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Gillard cites food security in push for Japanese trade agreement
9-Oct-2012 SMH
Australia’s Prime Minister Julia Gillard has used rising concern in Japan about food security to renew the push to finalise a Free Trade Agreement.
Ecuador preparing to contest Icsid’s award to Occidental
9-Oct-2012 Dow Jones
Ecuador’s Attorney General said Monday his office is preparing the legal basis to contest an international court ruling that ordered the country to pay $1.77 billion plus interest to Occidental Petroleum Corp.
Show commitment towards ECOWAS integration -Minister
8-Oct-2012
Trade and Industry Minister, Ms Hannah Tetteh has called all stakeholders in the West African sub-region to show extra commitment to the integration agenda and the implementation of various ECOWAS protocols.
FTA with EU to be concluded after election, Azarov hopes
8-Oct-2012
The negotiations on a free trade area between Ukraine and the European Union will be intensified after the election to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykola Azarov said at a hot line in "Komsomolskaya Pravda in Ukraine" newspaper, the Cabinet’s press service informs.
Time to seal the deal on Japan FTA: Gillard
8-Oct-2012
Julia Gillard announced last night that it was "time to seal the deal" with Japan on what would be Australia’s biggest bilateral free trade agreement.
Free trade agreement with Japan urgent, say business leader Hugh Morgan
8-Oct-2012
Veteran business and academic figures are warning free trade agreement negotiations between Australia and Japan are now a matter of urgency as challenges from the Asian Century emerge.
Linking Asia and Latin America Through Trade Agreements
8-Oct-2012 AIE Network
Our recent ADBI Working Paper assessed the scope and depth of the 20 Asia-Latin America FTAs using an inter-disciplinary approach blending concepts in international law with international economics.
BITs, FTAs and damaging effects of their investment chapters
8-Oct-2012 TWN
The damaging effects of Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) and the investment chapters of North-South Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) were highlighted at a World Trade Organisation (WTO) Public Forum held last week.
Be Wary of Economic Partnership Agreements - Hormeku
7-Oct-2012
Mr Tetteh Hormeku, Head of Programmes, Third World Network - Ghana, has urged African governments to be wary of the European Union’s agenda to perpetuate and deepen liberalization through the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs).
Did this historic trade deal help Canada? No
7-Oct-2012
There’s no denying that foreign trade has been the biggest drag on Canada’s economic performance in recent years. Our exports (in real terms) are smaller than way back in 2000, and our balance of payments is mired in record deficit. So it was especially ironic last week to watch business and Conservative leaders pull out the stops to toast the silver anniversary of the Canada-U.S. free-trade agreement.
4th round of India-Aus FTA talks likely in Nov
7-Oct-2012
The fourth round of Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations between India and Australia is expected to be held in November this year, in New Delhi, a top official has said.
Ecuador / ICSID: A new revolt likely to have regional repercussions
7-Oct-2012
Ecuador officially announced on 8 October 2012 that it will request the annulment of the recent decision of the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) which was communicated on 5 October 2012 (ICSID Decision ARB/06/11).
Canada and the European Union moving closer to free-trade agreement
6-Oct-2012
Are you fed up with the sorry state of Quebec’s taxpayer-funded roads and highways? Disgusted by widespread allegations of corruption and collusion in the province’s construction industry? Shocked at the kickbacks that organized crime is said to demand to get things built in this province?
Tarnished anniversary: Why the free-trade deal didn’t deliver
6-Oct-2012
Twenty-five years ago this week, the signing of the Canada – U.S. free-trade agreement (FTA) sparked one of the most passionate political debates in Canadian history.
VN starts FTA talks with EU
4-Oct-2012 Viet Nam News
The first negotiations on a bilateral Free Trade Agreement between Viet Nam and the European Union are scheduled to open this month.
Advocates ask de Gucht to leave data exclusivity out of trade agreement with Moldova
3-Oct-2012 infojustice
Health advocates have asked the EU not to include data exclusivity requirements in the “Deeply Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement” that is being negotiated between the EU and Moldova.
Colombia on its way to free trade pact with China
3-Oct-2012 Colombia Report
China and Colombia begin their first steps toward a free trade agreement as well as sign several other trade agreements further promoting trade between the two countries.
Keen interest in completing Indo-EU FTA: German envoy
3-Oct-2012 SME Times
The German envoy to India Wednesday said the business communities of both countries have shown tremendous interest in completing the India-European Union free trade agreement.
Peru, GCC ink pact on trade, economic & investment cooperation
3-Oct-2012 Andina
Peru signed Monday a framework agreement on trade, economic, technical and investment cooperation with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), which comprises Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
On TPP secrecy, US and five others decline to answer UN
1-Oct-2012 IP Watch
Nine countries asked by a United Nations Special Rapporteur to respond to a complaint over the alleged secret and bureaucratic negotiations for the draft Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement either failed to respond or defended the backdoor talks, according to the advocacy group Knowledge Ecology International.