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Dairy at risk, China free trade deal updated
29-Sep-2015     NZ Herald
China is poised to upgrade its ground-breaking free trade agreement with New Zealand but scoring a major move in favour of NZ's dairy exporters will be problematic.
The implications of CET for Nigerian products
28-Sep-2015    
Common External Tariff (CET) has remained an issue of strong discourse and controversy in West Africa for many years, particularly since the inception of the Economic Partnership Agreement negotiations.
India’s act ‘breaches’ int’l conventions, agreements
28-Sep-2015    
Experts have termed India’s unofficial trade blockade on Nepal as a breach of international conventions and multilateral agreements that both Nepal and India have signed.
The information hurdle in free trade agreements
28-Sep-2015    
In its Foreign Trade Policy statement, issued in March, the commerce ministry talked of a relative lack of awareness about the potential benefits from free trade agreements (FTAs). Also, that industry is not adequately oriented to using such FTAs to find new markets and products, except when these adversely affect their business.
CETA deal "rigs the game," says P.E.I. producers
28-Sep-2015     The Guardian
Critics attack trade deal in football parody skit.
EU and US mega deal sparks inflated emotions
28-Sep-2015     World Poultry
Negotiations are about import tariffs but mainly about sanitary and phytosanitary standards, which can have far-reaching consequences for agriculture.
All 56 SNP MPs sign motion expressing major concerns about TTIP
28-Sep-2015     The National
Campaigners against the big-business deal TTIP have welcomed the signing of a Commons motion raising major concerns about it by all 56 SNP MPs.
Anti-TPP campaigners argue text ban is unlawful
28-Sep-2015     Radio New Zealand
A court has been told that the government's refusal to release information about the Trans-Pacific Partnership is unlawful and constitutionally dangerous.
Gordon Campbell on TPP dairy , and investor-state disputes
28-Sep-2015     Scoop
Gordon Campbell on New Zealand’s TPP done deal on dairy, and on investor-state disputes
French minister: 'TTIP talks are not transparent'
28-Sep-2015     EU Observer
Negotiations for an EU-US free trade agreement "are not transparent" and could end if no progress is made, French trade minister Mathias Fekl said.