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14-Oct-2010 Europolitics
FTA deal with Seoul to boost EU’s trade offensive in Asia
"The Korea deal is already triggering a domino effect. Japan, Taiwan and other countries are knocking on the door," a source from DG Trade told Europolitics. -
14-Oct-2010 Himalayan Times
HIV victims send SOS to EU, India
National Association of People Living with HIV and AIDS in Nepal today urged the European Union and the Indian Embassy to withdraw intellectual property provision in the bilateral EU and India Free Trade Agreement that will undermine the production, registration and worldwide availability of essential generic drugs. -
14-Oct-2010 Inquirer.net
Civil society groups slam EU free trade pacts
Civil society groups that gathered in Brussels for the Asia Europe People’s Forum have called for the cancellation of the free trade agreements between the European Union and the developing economies, particularly those with India and South Korea. -
13-Oct-2010 JOTHI
ARV AIDS drug is threatened in Indonesia
The Indonesia PLHIV Network voices concerns over the EU-India FTA -
13-Oct-2010 NAPN
National Association of People Living with HIV in Nepal and friends in solidarity against the IPR provisions in the proposed India-EU FTA
NAPN and others in Nepal write to the Indian Prime Minister against the India-EU FTA -
13-Oct-2010 Dominican Today
Costa Rica: Dominican Republic will respect pact “in a nice way or not”
Central American countries are filing a complaint against Dominican Republic before the World Trade Organization for violating CAFTA -
13-Oct-2010 Moneycontrol.com
Cabinet gives nod for Indo-Japan free trade pact
The pact is expected to open up access of Indian pharma companies to the Japanese drugs market. However sensitive farm products like rice have been kept out of the deal. -
13-Oct-2010 Reuters
India closes in on free trade deal with Japan
India on Tuesday moved one step closer to signing a free trade agreement with Japan as the Indian cabinet cleared the deal -
12-Oct-2010 VOV News
Negotiations on Vietnam-Russia FTA begin
One of reasons that Russia is interested in FTA with Vietnam is that the country can be a strategic partner in helping Russia restore its Asian influence. -
11-Oct-2010 MercoPress
Private sector calls on governments for the EU/Mercosur trade agreement
Chambers of Commerce from Europe, Brazil and Uruguay called on their governments to give a new thrust to negotiations for an ambitious cooperation and trade EU/Mercosur agreement. -
11-Oct-2010 Arirang
Korea-US FTA working level talks facing difficulties
Officials from both countries met in France last week, but it ended with the US merely suggesting unofficial ideas regarding automobile and beef issues -
11-Oct-2010 AFP
Oslo wants to sign free trade deal with China
Norway said Friday it wanted to wrap up a free trade agreement with China despite a warning from Beijing that jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo’s Nobel Peace Prize would “damage Sino-Norwegian relations.” -
11-Oct-2010 ANI
NZ TV host’s ’India-racism-slur’ could affect FTA between two nations: Kiwi diplomat
Raga D’silva, deputy chairman of the India New Zealand Business Council, has warned that the TVNZ presenter Paul Henry’s ’racist’ comments against New Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit could have a negative impact on negotiations for a free trade agreement between both the countries. -
11-Oct-2010 Globes
Israel and India move toward free trade pact
Minister of Finance Yuval Steinitz met with his Indian counterpart Pranab Mukherjee in Washington DC on Friday, where the two men agreed to prepare the ground for a free trade agreement (FTA) between their two countries. -
11-Oct-2010 PharmaBiz
Nearly 250 NGOs across world urge PM to reject IP provisions in FTA with EU
Hundreds of public interest groups across the world have jointly urged prime minister Manmohan Singh not to sign the proposed free trade agreement (FTA) with European Union as the Centre’s role in medicines supply is under threat due to the intellectual property provisions included in the pact. -
8-Oct-2010 Economic Times
Govt says may still escalate EU drugs case
Indian officials reserved their right on Thursday to escalate a trade dispute with the European Union over seizures of generic drugs after Indian media reported the row had been solved. -
8-Oct-2010 Business Day
SA to sign trade pact with EU in about-turn
South Africa is likely to conclude an economic partnership agreement by the end of this year with the European Union as a member of the Southern African Customs Union, International Relations and Co-operation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane said yesterday. -
8-Oct-2010 Reuters
UN agency sees better foreign investment appetite
Governments are opening up to outside investment for funds to help their economies recover, with liberalising measures outnumbering those seeking to keep out foreign money, a UN report showed on Thursday. -
8-Oct-2010 Tico Times
Costa Rica-China free trade agreement approved for final review
Costa Rica’s Foreign Trade Ministry (COMEX) and the legislature’s Special Permanent Committee agreed Thursday morning to recommend approval of the free-trade agreement with China. -
8-Oct-2010 WSJ
Interest builds in Pacific trade zone
Momentum is building for a US-supported free-trade pact in the Pacific aimed to serve as a counterweight to China’s economic influence.