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Illegal EU fish agreement with Morocco now ratified by King
12-Aug-2014     WSRW
The King of Morocco has ratified its dirty fisheries agreement with EU, allowing EU vessels to fish in Western Sahara waters under Moroccan occupation. The European Commission fails in geography regarding the location of the fisheries in communiqué.
‘India should focus on Latin America, Africa, BRICS to counter trans-Pacific challenge’
12-Aug-2014     Hindu Business Line
Commerce Secretary Rajiv Kher has said India should focus on increasing its trade with Latin America, Africa, the BRICS nations and certain countries in the Asean bloc to counter the challenge posed by the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP).
EU seeks free-trade agreement with Vietnam
12-Aug-2014     AP
European Union's top diplomat Catherine Ashton says she hopes the deal could be signed before the end of the year.
Despite the pronouncements, Canada-EU trade deal not set in stone
11-Aug-2014     Globe & Mail
To trade experts, the moving goal line is all part of the game of these complex negotiations. Average Canadians, however, might be forgiven for not knowing the score. Some may even have mistakenly thought the game was already over.
Ecuador wants Korea to start CEPA talks immediately
11-Aug-2014     Korea Times
Ecuadorian Ambassador Nicolas Trujillo Newlin called the Korean government today, urging it begin negotiations toward signing a trade agreement with the country.
India, ASEAN likely to sign FTA later this month
11-Aug-2014     PTI
India and the 10-nation ASEAN are likely to sign the long-delayed free trade agreement in services and investments later this month when their economic and trade ministers meet.
Critical moment to stop the TPP & other rigged trade agreements
11-Aug-2014     Popular Resistance
The opposition is global. At the same time people were acting in the US, 65,000 people protested the TPP in Mexico and more than 1.8 million in Australia called for the text to be made public.
CETA will likely be signed, but it will also implode
8-Aug-2014     rabble.ca
At this point, the text has reportedly been sent to Canadian provincial governments and the European Union member states for initial feedback to be submitted over the next few weeks, reports Brent Patterson.
Two-third of voters in Tory marginals want NHS exempt from US trade pact
8-Aug-2014     The Guardian
More than two-thirds of voters in 13 battleground constituencies want to see the NHS safeguarded from a new trade deal that critics say threatens to make the privatisation of UK health services permanent.
End in sight for US-Japan TPP talks on agriculture market access, Oe says
8-Aug-2014     International Trade Reporter
The conclusion of agriculture market access talks between the US and Japan is in sight, Japan's Trans-Pacific Partnership Ambassador Hiroshi Oe said 5 August. The US Trade Representative talked of "some progress".