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  • 18-Jul-2011 just-style.com
    US: Garment industry backs ’yarn forward’ rule in TPP pact
    The US garment industry is supporting a "yarn forward" rule of origin proposed by the US Trade Representative (USTR) during the latest round of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement negotiations. However, Vietnam presents a "special case".
  • 18-Jul-2011 La Presse Canadienne
    Libre échange avec l’UE: Ottawa et les provinces devront se concerter
    Alors que les négociations portant sur la conclusion d’un accord de libre-échange entre le Canada et l’Union européenne entrent dans le dernier droit, le gouvernement fédéral et les provinces sont placés devant la difficile tâche de s’entendre sur les concessions qu’ils sont prêts à faire pour plaire à l’autre partie.
  • 18-Jul-2011 FPIF
    The audacity of free trade agreements
    As the US economy struggles to regain its footing, the best way to rebuild stability is to learn from mistakes of the past and strive for greater equity. A necessary step is to reject the Colombia, South Korea, and Panama Free Trade Agreements.
  • 18-Jul-2011 Indian Wine Academy
    Wine and spirits delay EU FTA with India
    After a barrage of print media giving high hopes for the EU to sign FTA with India thus reducing duties on imported wines and spirits from EU, it has resigned to the reality that the Free Trade Agreement between the two in the final stage is now being delayed because of the issue of lowering of duties on wines & spirits and cars, with India refusing to lower the tariffs due to a strong domestic lobby.
  • 18-Jul-2011 Korea Times
    Fruit stalls Korea-Colombia FTA
    Both Korea and Colombia agree in principle on the need for a fast free trade agreement (FTA) but they just cannot nail it because Korea is not ready to accommodate what Colombia wants ― better terms for its fruits and flowers than what Korea gives Peru and Chile.
  • 18-Jul-2011
    Group calls for more transparency in European trade negotiations
    A group of concerned citizens is warning Canadians don’t know what they are in for as Canada inches closer towards a free trade deal with Europe.
  • 17-Jul-2011
    ’Free’ trade deals are bad for Mass. cities like Fall River
    Long before 2008, when Wall Street’s unchecked greed brought the world’s economy to its knees, we in the middle class could feel our future slipping away. We knew that we were working longer and harder — we could clearly see that even with two salaries, most families had less disposable income than families did in the ’60s and ’70s when one income was the norm.
  • 17-Jul-2011
    SOCMA offers support for free trade pacts with South Korea, Panama, and Colombia
    The Society of Chemical Manufacturers and Affiliates (SOCMA) issued its support this week of the passage of pending free-trade agreements (FTA) with South Korea, Panama and Colombia by two Congressional committees. SOCMA is the US-based trade association representing custom and batch manufacturers, including contract manufacturers of fine chemicals, pharmaceutical intermediates, and active pharmaceutical ingredients.
  • 17-Jul-2011
    EU seeks huge duty cuts on auto, wines in its FTA with India
    The European Union has sought substantial reduction or even elimination of duties in export of its automobiles, wines and spirits to India as a "must have" in the free trade agreement being negotiated between the two sides.
  • 17-Jul-2011
    Gov’t signs letters of intent with Philippines in economic meetings
    Taipei and Manila managed to reach various consensuses and sign two letters of intent during their just-concluded economic cooperation meetings in the Philippines, Taiwan’s economics minister said yesterday.
  • 16-Jul-2011
    Korean fishing company pledges cooperation
    A Christchurch-based company which charters Korean fishing boats for New Zealand waters says it will cooperate with a ministerial inquiry into conditions aboard foreign fishing boats.
  • 16-Jul-2011
    Canada on track to clinch EU free-trade deal, Tories say
    The Harper government says it’s successfully concluded an eighth round of free trade negotiations with the European Union and is on track to clinch a deal by 2012.
  • 16-Jul-2011
    S’pore-EU FTA talks going well
    Talks on a free trade agreement (FTA) between the European Union and Singapore are progressing well.
  • 16-Jul-2011
    FTA with Korea, Taiwan urged to boost auto sector
    Free-Trade agreements with South Korea and Taiwan. This is what the State-owned think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) is urging the government to forge in order to help boost the local automotive industry.
  • 16-Jul-2011
    Perplexing silence hangs over proposed Canada, E.U. trade pact
    When Canada’s premiers gather in Vancouver next week, it’s hard to imagine that the subject of trade talks with the European Union won’t come up. The potential ramifications of any deal for the provinces are enormous.
  • 15-Jul-2011 In These Times
    Embattled Colombian unionists rally against ‘free trade’
    Gathering with fellow unionists in Washington, D.C., Jose Hugo Yanini speaks firmly about labor rights in Colombia. But a few weeks ago, the industrial janitor and shop steward feared that he soon might never utter another word.
  • 15-Jul-2011 Public Service Europe
    EU-India FTA - the data exclusivity dilemma
    Conflict between European and Indian pharma industries might be played out again in FTAs with other nations
  • 15-Jul-2011 Xinhua
    China, EU to seek bilateral investment treaty
    China and the European Union (EU) have agreed to negotiate a bilateral investment treaty, said China’s Minister of Commerce Chen Deming on Thursday.
  • 15-Jul-2011 MercoPress
    Support for EU beef farmers, in the event of a Mercosur deal, is “not enough”
    Members of the European Parliament discussing the agriculture budget said that compensation for beef farmers that could face Mercosur competition, if a trade agreement is finally reached, “is not enough” and anticipated that “we will not accept sweeteners in this area”.
  • 14-Jul-2011 Huffington Post
    People of faith rally against Colombian free trade agreement
    Jose’s phone rang. When he picked up the receiver, no one was on the other line. He hung up. The next time he heard the ring, his wife answered, and a menacing voice said, "Tell that man to calm down his tongue or we will cut it out."