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EU leaders seek to overcome hostility to US trade deal
19-Dec-2014     Reuters
EU leaders defended plans for the world's biggest trade deal with the United States, seeking on Thursday to counter hostility in Europe and clear the way for the accord to be agreed by the end of 2015.
Dairy farmers warned of possible New Zealand/EU trade deal
19-Dec-2014     Agriland
Concerns have been voiced for the Irish dairy farmers as New Zealand pushes for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the EU by Sean Kelly MEP for Ireland south.
OZ: Chinese property ‘buying spree’ to accelerate in 2015
19-Dec-2014     Mortgage Business
Australia’s Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with China is expected to boost Chinese acquisitions of Australian residential land banks, hotels, office buildings and agricultural landholdings
Europe should have FTA with China: Italian official
19-Dec-2014     Xinhua
Italy's Deputy Economic Development Minister Carlo Calenda said he pushed for the start of FTA negotiations with China when he chaired a European trade ministers' meeting in November in Brussels.
Elizabeth Warren: Obama trade deal could undermine Wall Street reform
19-Dec-2014     Huffington Post
US Senator Elizabeth Warren on Wednesday warned that a major trade deal being negotiated by the Obama administration could hamstring Wall Street reform efforts.
Why are weapons-makers excited by TTIP?
19-Dec-2014     EU Observer
The arms industry is hoping that the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) will provide it with greater opportunities.
CETA: A bad trade for women
19-Dec-2014     CCPA
Does the federal government know how the Canada-European Union Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) will affect Canadian men and women? The answer is ‘no.’
Free trade and austerity: an explosive cocktail
18-Dec-2014     Mediapart
On 19 December 2014, thousands of Europeans will gather in Brussels to surround the European Summit of Heads of State.
Lebanon signs Latin American free trade pact
18-Dec-2014     http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Business/Local/2014/Dec-18/281437-lebanon-signs-l...
Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil signed a free-trade agreement with the Mercosur countries of Latin America, stressing the importance of maintaining good relations with the bloc.
Why is govt in a hurry to pay TCC for Reko Diq?
18-Dec-2014    
The Nawaz Sharif government is in an unnecessary haste to settle and pay millions, possibly billions, of dollars as compensation for the Reko Diq gold and copper mines to a discredited and ousted Canadian-Chilean mining consortium, a decision if made may resemble the infamous circular debt payment of Rs500 billion in the early days of the PML-N government.