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Activists seek human impact assessment of proposed EU-India trade pact
10-Feb-2012 Hindu Businessline
As India and the European Union met for a summit in New Delhi on Friday, thousands of food, retail, and health activists took to the streets in the Capital to protest against the proposed Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
ACP Group targets South-South solidarity in lead up to Heads of State Summit in December
10-Feb-2012 http://www.acp.int/content/press-re...
The Secretary General of the African Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) H. E Dr Mohamed Ibn Chambas presented a list of key priorities for the organisation, setting the tone in the lead up to the ACP Heads of State Summit to be held this December in Equatorial Guinea. Speaking to journalists today, Dr Chambas declared 2012 to be a “year of restoration”, underlining plans to enhance the ACP as a “forward-looking international organisation.”
Why the secrecy? India’s FTA with EU
10-Feb-2012
Sale of products that compete with EU’s GI-protected ones will be affected. Indian dairy sector has reasons to worry.
Does EU/India free trade agreement spell the end of cheap drugs for poor countries?
10-Feb-2012
After four years of negotiations, campaigners fear India is about to sign a trade deal with the EU which will stop the flow of cheap life-saving drugs to the developing world
China and Canada set for free trade talks as Harper pens multibillion-dollar deals
10-Feb-2012
China and Canada declared Thursday that bilateral relations have reached “a new level” following a series of multibillion-dollar trade and business agreements to ship additional Canadian petroleum, uranium and other products to the Asian superpower.
ACTA and TPP: The new enemies of the World Wide Web
9-Feb-2012 Telepresence Options
The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) and Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) are essentially an alteration to SOPA and PIPA for the rest of the world.
No exotic cheese names for Amul if India accepts EU demand
9-Feb-2012 Business Standard
Amul, India’s best-known milk products maker, may have to soon erase words such as Gouda and Emmental from its cheese labels
S. Korea seeks to guard ’sensitive industries’ in China FTA
9-Feb-2012 Yonhap
South Korea plans to fully consider potential fallout for "sensitive industries" that may be hurt if a free trade agreement (FTA) with China is reached, a senior government policymaker said Friday.
For a fair, free trade pact with Europe
9-Feb-2012
Several difficult issues need to be resolved if India is not to be short-changed in the Bilateral Trade and Investment Agreement with the EU.
Canadian auto-parts makers see green opportunity in India
9-Feb-2012
India is a brave new world for Canada’s auto-parts makers, who set out last month to test the largely untested waters.
India loses arbitration case against Oz firm
9-Feb-2012
In a stinging indictment of the slow speed with which the higher judiciary decides cases and lackadaisical manner in which the government deals with disputes involving foreign companies doing business in India, a three-member international arbitration panel has decided a case against the Government of India and a PSU.
South Korea-China FTA negotiations on the horizon
9-Feb-2012
Official procedures are under way toward negotiations for a free trade agreement between South Korea and China. Bilateral talks are expected to start some time around April or May.
Strengthening U.S.-Canada Security Interests in North America and Around the Globe
8-Feb-2012 Be Your Own Leader
Under Prime Minister Stephen Harper, both countries have further deepened their defense relationship. In addition, Canada has pursued a more U.S.-style foreign policy. This includes imposing tougher sanctions on Iran, along with further expanding sanctions against Syria. Much like the U.S., Harper has singled out Iran as a threat to international peace and security. He has echoed the same sentiments that the regime is seeking a nuclear weapon and would be prepared to use it. Defense Minister Peter MacKay has also indicated that if necessary, Canada’s armed forces are ready to offer assistance in Syria. More than ever, the U.S, and Canada share a more common approach to advancing security interests in not only North America, but around the globe.
Safeguard Indian interests in India-EU talks: CPI-M asks govt
8-Feb-2012 PTI
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Wednesday asked the government not to conclude any "binding" Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the European Union till all issues were discussed with representatives of the sectors which could be adversely affected.
Anti-FTA group holds protest in KL against EU-India trade talks
8-Feb-2012 The Star
Some 50 Anti-FTA Coalition members staged a protest at the European Commission’s office in Kuala Lumpur Wednesday, urging it to stop promoting what they allege are dangerous trade policies that would threaten the lives of millions across the developing world.
Positive networks and patient groups delivered Coffins to European Commission’s Office at New Delhi today
8-Feb-2012 Don’t Trade Our Lives Away
Ahead of India-EU Summit, DNP+ members delivered coffins to European Commission’s office today with a demand to refuse the provisions from the draft text of India-EU FTA that will impact the access to medicines.
ACTA protests lead EU Governments to suspend endorsement of the text
7-Feb-2012 Out-Law.com
Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic have announced that they will delay their endorsement of a controversial trade agreement following a tide of public protest.
EU to withdraw market access
7-Feb-2012
The European Union is to withdraw its market access for countries that have not signed the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) by 2014.
Act Up-Paris confront Karel De Gucht on ACTA and EU-India FTA
7-Feb-2012 ACT-UP Paris
Supporting the ongoing Global Week of Action on the EU-India FTA, Pauline Londeix of Act Up-Paris today confronted the European Commission for Trade, Karel de Gucht at a “Civil Society dialogue on Trade, Growth and development” at the European Commission. De Gucht reportedly leaves for India tomorrow for the EU-India Summit on 10th February 2012 where the E.C. is putting pressure on the Indian government to announce political trade-offs in the EU-India FTA.
Cars, software, services threaten EU-India trade deal
6-Feb-2012 Reuters
Hopes of India and the European Union striking a free trade deal at a summit this week are fading fast, with differences over duties on cars and market access for software and service companies standing in the way of an accord.