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  • 30-Nov-2010
    EU has a hidden agenda in EPA, says expert
    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.
  • 30-Nov-2010
    Lebanon and Turkey sign free trade agreement
    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.
  • 30-Nov-2010 Japan Times
    Trans-Pacific Partnership for a cheaper bowl of beef and rice
    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.
  • 30-Nov-2010 PANA
    EU-Africa Summit urged to tackle deep rift over trade agreement
    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.
  • 30-Nov-2010
    Israel, India to sign free trade agreement
    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.
  • 30-Nov-2010
    FTA pact’s product list under attack
    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.
  • 30-Nov-2010 Public Citizen
    Table of NAFTA “Chapter 11” foreign investor-state cases and claims
    Over $326 million in compensation has already been paid out by governments to mainly US corporations in the 66 NAFTA cases filed to date.
  • 30-Nov-2010 Japan Times
    Wal-Mart upbeat on Japan’s TPP prospects
    Wal-Mart Asia CEO Scott Price says Japan’s participation in the TPP would increase business opportunities for Wal-Mart, which operates supermarkets in 15 countries.
  • 29-Nov-2010
    Iran, Syria to set up joint bank to facilitate bilateral trade ties
    A senior Iranian trade official announced that Iran and Syria have prioritized setting up a joint bank in a bid to boost their bilateral trade ties.
  • 29-Nov-2010
    FCCISL, FPCCI sign agreement
    A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Sri Lanka (FCCISL) and Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) at the Sri Lanka-Pakistan Business Forum 2010 yesterday.
  • 29-Nov-2010
    Turkey wants to sign free trade agreement with Ukraine
    Turkey is interested in expanding economic cooperation with Ukraine and introducing the visa-free regime between the two countries, Turkish Minister of Industry and Commerce Nihat Ergun has said at the Black Sea Economic Forum in Yalta, an UKRINFORM correspondent reported.
  • 29-Nov-2010
    Stepped-up talks revive hope of India-EU FTA
    With the pressure on for the European Union (EU) and India to come up with a significant announcement at the upcoming EU-India summit on December 10, a flurry of activity surrounding the ongoing negotiations for a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) is giving momentum to the process.
  • 29-Nov-2010
    S. Korea not to discuss beef but to focus on auto trade; Minister Kim
    South Korea will focus on autos and is not ready to discuss beef during the upcoming talks with the United States for the ratification of a pending free trade deal, the chief South Korean trade negotiator said Monday.
  • 29-Nov-2010
    Exporters should take note of US Inc’s call to promote FTAs
    Last week, the Wall Street Journal assembled nearly 100 chief executives of large companies for a day and half to discuss the policy choices facing the US and the effects those choices may have on business and the economy. Their recommendations have something to take note by Indian exporters and policy makers.
  • 29-Nov-2010
    EU-Pacific interim FTA (2009)
    Text agreed as bases for Council Decision of 13 July 2009 on the signature and provisional application of the Interim Partnership Agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Pacific States, of the other part
  • 29-Nov-2010 South Centre
    Kigali Declaration on the Economic Partnership Agreement negotiations
    Declaration on EPAs adopted after a lively discussion at the African Union’s Conference of Trade Ministers held in Kigali, Rwanda, on 29 October-2 November 2010.
  • 29-Nov-2010 Der Spiegel
    Putin’s free-trade proposal is ’just a smokescreen’
    The governments in Berlin, Warsaw and Paris are unlikely to be terribly thrilled. They fear domination by the Russian energy giant Gazprom, which is still majority owned by the Russian state, writes Der Spiegel
  • 29-Nov-2010 GLW
    Zapatistas struggle for another Mexico
    As in Colombia, evidence suggests paramilitaries act as enforcers for foreign corporations. Since NAFTA took effect, US and Canadian mining companies have acquired more than a million hectares of land in Chiapas, displacing thousands of peasants.
  • 29-Nov-2010 dpa
    India, EU to hold talks to seal trade pact
    India’s Commerce and Trade Minister Anand Sharma and EU trade commissioner Karel De Gucht will meet in Brussels on Monday to take stock of the negotiations for a comprehensive trade agreement, the PTI news agency reported.
  • 29-Nov-2010 Korea Times
    Korea, US to resume FTA talks
    It remains to be seen whether beef will continue to be the deal breaker.