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25-Oct-2010
Mainichi News
The Japanese government is set to include a reference to Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations in its economic partnership agreement guidelines that are soon expected to receive Cabinet approval.
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25-Oct-2010
Yomiuri Shimbun
The European Commission is showing a forward-looking stance over signing a free trade agreement with Japan in a document on EU trade policy, scheduled to be adopted on Nov. 9, EU sources said.
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25-Oct-2010
TNI
This FDCL/TNI publication contains an overview of the FTA’s history, of human rights violations in Colombia and Peru as well as a critical analysis of the draft agreement which recently leaked to the public.
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22-Oct-2010
Reuters
Japan’s economics minister said on Friday that Tokyo should join a US-led Asia-Pacific free trade initiative to keep its firms from fleeing abroad, despite a backlash in the ruling party against the proposed deal.
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22-Oct-2010
EV
The European Parliament has postponed a vote on attaching safeguards to a free-trade deal between the EU and South Korea because of disagreements with the European Commission and member states.
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22-Oct-2010
MercoPress
Members of the European Parliament expressed strong support for expanding trade with Mercosur but subject to clear “red lines” to ensure food security and prevent further environmental damage, said a resolution adopted on Thursday.
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22-Oct-2010
Epoch Times
With the fifth round of talks in the proposed Canada-EU free trade agreement taking place this week in Ottawa, the National Farmers Union has launched a campaign against the deal, saying it threatens the democratic rights of Canadians.
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21-Oct-2010
Le Devoir
English version of a letter published in Le Devoir on October 20, 2010, cosigned by Naomi Klein, José Bové, Maude Barlow, Susan George, etc.
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21-Oct-2010
Yonhap
Business leaders from Korea and China agreed yesterday to cooperate for an early launch of free trade negotiations between the two countries, the Federation of Korean Industries said yesterday.
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21-Oct-2010
PDI
"I believe that the time is ripe for the Philippines and the EU to look seriously at a possible bilateral FTA, not as an alternative to an EU-Asean FTA, but as an important building block towards that goal," says EU Ambassador Alistair MacDonald
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20-Oct-2010
Messenger
On October 15 Georgian law enforcers detained Israeli businessmen offering Deputy Minister of Finance, Avtandil Kharadze USD 7 million for him to convince the Georgian Government not to challenge a decision of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID).
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20-Oct-2010
Reuters
"This [deal] opens the door for Bolivians to have an international port, to the use of the ocean for global trade and for Bolivian products to have better access to global markets," Evo Morales said after signing the agreement.
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20-Oct-2010
PCT
Despite much controversy, the Ma administration proceeded to sign an
Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement with China effective September 12, 2010, and Taiwanese people woke up to find themselves plunged into a post-ECFA era.
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20-Oct-2010
AFP
An influential European business group on Tuesday called for a free trade pact with Taiwan, bolstered by the signing of a sweeping trade agreement between the island and China.
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20-Oct-2010
LIP
Yesterday, Peruvian President Alan García said he wrote letters to the presidents of Panama, Chile, Colombia and Ecuador, proposing the regional integration of the five Pacific rim countries.
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20-Oct-2010
Yonhap
Scores of South Korean and US lawmakers recently sent a letter to their presidents to seek "meaningful changes" to the free trade deal pending for more than three years over autos and beef, reports said Tuesday.
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19-Oct-2010
Bloomberg
Malaysia said it expects to conclude talks with India on a free-trade agreement next week that should see it obtain greater access for products including cocoa and palm oil as well as more stringent anti-dumping provisions.
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19-Oct-2010
Solomon Star
The Solomon Islands’ biggest umbrella body for community service organisations on Saturday warned against rushing into PACER-Plus – a free trade agreement proposed between Pacific Island countries, Australia and New Zealand.
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19-Oct-2010
Trade Justice Network
The Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, or CETA for short, will change the face of Canada as we know it, and Harper wants to sign it in a hurry - before anyone has a chance to debate it!
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19-Oct-2010
CLC
The Canadian Labour Congress would support an agreement between Canada and the EU embodying the most positive features of the European social model, but this is not on offer. Instead, the CETA would constrain the ability of governments in Canada to meet their democratic responsibilities to citizens and residents.
