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Can $150 melons boost Japan’s post-TPP agriculture exports?
16-Oct-2013 The Diplomat
While Japanese farmers fret that the TPP will cut import tariffs and flood the domestic market with cheap foreign produce, Abe sees the potential for an increase in luxury food exports – specifically pertaining to Japan’s world-class fruit, rice and beef.
Anfaco insists on excluding Thai tuna from EU-Thailand FTA
16-Oct-2013 FIS
Spain’s National Association of Manufacturers of Canned Fish and Shellfish (Anfaco Cecopesca) is to once again ask the authorities of the European Union for the exclusion of Thai tuna from the free trade agreement that the European bloc is negotiating with Thailand.
Divisions grow in govt over farm buyouts
15-Oct-2013 Sky News
Divisions within the Australian government over foreign ownership of farmland appear to be deepening, with Labor accusing the coalition of speaking with two heads about Chinese investment.
Peru’s FTA with Thailand to increase exports of grapes and fish
15-Oct-2013 Andina
The recent free trade agreement with Thailand is expected to allow Peruvian producers to increase their exports of grapes, canned food, flour and fish, Peru’s Foreign Trade and Tourism Minister announced Monday.
Green and consumer groups voice fears over EU-US trade agreement
14-Oct-2013 FT
As negotiations get under way for an EU-US trade agreement, European environmental and consumer groups are mobilising to contest a pact they believe would lower standards for everything from apples to automobiles.
EU Parliament panel may raise FTA issue with Anand Sharma
14-Oct-2013 PTI
India-EU free trade agreement is expected to be a major issue that will come up in the meeting between a high-level delegation of European Parliament’s panel on international trade and Commerce Minister Anand Sharma.
After 6 years, some continue struggle against FTA with United States
14-Oct-2013 Inside Costa Rica
The group which emerged as the “Patriotic Committee” nearly six years ago as Costa Rica held a national referendum which ultimately ended with the signing of the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) with the United States, continues its struggle against the agreement, known locally as TLC.
GCC-Singapore free trade deal boon for Saudi firms
14-Oct-2013 Arab News
The Saudi-Singapore Business Council is encouraging Saudi investors to invest in Singapore instead of Europe, using the GCC-Singapore FTA as a launching pad into China.
Australia: Farmers seek bigger slice of FTAs
11-Oct-2013 The Australian
Australian farmers are demanding that Tony Abbott’s proposed free trade deals with China, Japan and South Korea unlock a greater share of Asian markets that are predicted to expand agricultural imports by more than $90 billion in real terms by 2050.
TTIP Update III
11-Oct-2013 Computerworld
Glyn Moody addresses the EU’s latest document "Incorrect claims about investor-state dispute settlement"
At summit, Kerry’s visit draws 100 anti-TPPA protestors
11-Oct-2013 Malay Mail
About 100 people railed in Kuala Lumpur against the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) as US Secretary of State John Kerry rubbed shoulders with Malaysian government officials at an entrepreneurial summit in the capital city.
PM calls for economic accord with Indonesia, wider trade
11-Oct-2013 Daily News
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday called for a comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) with Indonesia, saying that such an accord would open up the potential on both sides and provide impetus to growth.
Putting the I In TTIP: The necessity of a strong investment chapter
11-Oct-2013 USCIB
United States Council for International Business (USCIB) argues for a strong investment chapter in the EU-US FTA (TTIP)
European officials consulted business leaders on trade pact
11-Oct-2013 NY Times
Long before trade negotiations began with the United States this summer, European officials were consulting with business leaders from both sides of the Atlantic on how to structure a free-trade pact.
Hoffa: Secret US-Euro backroom trade talks are more of the same
11-Oct-2013 Teamsters
An article in today’s New York Times details how corporate leaders met last year with European officials on the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) months before trade negotiations officially began.
Malaysia can still walk away from TPPA, says analyst
10-Oct-2013 Astro Awani
Malaysia is still able to walk out from the contentious Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement, says RAM Holdings group chief economist Dr Yeah Kim Leng
Australia: All eyes on China FTA
10-Oct-2013 The Land
Ongoing regulatory uncertainty and political friction towards investment in Australian agribusiness by foreign state-owned entities could jeopardise plans to conclude Australia’s stalled free trade agreement (FTA) with China over the next year.
Calm before the storm? Secretive TTIP talks on hold
10-Oct-2013 ARC
Thanks to the unexpected government shutdown in the US, this week’s Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) talks have been postponed. Nevertheless, the EU Trade Commissioner Karl De Gucht said that this “in no way distracts from our overall aim of acheiving an ambitious trade and investment deal”, though the duration of the US government shutdown remains unclear.
APRN calls on governments to drop destructive free trade deal
10-Oct-2013 APRN
The Asia Pacific Research Network calls on participating governments to drop the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement altogether after they failed to sign an agreement at the sidelines of the APEC talks in Bali, Indonesia.
RI, Japan agree to renegotiate economic partnership deals
9-Oct-2013 Jakarta Post
Indonesia and Japan have agreed to renegotiate their economic partnership agreements amid growing concern that the deals had failed to benefit both parties equally.