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MEPs still divided over EU-Canada trade deal
18-Sep-2014     Xinhua
Divisions were evident in a European Parliament (EP) debate Wednesday on a proposed trade agreement between the European Union (EU) and Canada.
S. Korea, Turkey initial FTA in service, investment sectors
18-Sep-2014     Yonhap
South Korea and Turkey initialed a free trade agreement (FTA) for their investment and service sectors Thursday, which will complement a trade pact for products that went into effect last year.
EU must allay fears about free trade with Canada, Danish minister say
18-Sep-2014     Globe and Mail
Danish companies -- such as pharmaceutical giant Novo-Nordisk, who will get expanded patent protection in Canada -- see huge opportunities for boosting their revenues through CETA.
Mercosur, Pacific Alliance to strengthen ties
17-Sep-2014     TeleSur
Foreign Ministers from both blocs will meet November in Chile to discuss a Free Trade Agreement by 2016.
Pressure as EU issues new trade ultimatum
17-Sep-2014     Independent
While the EU boss in Uganda is quick to point out that the date is neither an ultimatum nor a deadline, come Oct. 01 the EU will withdraw its free market access to countries like Uganda that have not yet ratified an Economic Partnership Agreement.
PSI Special Report: The Really Good Friends of Transnational Corporations Agreement
17-Sep-2014     PSI
The objective of this report is to help overcome the secrecy and complexity surrounding the TISA (Trade in Services Agreement) negotiations in order to bring the agreement into the public sphere for democratic debate.
Dutch first to fish under unethical EU-Morocco fish deal
17-Sep-2014     WSRW
For the first time in almost three years, an EU member state fishing vessel has been detected in the waters of occupied Western Sahara.
China, Taiwan restart trade treaty talks
17-Sep-2014     Tax News
Taiwan and China have restarted talks on adding further goods tariff reductions to their economic cooperation framework agreement, despite the long-running dispute over the cross-strait agreement for trade in services that was signed in June last year.
India wary of issues on services in Canada pact
17-Sep-2014     LiveMint
Canada’s trade minister Ed Fast is scheduled to visit India next month to hold discussions with Nirmala Sitharaman to end the CEPA deadlock
Study: Risks and opportunities for the EU agri-food sector in a possible EU-US trade agreement
17-Sep-2014     European Parliament
TTIP "could lead to major changes in EU legislation, which may undermine the traditional EU precaution and risk management policy on which the current regulatory framework is based" says study prepared for the European Parliament’s Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development.