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31-Aug-2011
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich arrived in Poland on Tuesday to meet with his Polish counterpart Bronislaw Komorowski. The two leaders centered their discussion around Ukraine’s ongoing negotiations toward an association and free trade agreement with the European Union and ways that Poland can help facilitate this process.
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31-Aug-2011
After shunning Latin America two years ago, the government is now seeking closer economic ties with the region as part of its initiative to diversify markets for Indian merchandise.
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31-Aug-2011
The European Union had no interest in negotiating a freetrade agreement with Canada nine years ago, despite heavy lobbying from the federal government, according to a newly leaked diplomatic cable.
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31-Aug-2011
Conducive Chronicle
Opening up the Korean market to cheap US citrus imports would simply wipe out most of the farm economy on Jeju Island.
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30-Aug-2011
Be Your Own Leader
At a news conference following her meeting with Minister Baird, Secretary Clinton stressed that, “it’s critical that we ensure our border remains a safe, vibrant connector of people, trade, and energy." It is interesting that Clinton brought up energy as this is also an intrical part of North American integration which is being further advanced through the U.S.-Canada Clean Energy Dialogue, as well as other initiatives.
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29-Aug-2011
Reuters
An umbrella group of activists opposed to a proposed U.S. trade deal with eight countries in the Asia Pacific region said Friday they aim to raise public awareness of its potential effects on jobs and the environment when negotiators meet next month in Chicago.
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29-Aug-2011
Colombian Reports
While the United States considers a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Colombia, the human rights situation in the Magdalena Medio region of Colombia has deteriorated dramatically, culminating on the 17th of August with a massacre in the township of El Dorado.
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29-Aug-2011
Sunday Times
Sri Lanka has agreed to import its entire basmati rice quota of 6,000 tonnes from Pakistan under the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) through the private sector from 2012.
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29-Aug-2011
HealthDev.Net
The 10th International Conference on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP10) has been turned upside down completely
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29-Aug-2011
The Scavenger
An anti-Free Trade Agreement protest that took place outside an International Congress on AIDS in the Asia Pacific (ICAAP) in Busan, South Korea, on 27 August was violently attacked by police.
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29-Aug-2011
Hankyoreh
The United States government has made it official that products made at the Kaesong Industrial Complex in North Korea will not be classified as “made in Korea” according to the terms of the South Korea-US Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA).
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29-Aug-2011
This article is based on the author’s visit to Manipur and the observations expressed are gathered from the formal and informal interactions with people working on Indo-Myanmar issues from long time.
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28-Aug-2011
IPS
Critics of the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) gathered in Washington to voice concerns over the US’s stronghold on intellectual property rights.
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26-Aug-2011
Voxy
Lobbyists for the alcohol industry are threatening to use New Zealand’s free trade agreements against government proposals to restrict products targetting young drinkers
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26-Aug-2011
Livemint
India has convinced both New Zealand and Australia not to include the subject in the ongoing negotiations
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26-Aug-2011
Yonhap
Years before the FTA, in Europe, wine grower associations and media emphasized the importance of the FTA and focused on how the new deal would increase sales. But nearly two months later, confusion still reigns.
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26-Aug-2011
Scoop
US policymakers would be wise to re-evaluate the TPA, carefully separating the pros from the cons.
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26-Aug-2011
Myjoyonline.com
A number of Civil Society Organisations in Ghana have painted a bleak picture about the Economic Partnership Agreement, warning the government will be consigning the economy to irretrievable doom, if it signs the pact with the EU.
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25-Aug-2011
The Conversation
Legislation requiring tobacco products to be in plain packaging was passed by Australia’s House of Representatives last night. This is the first such measure in the world to become law.
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24-Aug-2011
Republica
The government of Nepal has initiated preparation for trade talks with the country’s two crucial trade partners — India and the US.
