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US trade chief eyes bilateral ministerial TPP talks in weeks
11-Sep-2014     Kyodo
US trade chief Michael Froman plans to hold meetings with his counterparts from countries involved in negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade initiative in the coming weeks, his office said Wednesday.
EU-Canada trade deal 'a threat to democracy'
11-Sep-2014     Economic Voice
Campaigners urge British government to amend ‘secret agreement’ that would allow Canadian companies new powers over government decisions
EU seeks compromise with Russia over Ukraine free-trade pact
11-Sep-2014     Reuters
Moscow is believed to be willing to accept Ukraine's broad political and trade accord with the European Union under certain conditions, officials say.
India to start trade agreement talks with Peru
11-Sep-2014     Bernama
India will start negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA) with Peru to boost bilateral relations and to expand its trade and investment ties, especially in the defence sector with the Latin American region.
‘India willing to go ahead with free trade pact with EU’
11-Sep-2014     Free Press Journal
India on Wednesday said it is willing to go in for a free trade agreement (FTA) with the European Union but wants the 27-member bloc to address the issues flagged by New Delhi.
550+ US groups reject fast-track trade promotion authority
11-Sep-2014     Sierra Club
Nearly 600 US organizations led by the Sierra Club, AFL-CIO, the Communications Workers of America, the Citizens Trade Campaign, and Public Citizen sent a letter to Senate Finance Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR) firmly rejecting fast-track trade promotion authority and calling for a new system for negotiating and implementing trade agreements.
Full CETA leak available
11-Sep-2014    
Taiwan, China reopen free trade talks amid protest
10-Sep-2014     AFP
Taiwan and China resumed talks Wednesday at an undisclosed location on a goods free trade agreement, sparking a protest against secrecy by demonstrators suspicious of closer ties with Beijing.
Guatemala: activists defeat 'Monsanto Law'
10-Sep-2014     World War 4 Report
The law was originally passed to comply with an intellectual property requirement in the 2004 Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA), and it was unclear whether Guatemala might now be excluded from the US-promoted trade bloc.
Ask Foreign Policy Ministers to exempt ISDS from CETA open letter
10-Sep-2014     EarthMedia
Please find below a draft letter to heads of state or trade ministers of EU Member States. It can be sent ahead of the Sept .12 meeting of the EU Trade Policy Committee where Member States have the *final* opportunity to comment on the CETA text.