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  • 26-Nov-2009
    Warning to the government against the corporatization of the Land and the Sea: Blockade!
    On 23/11/2009 the South Indian Coordination Committee of Farmers Movement (SICCFM) organized a mass rally and blocked the new Mangalore port in Karnataka against the corporatization of land and sea, and the destructive cheap imports of food and crops because of WTO and FTAs
  • 26-Nov-2009 SW Radio Africa
    SA farmers threaten legal action over new investment pact with Zim
    The imminent signing of a new bilateral investment protection treaty (BIPPA) between Zimbabwe and South Africa could be halted, if an application in the Pretoria High Court on behalf of more than 200 farmers proves successful on Thursday.
  • 26-Nov-2009 Jakarta Globe
    Get ready for Asean-China free trade pact: Indonesian Industry Minister
    The FTA will allow thousands of products from China to enter Indonesia with no import duties. Millions of workers in the manufacturing sector may be affected.
  • 26-Nov-2009 Financial Express
    FTA with Gulf council on the backburner as talks put off
    In a significant setback to India’s ties with the Gulf Cooperation Council, the Free Trade Agreement discussions between the two sides have been postponed indefinitely.
  • 25-Nov-2009 Mangalorean
    Farmers protest import of edible oils
    Hundreds of farmers from across the State led by the Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha blocked the main entrance of the New Mangalore Port on Monday in a symbolic protest against the Union Government’s policy allowing the duty-free import of edible oils.
  • 25-Nov-2009 Business Mirror
    Jpepa tariff lifting worries auto workers
    The “horrors” of the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (Jpepa) continue to haunt the country.
  • 25-Nov-2009 Afrique Avenir
    Les Seychelles et la Turquie discutent de libre-échange
    Le gou­ver­ne­ment des Sey­chelles a en­ta­mé avec la Tur­quie des pour­par­lers pour la si­gna­ture d’un ac­cord de libre-​échange, qui doit ou­vrir de nou­veaux dé­bou­chés pour le sec­teur privé local, a ap­pris APA mardi dans la ca­pi­tale sey­chel­loise.
  • 25-Nov-2009 AFP
    Taiwan, US to resume trade talks next year: envoy
    Taiwan and the United States are expected to resume their dialogue on a key trade and investment pact in the new year, a US envoy said Wednesday.
  • 25-Nov-2009 DNA
    India ready to negotiate free-trade pact with US
    Prime minister Manmohan Singh indicated on Monday that he was open to negotiating a free-trade agreement (FTA) with the US, on the lines of a pact inked in August with the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
  • 25-Nov-2009 Brck Press
    Canada, India agree to work towards free trade
    Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s trip to India resulted in the beginning of an agreement between the two countries to work towards negotiating a free-trade agreement.
  • 25-Nov-2009 Zimguardian
    Regional blocs to launch Free Trade Area by 2012
    Three regional trading blocs — the Common Market for East and Southern Africa (Comesa), East African Community (EAC) and the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) — plan to launch a Free Trade Area by 2012.
  • 25-Nov-2009 Peninsula
    Lobbies trying to stall FTA with EU: Attiyah
    Lobbies representing European petrochemicals and aluminum industries are attempting to stall the long overdue free trade agreement between the Gulf Cooperation Council and the European Union because they are concerned about compettion from the GCC
  • 24-Nov-2009 IANS
    India, US sign pacts on investment promotion, sharing traditional knowledge
    India and the US have signed two inter-governmental agreements on traditional knowledge, intellectual property and investment promotion during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s first state visit to the US.
  • 24-Nov-2009 Financial Chronicle
    India readying bilateral deals with 12 nations
    India’s plan-B of bilateral trade agreements if the eight-year-old WTO negotiations to reach a conclusion and free up trade in goods and services.
  • 24-Nov-2009 Thaindian News
    India, US sign pacts on investment promotion, sharing traditional knowledge
    India and the US have signed two inter-governmental agreements on traditional knowledge, intellectual property and investment promotion.
  • 23-Nov-2009 Regional Times
    Pak, Germany to sign improved ‘investment treaty’ next month
    Pakistan and Germany will sign the enhanced version of “bilateral investment treaty” during the visit of Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani to Germany early next month.
  • 23-Nov-2009 SW Radio Africa
    Zimbabwe: South Africa farming union insists land grab victims be protected
    South Africa’s main agriculture and farming union has expressed concern about the bilateral investment treaty agreed with Zimbabwe, which is set to exclude South African owned farms that were expropriated by the Robert Mugabe regime during the chaotic land ’reform’ programme.
  • 23-Nov-2009 Chosun Ilbo
    Lee’s FTA comments create needless confusion
    In a press conference on Thursday with US President Barack Obama, President Lee Myung-bak said, "If there are any problems in the automobile sector... then we are ready to resolve this issue." The US side probably interpreted Lee’s comments as signaling his willingness to either re-negotiate the FTA or hold additional talks.
  • 23-Nov-2009 Business Daily
    EAC installs free market project with a new treaty
    The pace at which the EAC has concluded discussions on critical stages of integration process has raised eye-brows even in Africa where similar projects have barely moved beyond free trade area agreements.
  • 23-Nov-2009 Meat Trade News Daily
    New Zealand - FTA with Hong Kong signed
    New Zealand (NZ) and Hong Kong have signed a free trade agreement (FTA) on the back of recently concluded trade talks.