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Diet gives final OK on Australian trade pact
9-Nov-2014     Jiji Press
The trade deal could take effect in early 2015, sources say, boosting Australian beef, cheese and wine exports to Japan
Thousands gather to protest trade agreement
9-Nov-2014     NZ Herald
People in 17 centres across New Zealand voiced their opposition yesterday to the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA).
US rules out major Trans-Pacific trade announcement at APEC
9-Nov-2014     Reuters
"There certainly will not be a final agreement, an agreement, a major announcement," US Trade Representative Froman told reporters during an APEC briefing when asked about the TPP talks.
Thousands rally against trade agreement
9-Nov-2014     ONE News
There's been an outcry in New Zealand against secretive Transpacific Partnership trade talks, with thousands joining rallies around the country.
Study on Asia-Pacific Free-Trade pact approved -- update
9-Nov-2014     Dow Jones Newswires
China got APEC trade ministers to agree on a two-year study of a potential FTAAP, but not a launch of negotiations as it wanted.
TTIP’s suit of arms
8-Nov-2014     ALAI
The entire treaty making-process of the TTIP smashes the fundamental principles of the Rule of Law (ie, citizens’ procedural safeguards such as transparency, separation of powers, parliamentary debates…).
NZers rally against free trade deal
7-Nov-2014     AAP
People power rather than the interests of corporations will be at the heart of rallies across New Zealand opposing the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement this weekend, protest organisers say.
After its victory, Team Bush resumes its crusade for free trade
7-Nov-2014     AFP
Reassured by the renewed confidence of the American voters, President George W. Bush is going to pursue, even accelerate his free trade strategy in next four years by giving special support to bilateral agreements.
China's push for Asia-Pacific free trade area gains ground
7-Nov-2014     Straits Times
China's push for the proposed Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific (FTAAP) at the upcoming Apec summit has cleared the first hurdle, with senior officials of the 21-member grouping agreeing to launch a feasibility study.
EU-Africa free trade agreement 'destroys' development policy, says Merkel advisor
7-Nov-2014     EurActiv
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Africa Commissioner, Günter Nooke issued harsh criticism of the EU’s joint free trade deal with multiple African countries, claiming the EPA counteracts Europe’s development policy efforts.