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19-May-2011
AFL-CIO
The Obama administration announced yesterday that because Guatemala has not taken sufficient steps to effectively enforce its labor laws, as required under the Dominican Republic-Central American Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA), it is requesting a meeting of the Free Trade Commission.
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19-May-2011
Leaders of South Korea’s largest business groups urged the nation’s parliament Thursday to quickly ratify a free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States signed four years ago.
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19-May-2011
Economic Times
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will next week lay out a new multi-pronged strategy to engage Africa, a move that aims to counter China’s rising clout in the continent.
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19-May-2011
In These Times
Lawmakers and corporations have worked hard these past few weeks to cinch a slew of free trade agreements in Congress, eager to repeat the tried-and-true formula of shifting jobs overseas and undermining working conditions at home and abroad. But just as the ink was starting to dry, something got in the way: workers.
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19-May-2011
Kuomingtang News
The European Parliament unanimously adopted a resolution to “strongly support” the concluding of an economic cooperation agreement between Taiwan and the European Union (EU).
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19-May-2011
St Kitts & Nevis Observer
During the upcoming 32nd Meeting of the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) in Georgetown, Guyana, the packed agenda will include updates with respect to on-going negotiations with Canada
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19-May-2011
ToI
The possibility of fully-built vehicles being included in India’s FTA with EU — home to auto majors like Volkswagen, BMW, Mercedes Benz, Fiat and Renault — is causing considerable heartburn in the auto industry.
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19-May-2011
VNN
The progress in negotiations over a free trade agreement between Vietnam and EU has almost ground to a halt since senior officials of both sides early last year agreed to start the talks.
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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.
