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Goff: Pharmac ’absolute bottom line’
30-May-2011
Labour leader Phil Goff says his party would not put government drug buying agency Pharmac on the block to gain a free trade deal with the United States.
Japan edges toward EU free trade talks, but with not much optimism
29-May-2011 Mainichi
While agreeing at the Japan-EU summit in Brussels to start what is called a "scoping" exercise suggests that the 27-member European Union has become more serious about the launch of the FTA talks, a Japanese government official familiar with bilateral relations appeared jittery.
Karl De Gucht writes Andris Piebalgs on topic of European Union IPR demands on India and other developing countries
29-May-2011 KEI
KEI has received a copy of a May 16, 2011 letter from Karl De Gucht to Andris Piebalgs, which discusses (1) the EU-India FTA, and (2) Relations between IPR and development policies.
Cigarettes may be too hot to handle
28-May-2011 The Australian
The Australian government’s attempt to bring in plain packaging for cigarettes may violate the TRIPS agreement, the US-Australia free trade agreement and the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property
EU, Japan agree to work towards mega free trade deal
28-May-2011 AFP
Leaders of the European Union and Japan on Saturday agreed to start talks towards a multi-billion-euro free trade deal linking the world’s third biggest economy to the globe’s largest market.
US rejoiced when AG quit, pushed for investment treaty, show cables
28-May-2011 Oman Tribune
The US was not exactly sorry that Pakistan’s Attorney General Makhdoom Ali Khan resigned from General Musharraf’s cabinet in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to reinstate ‘suspended’ Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry, according to a ‘confidential’ US diplomatic cable accessed by Dawn News through WikiLeaks.
PH free trade pact with EU means more damage to Manila economy says think tank
28-May-2011 AllVoices
Only the EU will benefit from further opening up the Philippine economy and, in effect, will be passing on the burden of adjusting to its crisis to the Philippines, IBON said.
Japan, Peru to ink FTA on Tuesday
27-May-2011
Japan and Peru are expected to sign a bilateral free-trade agreement Tuesday when Peruvian Foreign Minister Jose Antonio Garcia Belaunde visits Tokyo.
US Senate Finance Committee members agree on ratification of KOR-US FTA by summer
27-May-2011
The US Senate Finance Committee held a hearing on the Korea-US Free Trade Agreement on Thursday, and the members agreed on the need to ratify the trade pact before August this year.
Indoctrinating a New Generation to Think North American
27-May-2011 Be Your Own Leader
Recent Wikileaks documents confirm what some of us have been warning about for years, that plans for a North American Union dismissed by many as a conspiracy theory are indeed real.
Tariff cuts on Chinese, Korean vehicles pushed
27-May-2011
Vehicle importers are urging the government to implement the scheduled tariff cuts under the Asean free trade agreements (FTAs) with China and Korea.
Chile, Thailand conclude second round of FTA negotiations
27-May-2011
Chile and Thailand on Thursday concluded here the second round of negotiations on a free trade agreement (FTA).
Peru, Venezuela likely to end trade agreement talks in July
26-May-2011
Negotiations on a Trade and Productive Complementation Agreement between Peru and Venezuela will conclude in July, Peruvian Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism Eduardo Ferreyros estimated.
Kan wins Hungary’s support for Japan to strike FTA deal with EU
26-May-2011
Japan and Hungary have agreed to work closely on Tokyo’s intention to sign a free trade agreement with the European Union, Japanese officials said.
Potential FTA impacts studied
25-May-2011
The Ministry of Economic Affairs yesterday said it was looking into Taiwanese industries that could suffer a potential blow after a South Korea-EU free-trade agreement (FTA) takes effect on July 1.
Timeline difficult’s India-EU free trade :Sharma
25-May-2011
Indicating that differences persists between India and European Union over their proposed free trade agreement, Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma said even the "best of astrologers would not know" about the timeline.
Taiwan Isolated by Asian Trade Agreements
25-May-2011
A warning from a government trade council in Taiwan highlights concerns that the island has become increasingly isolated by the burgeoning network of free trade agreements connecting Asia and the rest of the world.
No strings needed on funding for OCTA - NGOs
25-May-2011 ABC Radio Australia
A number of Australian non government organisation say they are concerned that Australia and New Zealand want to limit the activities of the Pacific-led trade advisory body, the Office of Chief Trade Adviser — also known as OCTA.
California fighting back on Colombia free trade act
25-May-2011 California Progress Report
California, with its 53 Members of Congress, is key to stopping these FTAs and protecting worker power both in the US and abroad.
Seoul urged to sign additional FTAs to keep trade growing
24-May-2011
South Korea needs to sign additional free trade agreements (FTAs) quickly with as many countries as possible to keep its trade growing, a report said Tuesday.