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US to press South Korea, Panama, Colombia and Russian trade
9-Feb-2011 Reuters
Apart from passage of the three pending FTAs, the White House also wants Congress to remove a Cold War-era stain on relations with Russia by approving "permanent normal trade relations."
Gov’t, ruling party discuss ratification of S. Korea-US FTA
9-Feb-2011 Yonhap
"The GNP will never railroad the KORUS FTA through parliament," Grand National Party floor leader Kim Moo-sung said
India urges Saarc states to ratify services trade deal
9-Feb-2011 Economic Times
India on Tuesday urged all member-states to ratify the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) Agreement on Trade in Services, terming it a "big step forward" for increasing trade within the region.
US asparagus growers get help
9-Feb-2011 Recordnet.com
California asparagus growers are eligible for a share of $15 million in federal funds to help offset losses suffered as imports from Mexico and Peru erode their market share due to FTAs.
Southeast Asia embraces China trade, but how’s the relationship? It’s complicated.
9-Feb-2011 CSM
Lower export barriers are spurring trade and investment from China, but local producers now worry that a flood of cheap Chinese imports will put them out of business.
Japan cuts Filipino nurses some slack
9-Feb-2011
Since the Japan Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) was implemented in 2009, only one Filipino nurse qualified to work in Japan after going through rigorous application and hiring procedures, an official of the Japanese embassy in Manila said Tuesday.
USTR considering pharmaceutical pricing restrictions in TPP; refuses to follow May 10th agreement on IP-medicines issues
8-Feb-2011 Info Justice
Public Citizen and Forum on Democracy and Trade met with US Trade Representative staff on January 3 to be briefed on the Obama administration’s negotiation of the TPP with respect to the planned IP chapter and the rumored chapter on pharmaceutical reimbursement programs.
Kenya joins drive to block new EU policy on ARVs
8-Feb-2011 The Standard
Kenyan activists have written to the European Union and the Kenya Government, protesting what they term damaging trade agreements such as the European Union-India Free Trade Agreement and the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. They say the pacts would damage the fight against Aids.
European Union fails to see strengths of Ukraine, Turkey
8-Feb-2011 Kyiv Post
There were hopes that in the final stages of the EU-Ukraine FTA negotiations the EU may be ready to add a membership perspective. However, EU sources say this is not going to happen.
EU-Ukraine agreement on horizon
8-Feb-2011 Europolitics
If it "continues to demonstrate its determination" to satisfy the required conditions, Ukraine could sign an association agreement with the European Union during the Polish EU Presidency, in the second half of this year, said a diplomatic source in Warsaw
EU trade deal could cost Canada’s drug plans: report
8-Feb-2011 CBC
Proposals put forward by the European Union could add billions in drug costs in Canada annually, a report released Monday says.
Japan and Australia resume trade talks for EPA
8-Feb-2011 Arirang
Japan and Australia resumed talks on Monday on their proposed Economic Partnership Agreement, or preferred trade arrangement, after they fell apart ten months ago.
Colombia, South Korea move to finalize trade deal
8-Feb-2011 Colombia Reports
Colombian and South Korean representatives meet Monday in Los Angeles for the third mini-round of negotiations to finalize details of a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA).
A North American security perimeter threatens national sovereignty
7-Feb-2011 Be Your Own Leader
Canada and the US have officially launched negotiations on a trade and security agreement which would take continental integration to the next level.
We need to rethink, not rearm NAFTA
7-Feb-2011 IPS
Experts expect Obama and Harper to announce a “new” border partnership to ease the flow of goods and people across the border by harmonizing security, immigration and refugee, surveillance and possibly defense policy across the continent. There’s nothing new about this plan. It’s the regurgitation of the defunct Bush-led Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) without the Mexican “amigo.”
Peru seeks trade pact with Arab states of Gulf
7-Feb-2011 Reuters
Peru is pushing for a free-trade agreement with with Arab states of the Persian Gulf as it aggressively expands beyond pacts it has implemented with China and the United States, state-run media said on Friday.
China, Japan, S. Korea to sign investment accord
7-Feb-2011 AFP
China, Japan and South Korea will sign a treaty in May to boost cross-border investment and better protect intellectual property, according to a report.
Law suit prospects seen in TPP deal
7-Feb-2011 Radio NZ
A top United States trade official says New Zealand is ready to accept investor-state disputes in the nine-country TransPacific Partnership trade agreement (TPP).
Wikileaks: UK undecided on EU-Syria Association Agreement
6-Feb-2011 Telegraph
"Before the Gaza crisis, Miliband had been inclined to support the Agreement, Saoul said, on the grounds that the Syria Arab Republic Government (SARG) had generally exhibited good behavior internationally (despite lack of progress on key issues such exchanging ambassadors with Lebanon), and that Syrian FM Muallem needed a deliverable to strengthen him with President Assad."
Work intensifies in preparation for EPA negotiations
4-Feb-2011 Scoop
“On the international stage, ACP-EU Economic Partnership Agreement negotiations have reached a stalemate in all regions except for the Caribbean,” said the Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat