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3-Dec-2010
Focus/ICR
This new report from Focus on the Global South in collaboration with Intercultural Resources explores the dynamics within traditional small scale fisheries in the context of the controversial negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and India.
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3-Dec-2010
Terry Boehm is having a busy week.
The president of the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) just returned on Tuesday from a trip overseas, landing at the forefront of the NFU’s 41st annual convention, which starts today in Saskatoon. About 250 people from across the country are expected to attend the yearly event, which covers a range of issues from free trade to green initiatives.
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3-Dec-2010
With the upcoming meeting of the Committee on Internal Trade (CIT) ministers in Saskatoon on December 3, a wide cross-section of Canadian civil society groups are urging governments to deny corporations the right to sue the provinces and territories under the Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT) as requested by a coalition of business groups this week.
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3-Dec-2010
The First meeting of the Trade Negotiation Committee between Iran and Indonesia was held in Medan, the capital of the North Sumatra Province of Indonesia.
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2-Dec-2010
Malaysia External Trade Development Corp (Matrade) has lined up 113 trade promotion activities under its 2011 Work Programme to further expand exports.
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2-Dec-2010
The implementing legislation for the Jordanian-Canadian Free Trade Agreement (FTA) - and the side agreements on environment and labour - is currently in the final stages of approval in the Canadian parliament, according to Canada’s ambassador in Amman.
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2-Dec-2010
Korea Times
Leaked diplomatic cables on WikiLeaks showed that the governments of South Korean and the United States have been working in tandem to push ahead the free trade agreement despite opposition from US business circles.
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2-Dec-2010
China Daily
Free trade agreement (FTA) talks among China, Japan and the Republic of Korea could start in 2012 as the countries try to reduce reliance on the United States and the European Union, Yi Xiaozhun, vice-minister of commerce, told China Daily.
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1-Dec-2010
Venezuela’s incorporation to Mercosur as full member seems closer as the Paraguayan Senate readies to consider the issue following on political agreements worked out by President Fernando Lugo.
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1-Dec-2010
The balance of trade between Sri Lanka and India continues to be highly in favour of that country since the signing of the Free Trade Agreement between the two nations, Sri Lanka’s Parliament was told today.
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1-Dec-2010
Jakarta Post
Pascal Kerneis of Businesseurope says European companies can still invest in Indonesia even without an EU FTA, but warned that Jakarta should not limit foreign ownership to ensure that foreign investors could fully control their investment.
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1-Dec-2010
Reuters
Trade ministers from the East African Community (EAC) economic bloc plan to continue trade talks with the European Union despite missing a November deadline, a top Kenyan official said on Tuesday.
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1-Dec-2010
Business Times
The Malaysia-EU free trade agreement talks, which will kick off in Brussels next week, will include non-trade issues like the environment and sustainable development.
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30-Nov-2010
The European Union (EU) has a hidden agenda in its trade negotiations with East African Community (EAC), which is not open to Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), say policy expert.
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30-Nov-2010
Lebanon and Turkey signed a free trade agreement to increase bilateral trade and expand private sector cooperation, as well as to pave the way for the establishment of a free trade zone between Lebanon, Turkey, Syria and Jordan.
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30-Nov-2010
Japan Times
The APEC summit in Yokohama was a key event by any standard. For many Japanese, however, one issue overshadowed all the rest, and it didn’t even take center stage: the Trans-Pacific Partnership, discussed by leaders of nine of the countries on the summit’s sidelines.
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30-Nov-2010
PANA
African leaders meeting with their European counterparts in Tripoli are set to demand a major shift in the European Union’s approach to ongoing negotiations over a new trade pact, in which the EU is demanding a greater access to African markets in exchange for investments.
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30-Nov-2010
A new world of opportunities is set to open up before the Israeli entrepreneur. Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz announced Thursday that Israel was set to sign a free trade agreement with India.
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30-Nov-2010
The government is coming under increasing attack from activists for pushing ahead with EU-Thailand free trade agreement talks which include alcohol, tobacco and medicines.
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30-Nov-2010
Public Citizen
Over $326 million in compensation has already been paid out by governments to mainly US corporations in the 66 NAFTA cases filed to date.
