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Russia to boost agri-trade with Egypt after EU food ban
13-Aug-2014 Reuters
Russia will increase exports of wheat to Egypt and imports of other agriculture products from it, Russian officials said on Tuesday as the two countries discussed the potential for a free trade zone.
Peru to begin FTA negotiations with Indonesia, India
13-Aug-2014 Bernama
The governments of Peru and Indonesia have completed a joint feasibility study in order to reach a free trade agreement, announced Tuesday Peru’s Foreign Trade and Tourism Minister Magali Silva.
Demand for cross-border movement of professional manpower increasing in FTA talks
13-Aug-2014 Business Korea
The Korean government is planning to carry out a study on the import of professional manpower such as consultants, engineers and lawyers and its impact on the domestic job market, as the issue is emerging in FTA negotiations across the world,
EU-Canada FTA
13-Aug-2014
Big Tobacco’s £11bn UK attack could send EU-US trade deal up in flames
12-Aug-2014 Civitas
Philip Morris International has threatened to sue Britain for an eye-watering sum over potential losses resulting from our proposed standardised brand-free cigarette packaging laws.
Bear Creek announces its intent to commence an arbitration against Peru - Santa Ana dispute
12-Aug-2014 PR Newswire
Canadian company Bear Creek Mining announces that it intends to commence an arbitration proceeding against the government of Peru under the Canada-Peru FTA.
Illegal EU fish agreement with Morocco now ratified by King
12-Aug-2014 WSRW
The King of Morocco has ratified its dirty fisheries agreement with EU, allowing EU vessels to fish in Western Sahara waters under Moroccan occupation. The European Commission fails in geography regarding the location of the fisheries in communiqué.
‘India should focus on Latin America, Africa, BRICS to counter trans-Pacific challenge’
12-Aug-2014 Hindu Business Line
Commerce Secretary Rajiv Kher has said India should focus on increasing its trade with Latin America, Africa, the BRICS nations and certain countries in the Asean bloc to counter the challenge posed by the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP).
EU seeks free-trade agreement with Vietnam
12-Aug-2014 AP
European Union’s top diplomat Catherine Ashton says she hopes the deal could be signed before the end of the year.
Risky business or risky politics: what explains investor-state disputes?
12-Aug-2014 IISD
What was once risky business for investors has become “risky politics” for states, critics argue.
Despite the pronouncements, Canada-EU trade deal not set in stone
11-Aug-2014 Globe & Mail
To trade experts, the moving goal line is all part of the game of these complex negotiations. Average Canadians, however, might be forgiven for not knowing the score. Some may even have mistakenly thought the game was already over.
Ecuador wants Korea to start CEPA talks immediately
11-Aug-2014 Korea Times
Ecuadorian Ambassador Nicolas Trujillo Newlin called the Korean government today, urging it begin negotiations toward signing a trade agreement with the country.
India, ASEAN likely to sign FTA later this month
11-Aug-2014 PTI
India and the 10-nation ASEAN are likely to sign the long-delayed free trade agreement in services and investments later this month when their economic and trade ministers meet.
Critical moment to stop the TPP & other rigged trade agreements
11-Aug-2014 Popular Resistance
The opposition is global. At the same time people were acting in the US, 65,000 people protested the TPP in Mexico and more than 1.8 million in Australia called for the text to be made public.
CETA will likely be signed, but it will also implode
8-Aug-2014 rabble.ca
At this point, the text has reportedly been sent to Canadian provincial governments and the European Union member states for initial feedback to be submitted over the next few weeks, reports Brent Patterson.
Two-third of voters in Tory marginals want NHS exempt from US trade pact
8-Aug-2014 The Guardian
More than two-thirds of voters in 13 battleground constituencies want to see the NHS safeguarded from a new trade deal that critics say threatens to make the privatisation of UK health services permanent.
End in sight for US-Japan TPP talks on agriculture market access, Oe says
8-Aug-2014 International Trade Reporter
The conclusion of agriculture market access talks between the US and Japan is in sight, Japan’s Trans-Pacific Partnership Ambassador Hiroshi Oe said 5 August. The US Trade Representative talked of "some progress".
Japan, Sri Lanka push for trade treaty
8-Aug-2014 Tax News
During their recent meeting in Colombo, the proposed Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between Japan and Sri Lanka was the main topic of conversation between Rishad Bathiudeen, the Sri Lankan Minister of Industry and Commerce, and the Japanese Senior Vice Minister of Economy, Trade, and Industry, Kazuyoshi Akaba.
Trade talks for first TA with surging ‘Nam on the cards
8-Aug-2014 Asian Tribune
The possibility of a first ever official trade agreement with one of the most discerning Asian suppliers to Sri Lanka has edged closer to reality.
New World Trade Order? Fighting TPP and TTIP/TAFTA
8-Aug-2014 Post Gobalisation Initiative
At the Left Forum 2014, one of the RLS-NYC panels discussed the trade agreements that are currently being negotiated: the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP, or TAFTA).