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19-May-2011
Yomiuri Shimbun
Business circles are increasingly worried a delay in Japan’s entry into the multilateral Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact would exacerbate the hollowing out of domestic industries.
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19-May-2011
infojustice
A group of 28 US Senators has written President Obama urging his administration to include “the highest level of IP protections” in the Trans Pacific Partnership.
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18-May-2011
Be Your Own Leader
The proposed Canada-U.S. trade and security perimeter agreement supports the process of deregulation. This new bilateral undertaking is being sold as vital to the safety and prosperity of both countries. A North American security perimeter goes well beyond keeping the U.S. safe from any perceived threats. It is a means to secure trade, resources and corporate interests. Much like the whole deep integration agenda, regulatory harmonization is taking incremental steps with the goal of achieving a single unified North American regulatory regime.
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17-May-2011
Bloomberg
US Trade Representative Ron Kirk asked an international commission to investigate Guatemala’s alleged failure to enforce worker protections, the first labor case brought by the US against a trade-accord partner.
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17-May-2011
Japan Times
Japan and Peru plan to sign a bilateral free-trade agreement around the end of this month during a visit to Japan by a Peruvian minister, according to sources in both governments.
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17-May-2011
The Australian
Japan has finally admitted it will not be able to decide by next month whether it should join the emerging US-backed trade bloc, the Trans Pacific Partnership.
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17-May-2011
PSE
Despite warm words about providing aid during Japan’s hour of need, substantial steps towards a free trade agreement with the European Union are unlikely to come out of the bilateral summit at the end of May, says Public Service Europe
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17-May-2011
Vox
In the bilateral game, the US has enormous advantages – its huge market for imports, and its huge willingness to internationalise its supply chain via FDI, offshoring, etc. But it also has the big disadvantages – its agriculture and labour interests.
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17-May-2011
Trade Minister Tim Groser is optimistic key elements of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement will be hammered out at a meeting of Apec trade ministers in the United States this week.
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17-May-2011
India’s proposed free trade agreement (FTA) with the European Union could include tariff reduction on import of vehicles as well as automotive components.
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17-May-2011
Huffington Post
Recent documents obtained by the National Security Archive at George Washington University from the US Justice Department show that Chiquita Brands International, in direct contradiction of the claims of both Chiquita and the US government for many years, made illegal payments to both guerrilla groups and then AUC death squads over the course of about 14 years in return for security from these groups.
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16-May-2011
The ruling Grand National Party and the Blue House increasingly raised their voices yesterday to stress that Korea’s legislature should approve the long-pending Korea-U.S. free trade agreement before August.
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16-May-2011
The White House is threatening to hold up final passage of three coveted free trade agreements unless lawmakers expand retraining assistance for American workers who lose their jobs because of foreign competition.
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16-May-2011
Trade and Industry Minister Lim Hng Kiang said Singapore’s negotiations for Free Trade Agreements with the European Union and the nine-member Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) are progressing well since talks began last year.
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16-May-2011
South Korean civic organization MINBYUN-Lawyers for a Democratic Society filed an administrative lawsuit against the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) on May 15, demanding that the ministry make public a letter on professional worker visa quotas that former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Kim Hyun-chong is said to have received from the U.S. administration.
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16-May-2011
Himalayan Times
Nepal and Bhutan will sign a trade agreement during the second joint secretary level meeting scheduled for May 24-25.
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16-May-2011
BusinessWorld
The Philippines Department of Trade and Industry has started a series of consultations with the public and stakeholders on the possibility of a preferential trade agreement between the Philippines and the EU.
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16-May-2011
Yomiuri Shimbun
The government should promptly decide to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement and implement bold agricultural reforms in the disaster-hit Tohoku region, writes the Yomiuri Shimbun
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16-May-2011
Bangkok Post
With Asean FTA off the table, country-by-country talks are moving slowly, with some major sticking points
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15-May-2011
The Federation of Employers’ Associations of West Africa has organised a capacity building workshop to inform, sensitise and train members on their Annual Operation Plan.
