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31-Jan-2011
The Star
Malaysia and the Gulf Cooperation Council signed a landmark framework agreement to boost economic, commercial, investment and technical cooperation between them.
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31-Jan-2011
WSRW
The Spanish agrarian organisation COAG is convinced that the impending EU-Moroccan agricultural trade liberalisation agreement could be illegal for implicitly including Western Sahara. COAG has now condemned French company Azura’s presence in the occupied territories.
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30-Jan-2011
IPS
On the heels of US President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address Tuesday in which he focused squarely on resuscitating the economy, pressure is mounting in the nation’s capital to move forward with free trade agreements (FTAs) whose passage would promote exports and create jobs.
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29-Jan-2011
YouTube
Maude Barlow explains why Canadians should oppose the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement otherwise known as CETA
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28-Jan-2011
Vancouver Sun
The Canadian government’s assertion that a Canada-European Union trade deal will add $12 billion to Canada’s annual wealth by 2014 is coming under criticism from analysts, with one describing it as a "sales pitch" that doesn’t take into account the impact of Europe’s debt crisis and the slide since 2008 in the euro currency.
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28-Jan-2011
Reuters
Canada and Morocco said on Thursday they will start talks on a free-trade agreement, a deal that the Canadian Wheat Board says is vital to maintaining its sales of durum wheat.
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27-Jan-2011
The Canadian Press
Jean Charest fended off accusations of being a fairweather free-trader in talks with the European Union — particularly when it comes to lucrative Hydro-Quebec contracts.
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27-Jan-2011
PharmaBiz
The Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance, an association of leading Indian pharma companies, has raised alarm over the recent media reports that efforts are going on in the Prime Ministers Office to destabilize India’s IPR regime at the behest of European Union which, the IPA cautioned the government, will have serious implications on the public health, access to medicines and the domestic generic industry.
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27-Jan-2011
Bernama
South Korea and the United States have finalised the text of their free trade agreement (FTA) and plan to officially sign the document in the middle of next month, Yonhap News Agency quoted Seoul’s trade ministry as saying Thursday.
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27-Jan-2011
Business Standard
Despite all official assurances, the path towards a free trade agreement between India and the European Union this year remains ambiguous, as both sides are unwilling to relax their stand on the biggest stumbling block — the issue of “data exclusivity”.
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27-Jan-2011
Japan Times
Newly appointed EU Ambassador to Japan Hans Dietmar Schweisgut said Wednesday various issues need to be dealt with before Japan and the EU can conclude a free-trade accord.
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27-Jan-2011
AFP
Stefan Fule, the European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy, said in Damascus on Tuesday it is time for the long-dormant EU-Syria association agreement to be signed.
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25-Jan-2011
The Parliament
The two sides concluded the latest FTA talks, the sixth round of discussions, in Brussels last week. The next round of negotiations are due to take place in Canada in April.
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24-Jan-2011
ADB
ADB and ADBI conducted firm-level surveys in six East Asian countries, the results of which are published in the book “Asia’s Free Trade Agreements: How is Business Responding?” released on 21 January 2011.
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24-Jan-2011
The Hindu
“India’s enthusiasm for Free Trade Agreements, in the context of the current global crisis when countries are eschewing trade liberalisation and concentrating on reviving domestic economies and creating jobs, defies economic logic,” said K.N. Harilal of the Centre for Development Studies and member of the Kerala State Planning Board.
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24-Jan-2011
Taeipei Times
The US has decided to postpone a trade meeting with Taiwan later this month amid a dispute over US beef, the Central News Agency reported yesterday, citing unnamed Taiwanese officials.
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23-Jan-2011
Andina
Egyptian Ambassador to Lima Hesham Khalil reported Saturday that Peru and his country are holding talks to sign a trade agreement that enables to increase trade between both nations.
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23-Jan-2011
Indybay.org
Citizens and activists joined Kim Kyung-Ran, Director of External Relations for the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, in a rally at San Francisco’s new Federal Building to oppose the KORUS deal. Video and photos.
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22-Jan-2011
Aliran
The FTA issue is so serious; and the fact that the Malaysian government is taking it so lightly is alarming, says Sarajun Hoda Abdul Hassan.
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22-Jan-2011
Livemint
European Union ambassador to India Daniele Smadja on Friday said ongoing negotiations for the India-EU broad-based trade and investment agreement may not be concluded by April.
