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Q&A: Business Europe: ’India has advantage compared to the other BRIC countries’
9-Dec-2010 Business Standard
Philippe de Buck, secretary general of Business Europe, the most influential EU industry lobby in the region, spoke to Pallavi Aiyar to reflect on the European businesses’ perspective on the potential trade accord.
EPAs bound to stir unhealthy competition
9-Dec-2010 KBC
Kenya Human Rights Commission has called on the government to discontinue Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA) negotiations with the European Union arguing that if signed would deepen dependency on Europe.
With UAW’s King for cover, Obama backhands labor in Korea trade deal
9-Dec-2010 Labor Notes
UAW sources suggest King felt he had to back the trade deal as payback to Obama for pumping billions into failing automakers in 2009—although the bailout of Chrysler and GM laid off tens of thousands of workers and cut pay—in half—for future auto workers.
South Korean farmers protest against free trade agreement with US
9-Dec-2010 NTDTV
South Korean farmers staged a protest on Wednesday, urging their government to abolish the US- South Korea free trade agreement.
US union backing helps Korea trade pact chances
9-Dec-2010 NY Times
An unusual split in the US labor movement has developed over President Obama’s proposed free-trade pact with South Korea, with two powerful unions backing the deal — a development that experts say will make Congressional ratification far more likely.
Retailers protest against European push for FDI in retail
9-Dec-2010 NewsWorms
Thousands of retailers marched in the streets of Delhi against the onslaught of neo-liberal economic policies, raising slogans against supermarkets, free trade agreements (FTA), forward trading and goods and services tax.
MEPs protest FTA with Colombia
9-Dec-2010 Colombia Reports
Members of the European Parliament say that the EU’s free trade agreement with Colombia should not be approved as there has been little progress on human rights in the Andean nation, reports ABC.
Korea, EU to reopen talks about car provisions in FTA
9-Dec-2010 Chosun Ilbo
Korea will hold talks with the EU over vehicle gas mileage and greenhouse gas emission standards in the free trade agreement after renegotiations of the FTA with the US opened the door for adjustments.
People before profit: Broad civil society alliance calls on European Commission to halt EU-India FTA
9-Dec-2010
On the eve of the 11th EU-India summit, a broad civil society alliance called on the European Commission and the Indian Government to immediately halt the ongoing free trade negotiations between India and the EU.
Negotiating services with ASEAN
8-Dec-2010
What can India do to show flexibility while safeguarding its core market access interests? A solution seems to present itself from the experience of the recently implemented ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand FTA.
UAW President: Critics of Korea treaty don’t represent workers
8-Dec-2010 In These Times
United Auto Workers President Bob King sparked outraged among progressives and the labor movement by endorsing the Korea Free Trade Agreement. The Economic Policy Institute estimates that the treaty will cost 159,000 American jobs over the next five years.
Negotiations on free trade with EU likely to conclude by March: Anand Sharma
8-Dec-2010 The Hindu
"By March, we expect to conclude the negotiations on the free trade agreement," Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma told PTI.
Japanese, German automakers to benefit from Korea-US FTA
8-Dec-2010 Chosun Ilbo
Hyundai-Kia Automotive Group is bracing for stiffer competition in the domestic market under the Korea-US free trade agreement, as the pact will likely make Japanese and German cars much more price-competitive here.
Trade Invaders - how big business is driving the EU-India free trade talks
8-Dec-2010 Vimeo
This video illustrates how, in the EU-India FTA negotiations, the EU Commission and the Indian government have handed the agenda over to corporate lobby groups. This big-business-first agenda will put at risk the livelihoods of millions of small farmers, street traders and patients.
EU Commission uses business summit and aid money to push EU-India free trade talks
8-Dec-2010 CEO
As business leaders meet for the EU-India business summit in Brussels this week, a report by Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) revealed today that the EU Commission is using the event to actively orchestrate big business support for the EU-India free trade agreement, despite criticism from small businesses and people’s movements
Video clips: Briefing on EU-India FTA
8-Dec-2010 Forum against FTAs
The Forum against FTAs organised a briefing meeting to raise concerns and interact with Communist Party of India Member of Parliament, D. Raja and Green Party Member of the European Parliament, Ms Franziska Keller. We have made a set of 8 clips that give an account of the issues raised during the briefing meeting.
Be flexible on EPAs - Makuza
8-Dec-2010
Prime Minister Bernard Makuza, has urged the European Commission to accelerate the negotiations of the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) and come up with a conclusion as soon as possible.
No guarantees for NZ policies in trade talks
8-Dec-2010
The Government is offering no guarantees that New Zealand policies will not be changed to accommodate United States concerns in Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations.
Debate urged on TPP text
8-Dec-2010
If the proposed nine-country Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement is one "for the 21st century" as negotiators are calling it, its text should be open so New Zealanders can see what their Government is planning to agree to, say groups concerned about the talks in Auckland.
Wu talks of possibilities in TIFA talks
8-Dec-2010
With the US and South Korea close to signing a free-trade agreement (FTA), Premier Wu Den-yih yesterday said Taiwan and the US could negotiate item by item in the next round of talks for the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA).