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                                    30-Sep-2010
                              Bangkok Post
                            	A public hearing on whether to include alcohol and tobacco in the Thailand-EU free trade agreement talks was a non-starter yesterday as activists boycotted the event.
                                
                                          
                                
                                          
                                         
                             
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                                    30-Sep-2010
                              
                            	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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                              29-Sep-2010
                              Zawya
                            	Jordan will ask Saudi Arabia to intervene with the Secretariat of the Gulf Cooperation Council to help it sign an agreement on economic cooperation and free trade with GCC member states.
                                
                                          
                                
                                          
                                         
                             
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                              29-Sep-2010
                              AFP
                            	Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper and visiting Mongolian Prime Minister Sukhbaatar Batbold on Tuesday agreed to deepen their nations’ economic ties, eventually opening free trade talks.
                                
                                          
                                
                                          
                                         
                             
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                              29-Sep-2010
                              Market Watch
                            	Gold Reserve’s claim alleges violations of three provisions of the Canada-Venezuela BIT culminating in the effective expropriation of Gold Reserve’s  investments in the Brisas gold/copper project and the Choco 5 gold property.
                                
                                          
                                
                                          
                                
                                          
                                
                                          
                                         
                             
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                              28-Sep-2010
                              Bangkok Post
                            	The Asia Europe Meeting to be held in Brussels next week will provide the first platform for high-level bilateral talks between the EU and Thailand, including ways to launch an EU-Thailand FTA, since Thaksin Shinawatra was ousted as prime minister, the chief of the European Commission in Thailand says.
                                
                                          
                                
                                          
                                         
                             
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                              28-Sep-2010
                              CTA
                            	This paper from ICTSD sets out a common vision on issues that could constitute sanitary, phytosanitary and technical barriers in EPAs and investigates how abusive use of these provisions could be an obstacle to market access.
                                
                                          
                                
                                          
                                
                                          
                                
                                          
                                
                                          
                                         
                             
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                              27-Sep-2010
                              
                            	South Korea and the United States are expected to hold minister-level talks next month to discuss sticky issues such as auto trade in their bilateral trade deal, sources said Monday.
                                
                                          
                                
                                          
                                         
                             
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                              27-Sep-2010
                              Himalayam Times
                            	Nepal and Pakistan are planning to ink Free Trade Agreement during the meeting of Joint Economic Commission scheduled for October.
                                
                                          
                                
                                          
                                         
                             
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                                    27-Sep-2010
                              The Standard
                            	Farmers in the North Rift have opposed a planned trade agreement between the Government and the European Union (EU) that they said risked robbing them of their livelihoods.
                                
                                          
                                
                                          
                                
                                          
                                         
                             
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                              27-Sep-2010
                              La Presse Affaires 
                            	Contrairement à l’ALENA, l’entente avec l’UE pourrait englober l’accès aux appels d’offres des provinces et des municipalités, la mobilité de la main d’oeuvre, les services financiers, la reconnaissance des titres de compétence, entre autres.
                                
                                          
                                
                                          
                                         
                             
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                                    27-Sep-2010
                              FIS
                            	The Early Harvest Protocol of the Partial Agreement for Bilateral Preferences negotiated with Thailand will take full effect in the first half of next year, according to Peru’s Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (Mincetur).
                                
                                          
                                
                                          
                                
                                          
                                         
                             
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                              27-Sep-2010
                              Japan Times
                            	In less than two months, Pacific Rim countries are expected to present a clear picture on how they will pursue their long-term vision of creating a regionwide free-trade zone.
                                
                                          
                                
                                          
                                
                                          
                                         
                             
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                              25-Sep-2010
                              
                            	Spurred on by its recent trade deal with South Korea, the European Union is pursuing an early conclusion of talks with Latin America’s Mercosur trade bloc as part of its strategy to expand its economic prospects.
                                
                                          
                                
                                          
                                         
                             
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                              25-Sep-2010
                              
                            	Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara and his British counterpart William Hague agreed Friday that their countries will work toward the launch of negotiations on signing a free trade agreement between Japan and the European Union, a Japanese official said.
                                
                                          
                                
                                          
                                         
                             
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                              25-Sep-2010
                              MSN
                            	India and Canada are trying to resolve differences over the proposed investment protection agreement while negotiations on a trade opening pact are underway, visiting Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma has said.
                                
                                          
                                
                                          
                                
                                          
                                         
                             
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                              25-Sep-2010
                              
                            	Peru’s Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (Mincetur) announced that the Early Harvest Protocol signed by Peru and Thailand in 2005 would enter into force in the first half of next year.
                                
                                          
                                
                                          
                                         
                             
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                              25-Sep-2010
                              
                            	TORONTO, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Canada and India said on Friday they have endorsed the findings of a joint study calling for negotiations to begin on reaching a "substantive and ambitious" bilateral free trade agreement.
                                
                                          
                                
                                          
                                         
                             
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                              24-Sep-2010
                              
                            	Negotiations on a free trade agreement (FTA) between the European Union, the world’s largest economy, and India, one of the world’s fastest-growing economies, took one more step towards completion today, with chief negotiators concluding 2-day talks in Brussels.
                                
                                          
                                
                                          
                                         
                             
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                              24-Sep-2010
                              
                            	L’Union européenne a donné jeudi son feu vert à un accord de libre-échange d’une ampleur sans précédent avec la Corée du Sud, l’Italie ayant levé un veto qu’elle brandissait du fait d’inquiétudes pour son industrie automobile, a annoncé la présidence belge de l’UE.