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31-Aug-2011 Conducive Chronicle
Liberalizing the economy may crush the culture of one small island
Opening up the Korean market to cheap US citrus imports would simply wipe out most of the farm economy on Jeju Island. -
30-Aug-2011 Be Your Own Leader
Advancing US-Canada economic, energy and security integration
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. -
29-Aug-2011 Reuters
Chicago activists will protest Asia-Pacific trade deal
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. -
29-Aug-2011 Colombian Reports
US wants FTA with Colombia while human rights deterioration culminates in massacre
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. -
29-Aug-2011 Sunday Times
Sri Lankan private sector to import entire basmati rice quota from Pakistan
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. -
29-Aug-2011 HealthDev.Net
ICAAP10 2011: No safe avenue to address your concerns
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
Protestors attacked by police at international AIDS conference
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. -
29-Aug-2011 Hankyoreh
Kaesong-made products excluded from KORUS FTA by US
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). -
29-Aug-2011
India’s Myanmar Approach: Some General Observations
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. -
28-Aug-2011 IPS
US: Analysts criticise proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership
Critics of the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) gathered in Washington to voice concerns over the US’s stronghold on intellectual property rights. -
26-Aug-2011 Voxy
Alcohol lobbyists expose FTA pitfalls
Lobbyists for the alcohol industry are threatening to use New Zealand’s free trade agreements against government proposals to restrict products targetting young drinkers -
26-Aug-2011 Livemint
Procurement a sticking point in FTA talks
India has convinced both New Zealand and Australia not to include the subject in the ongoing negotiations -
26-Aug-2011 Yonhap
EU FTA red tape keeps Korean wine market tied up
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. -
26-Aug-2011 Scoop
The US whitewashes Panama’s fatal flaws to champion FTA
US policymakers would be wise to re-evaluate the TPA, carefully separating the pros from the cons. -
26-Aug-2011 Myjoyonline.com
Signing EPA will be suicidal - CSOs
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. -
25-Aug-2011 The Conversation
World-first plain packaging for tobacco products becomes law in Australia
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. -
24-Aug-2011 Republica
Homework for trade talks with India, US begins
The government of Nepal has initiated preparation for trade talks with the country’s two crucial trade partners — India and the US. -
24-Aug-2011 PTI
Large number of FTAs to impact manufacturing sector: Ficci
Expressing concern over a large number of free trade agreements signed by India, industry body Ficci on Tuesday said it would make the country’s manufacturing sector "uncompetitive". -
24-Aug-2011 Bernama
Korea, China, Japan to hold 6th study meeting on FTA
South Korea, China and Japan will hold their sixth joint study meeting next week on the feasibility of a free trade agreement (FTA) among the three Northeast Asian countries, trade ministry said on Wednesday. -
23-Aug-2011 Imphal Free Press
Chandel people protest against EU-India free trade agreement
Various social organizations held sit-in-protest against European Union-India free trade agreement at Zaphou in Chandel district (Manipur, India) today.