "deep and comprehensive" free trade agreement -
12-Dec-2011 Be Your Own Leader
The Pretext for a North American Homeland Security Perimeter
A North American Homeland Security perimeter goes well beyond keeping people safe from any perceived threats. It is a means to secure trade, resources, as well as corporate interests and is a pretext for control over the continent. Ultimately, the U.S. wants the final say on who is allowed to enter and who is allowed to leave. -
12-Dec-2011 Ecofair Trade Dialogue
New EU trade agreement: Right to food in India threatened
MISEREOR, the Heinrich Böll Foundation, the Third World Network, Anthra and Glopolis decided to conduct their own civil society impact assessment of the proposed EU-India FTA with a focus on the right to food. -
12-Dec-2011 Greens/EFA
Conference on human rights and the EU-India free trade agreement
VIdeo of a conference organised by the Greens / European Free Alliance in the European Parliament on 8 December 2011
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9-Dec-2011 ACP
ACP Group and Brazil make ‘historic’ step towards closer South-South relations
The African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP Group) and the Federative Republic of Brazil today signed a landmark agreement to build South-South solidarity through enhanced technical cooperation and dialogue between the two parties. -
9-Dec-2011 NJGI
Global investment rules: Threat to democracy and the environment
Told through the voices of people working to battle the injustices of these rules from countries across the world, the video is a vibrant and visual way to help people understand what is at stake, for our rights, for the environment and for democracy.
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9-Dec-2011
EU-India FTA negotiations: DNP+ protest
DNP+ believes that IP should be completely be removed from the trade negotiations. -
9-Dec-2011
Legal scholars release critical analysis of US proposals for IP and pharmaceutical chapters of the TPP
The scholars’ analysis concludes that the "US proposals, if adopted, would upset the current international framework balancing the minimum standards for exclusive rights for media and technology owners, on the one hand, and the access rights of the public, competitors, innovators and creators, on the other." -
9-Dec-2011 TWN
Will the US push for non-labelling of GMOs in trade pact?
Commentators are worried that the US may be pressuring countries in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) - an Asia-Pacific-wide free trade pact - to abolish the labelling of GM foods, which it regards as a trade barrier. -
8-Dec-2011
EU set to launch free trade zone talks with Moldova
The European Union has officially announced that it is preparing to start negotiations to form a free trade zone with Moldova and Georgia, the Moldovan Foreign Affairs and European Integration Ministry said in a press release, received by Interfax on Tuesday. -
8-Dec-2011
ECOWAS Common External Tariff: Examining Pitfalls and Perks
The 11th Meeting of the joint ECOWAS-UEMOA Committee for the Management of the ECOWAS Common External Tariff (CET) opened in Cotonou, Benin Republic on December 5, to review the draft CET Nomenclature, based on the 2012 version of the Harmonized System and the draft ECOWAS CET prepared by the two regional blocs in Banjul, The Gambia, last April. -
8-Dec-2011
Japan’s Canadian auto units want Ottawa to strike free-trade deal
The Canadian units of the Japanese auto makers are spearheading an effort to persuade Ottawa to begin negotiations with Japan on a bilateral free-trade agreement amid a new, more liberal attitude the Asian nation is taking toward such deals. -
8-Dec-2011
EPAs ‘threaten key sectors’
The signing of the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) between Europe and the East African bloc (EAC-EPAs) is still uncertain due to disagreements on a number of issues at regional level, as some stakeholders think the signing should not be effected unless some changes are made on the agreement.