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                              5-Oct-2010
                              
                            	Debating the far-reaching implications of EU trade policy in Asia in the context of the Asia-Europe Summit currently taking place in Brussels, GUE/NGL MEPs joined civil society organisations, NGOs and elected representatives from Asia and Europe to call for a halt to EU Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with Asian countries.
                                
                                          
                                         
                             
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                              5-Oct-2010
                              
                            	Civil society groups today urged the European Commission and Indian Government to halt free trade negotiations, scheduled to continue in Delhi tomorrow
                                
                                          
                                
                                          
                                
                                          
                                         
                             
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                              5-Oct-2010
                              BeYourOwnLeader
                            	The US is stepping up efforts to gain more influence in Asia-Pacific through participation in more regional institutions and negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal. U.S. foreign policy seeks to shape the future of the region in an attempt to dominate economic, political and security issues.
                                         
                             
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                              5-Oct-2010
                              The Citizen
                            	Partner states of the East African Community (EAC) should not rush to seal partnership deals with the European Union until sticky issues are sorted out, the East African Legislative Assembly has cautioned.
                                
                                          
                                
                                          
                                
                                          
                                         
                             
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                              5-Oct-2010
                              Reuters
                            	Europe hopes trade pacts with Asia will allow it to impose environmental and anti-counterfeiting rules to secure European dominance of technology sectors and guarantee intellectual property when European firms invest abroad.
                                
                                          
                                
                                          
                                         
                             
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                                    5-Oct-2010
                              AFP
                            	Japan hopes to follow in the footsteps of South Korea by striking a free trade deal with the EU but said Monday the 27-nation bloc remains divided about embracing the Asian economic powerhouse.
                                
                                          
                                
                                          
                                         
                             
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                              5-Oct-2010
                              FPB
                            	The agriculture Ministers of independent Spanish Islands (Valencia, Canary and Maurice) are asking The European Parliament to freeze and suspend the trade agreement between the EU and Morocco concerning tomatoes and dairy products.
                                
                                          
                                
                                          
                                         
                             
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                                    5-Oct-2010
                              
                            	We are calling for an international week of joint action from 4 October 2010 to 9 October 2010 to call upon the Government of India to reject
the EU-India FTA, especially the provisions relating to intellectual
property rights and investment.
                                
                                          
                                
                                          
                                
                                          
                                
                                          
                                         
                             
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                                    4-Oct-2010
                              Borneo Post
                            	Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak is scheduled to launch the Europe-Malaysia FTA negotiations on the sidelines of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) next week in Brussels.
                                
                                          
                                
                                          
                                
                                          
                                         
                             
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                              4-Oct-2010
                              The Link
                            	Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will meet his Canadian counterpart Stephen Harper soon to launch formal negotiations for a Comprehensive Economic-Partnership Agreement (CEPA) between the two countries, Commerce Minister Anand Sharma has said.
                                
                                          
                                
                                          
                                         
                             
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                                    3-Oct-2010
                              FPIF
                            	There is no way to repair an agreement that is, by design, destructive of the public interest, write Christine Ahn and Martin Hart-Landsberg
                                
                                          
                                
                                          
                                         
                             
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                              1-Oct-2010
                              
                            	The texts as they were agreed to at the final negotiation round in Madrid on 16-18 May 2010, now going through legal scrubbing.
                                
                                          
                                
                                          
                                
                                          
                                
                                          
                                         
                             
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                              1-Oct-2010
                              Business World
                            	"The only way we can have a trade agreement with the US right now is through the TPP," says Philippine Trade Secretary Gregory L. Domingo.
                                
                                          
                                
                                          
                                         
                             
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                              30-Sep-2010
                              Asia Pacific Network of people living with HIV/AIDS (APN+) and Delhi Network of positive people (DNP+)
                            	People living with HIV call out EU hypocrisy on Millennium Development Goals as it forces its trade agreements on developing countries, seizes generic drugs and negotiates ACTA
                                
                                          
                                
                                          
                                
                                          
                                         
                             
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                                    30-Sep-2010
                              NTDTV
                            	Chanting slogans, shaving their heads and painting banners using their own blood, more than 10,000 farmers gathered in downtown Seoul for the biggest rally by the farmers this year.
                                
                                          
                                
                                          
                                
                                          
                                
                                          
                                
                                       
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                                    30-Sep-2010
                              Reuters
                            	The European Union must scale back plans to protect its industries if it wants to seal a long-deadlocked trade deal with southern African states, South Africa’s trade minister said Tuesday.
                                
                                          
                                
                                          
                                
                                          
                                         
                             
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                              30-Sep-2010
                              ICTSD
                            	The US government has called for the creation of a dispute settlement panel under the North American Free Trade Agreement to rule on Mexico’s decision to pursue a complaint about US labelling rules for ‘dolphin safe’ tuna at the WTO rather than under NAFTA.
                                
                                          
                                
                                          
                                
                                          
                                         
                             
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                              30-Sep-2010
                              Manila Bulletin
                            	The Philippines has formally informed the United States Trade Representative of its intention to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, an aggressive free trade deal among a few countries that seeks not only to open up trade but also the country’s highly protected services sector.
                                
                                          
                                
                                          
                                
                                          
                                         
                             
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                              30-Sep-2010
                              Embassy Magazine
                            	A comprehensive free trade agreement between Canada and the EU could lead to increased greenhouse gas emissions from the oil sands, changes to water management and consumption, and disruptions to First Nations’ way of life, according to a European Commission report.
                                
                                          
                                
                                          
                                         
                             
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                                    30-Sep-2010
                              Business Daily
                            	Kenyan traders continue to buy most of their products from outside the East Africa region despite the free trade agreement signed with neighbouring countries, new trade figures show.