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Alert! EU-US Transatlantic FTA - Call for mobilisation in Europe and the United States
16-Feb-2013 S2B
EU-US Transatlantic Free Trade Agreement:. Join us to stop this "free trade" agenda.
At your service: the European Services Forum’s privileged access to the EU Commission over EU trade policy
16-Feb-2013 CEO
A recent documentary on lobbying in the EU highlights the historically intimate links between the EU Commission and European services companies. New research reveals that they are as close as ever, working hand in glove to liberalise and deregulate services markets – from Canada to the ASEAN region, from the US to India.
India-EU FTA negotiations may conclude by April
14-Feb-2013
Negotiations for the India-EU Free Trade agreement may conclude by April this year, moving a step closer to sealing of the pact that is expected to boost trade and investment.
Intra-EU bilateral investment treaties: A test for European solidarity
14-Feb-2013 TNI
Corporations in Western Europe are suing Central and Eastern European countries at international arbitration tribunals through a vast web of intra-EU Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs).
Why can corporate interests trump sovereign rights?
14-Feb-2013 TRNN
Real News Network interviews Chakravarthi Raghavan on how companies can sue countries under trade and investment agreements
France will help finalise India-EU FTA: Hollande
14-Feb-2013 IANS
France will support India on its negotiations with the EU on clinching a free trade agreement, President Francois Hollande said in New Delhi Thursday, stressing that French companies should have greater access to the Indian market as a result.
SOTU, TPP, TAFTA — WTF?
14-Feb-2013 Huffington Post
The Trans-Atlantic FTA’s focus would not be trade per se — border taxes (tariffs) between the EU and the US are already low. Rather, these talks are aimed at eliminating a list of what multinational corporations call "trade irritants" but the rest of us know as strong food safety, environmental and health safeguards, explains Lori Wallach.
EU and US free-trade talks launched
13-Feb-2013 BBC
The European Union and the US will begin formal talks on a free-trade agreement, paving the way for the biggest trade deal in history. European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso made the announcement following President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address.
Obama details free trade deal between US and Europe in state of the union
13-Feb-2013 Guardian
President Barack Obama unveiled plans for a new free trade agreement between and the US and Europe in his annual state of the union speech.
KCCI urges signing FTA with Thailand
13-Feb-2013
Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) urged to explore the opportunities of signing Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Pakistan and Thailand in view of existing tremendous trading potential. Exchanging views with the Consul General of Thailand Wichai Sirisujin President KCCI Haroon Agar proposed Thai Consulate’s and KCCI’s Halal Food Pavilion in the 10th My-Karachi Exhibition 2013.
EU’s ambitious trade and investment agenda: At what cost to the Philippines?
13-Feb-2013
Statement issued by the EU-ASEAN Network in connection with the European Union - Philippines Inter-parliamentary Meeting where seven Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) from the Delegation of the European Parliament for Relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are visiting the Philippines from 11-15 February 2013.
EU-FTA’s entry into force marks a new era for Peru’s exports
12-Feb-2013
Peru will experience a change of era with the entry into force of the Multi-Part Trade Agreement with the European Union (EU) due to it is the world’s largest import market for Peruvian products, EU Ambassador to Peru, Hans Allden.
NDP leader Tom Mulcair on a tightrope as he ponders Canada-EU free trade
12-Feb-2013
New Democratic Party leader Tom Mulcair faces a risky balancing act as he weighs the possibility of supporting the proposed Canada-Europe free trade agreement.
EU’s ambitious trade and investment agenda: At what cost to the Philippines?
12-Feb-2013
A statement of concern from the EU-ASEAN FTA Network-Philippines
10 years of building people’s power in Latin America
12-Feb-2013 Anarkismo.net
A South African anarchist reports on the 10th annual Latin American Encounter of Popular Autonomous Organisations (ELAOPA)
NZ consults on regional FTA
12-Feb-2013 Tax News
The New Zealand Government is consulting on a sixteen-nation free trade agreement between New Zealand, Australia, the ten ASEAN states, China, India, Korea and Japan (RCEP)
Hearings to start in Uruguay anti-smoking
11-Feb-2013
Uruguay faces its first hearings in the French capital this week in a lawsuit filed by US tobacco giant Philip Morris International against its anti-smoking laws, an official said on Monday.
LDP ranks, like-minded lobbies rally against TPP
11-Feb-2013
About 120 members of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party joined major lobby groups for a rally Thursday to oppose participation in the U.S.-led Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade talks, stepping up pressure on the Abe administration to maintain barriers on sensitive items in the farming, fishing and medical markets.
UAE and Poland to strengthen bilateral trade
11-Feb-2013
The UAE and Poland have agreed to undertake all possible measures to further promote bilateral trade and develop economic relations as the first meeting of the UAE-Poland Joint Commission for Economic Cooperation began in Warsaw on February 6.
Broad rules to govern Pak-India free trade urged
11-Feb-2013
Trade and industry in favour of free trade has pleaded with the government to ensure well-defined rules of engagement with Indian government and advised the bureaucracy to do its homework and examine trade factsheet before making any commitment one way or another.