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16-Nov-2010 ANN
Asia-Pacific free trade plan comes under fire
Academics, unions and consumers groups in Australia, New Zealand and United States have strongly criticised the US-backed Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade arrangement. -
16-Nov-2010 FIS
Negotiations over FTA with Vietnam advance
Government representatives from Chile and Vietnam have concluded the seventh round of negotiations for signing the Free Trade Agreement (FTA). -
16-Nov-2010 Scoop
"No Ordinary Deal" book launch & PM response
On Wednesday 10 November a group of academics, media and politicos gathered at Victoria University’s Rutherford House to launch a remarkable book about the Trans-Pacific Partnership. The complete audio from the launch is contained in this report.
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16-Nov-2010 EP
The EU approach to international investment policy after the Lisbon Treaty
Paper prepared for the European Parliament regarding options offered by the Commission on the EU’s new investment policy competence -
16-Nov-2010 AFN
Fonterra welcomes trade negotiations with Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan
Fonterra said today the announcement of full Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations with Russia and its Customs Union partners, Belarus and Kazakhstan, had the potential to make the region an even more important partner for the New Zealand dairy industry. -
15-Nov-2010 Tempo
Indonesia unprepared for Asia-Pacific free trade
“We think we are not ready yet because the agreement is very hard for the local industry,” Trade Minister Mari Elka Pangestu said -
15-Nov-2010 AP
Japan, Peru agree on free trade pact
Japan and Peru announced Sunday that they have concluded negotiations on a free trade pact, aiming to further bolster trading that has steadily blossomed in the last six years. -
15-Nov-2010 Korea Times
Korea, Peru sign free trade pact
South Korea and Peru signed a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA), Monday, which is expected to be implemented midway through next year after being approved by the parliaments of both countries. -
15-Nov-2010 The Hindu
India: No import of US dairy products for now
In recent bilateral talks during US President Barack Obama’s visit to India, the Agriculture Ministry made it clear that India will subject US dairy products to the same protocol and veterinary certification as was applicable to other countries, and that India would have to be sensitive to religious sentiments. -
15-Nov-2010 Arab News
China rules out FTA with India in near future
A free trade agreement (FTA) between India and China is not possible in the near future "due to pressure from certain quarters," said a top Chinese diplomat in India, adding that though both countries are interested in having one. -
14-Nov-2010 Traidcraft
EU’s new grab for raw materials will increase poverty
The European Union’s push to help its companies access raw materials in developing countries will increase poverty, according to a new report released by Traidcraft Exchange, Oxfam-Germany, AITEC-France, WEED-Germany and Comlamh-Ireland -
14-Nov-2010 Bloomberg
APEC leaders urge ’concrete vision’ on Asia free trade, set no targets
Asia-Pacific leaders said they will take “concrete steps” toward creating a “comprehensive” regional free-trade agreement, without setting a target for achieving that goal. -
14-Nov-2010 Bloomberg
US puts ’foot to the pedal’ to conclude Asia trade deal, USTR Kirk says
The US is pushing to complete trade talks with nine Asia-Pacific countries by late next year that lays the groundwork for a bigger agreement that includes China, Trade Representative Ron Kirk said. -
13-Nov-2010 Stuff
New Zealand, Russia to start free trade talks
New Zealand and Russia have agreed to kick start talks on a free trade agreement that will be a first for the former Soviet republic. -
13-Nov-2010 Kyodo
Kan asked to attend Pacific FTA summit on Sunday as APEC chair
In the TPP summit, the leaders are expected to formally welcome Malaysia as the group’s latest member, according to sources close to the negotiating countries. -
13-Nov-2010 Bernama
Malaysia signs FTA with Chile, its first with Latin America
Malaysia and Chile signed the Malaysia-Chile Free Trade Agreement (MCFTA) today, marking Malaysia’s first bilateral FTA with a Latin American country. -
12-Nov-2010 AFP
Japan, Mongolia to launch talks on free trade, rare earths
Japan and Mongolia are expected to agree on starting talks on a bilateral free-trade deal next week that would include a stable supply of rare earth minerals, a government official said Friday. -
12-Nov-2010 NZ Herald
Key sets Japan straight on free trade rationale
If agriculture was off the Trans-Pacific Partnership table as far as Japan was concerned, then New Zealand did not want to see Japan around the TPP negotiating table. "It’s as simple as that." -
12-Nov-2010 Montreal Gazette
Harper announces opening of free-trade agreement talks with India
The prime ministers of Canada and India, both attending the G20 summit in South Korea, announced on Friday the two countries have begun free trade talks. -
12-Nov-2010 NYT
Japan’s farmers oppose Pacific free-trade talks
Atsushi Kono considers it the gravest threat to his family’s farm in a century of rice-growing: a free-trade initiative that could dismantle Japan’s sky-high protective farming tariffs, finally opening up the country to cheap, foreign produce.