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India-Israel FTA talks likely to be completed next year
14-May-2014    
Negotiations between India and Israel to forge a free trade agreement (FTA), under way for three years now, are likely to be completed by next year, Ambassador of Israel to India Alon Ushpiz has said.
Populist gains to complicate Europe's free trade ambitions
14-May-2014     Reuters
Growing support for far-right parties has dominated the run-up to next week's European Parliament elections but a lesser noticed theme is lurking: that protest parties on both right and left will try to scupper EU free trade talks.
Investor-state arbitration system needs ‘complete overhaul'
14-May-2014     TWN
A prominent international lawyer has launched a scathing critique of the international arbitration system that deals with investor-state disputes, describing the investment treaties that give rise to this system as "weapons of legal destruction"
Doctors warn TPPA takes away our climate protection tools
13-May-2014     Voxy
The New Zealand Climate and Health Council warns that negotiations over the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) threaten New Zealand’s ability to protect our climate and health.
PHL weighs impact of possible free-trade agreement with EFTA
13-May-2014     Business Mirror
The Philippines is set to undertake a study on the impact of a free-trade agreement with a European economic bloc as the country is scheduled to sign a declaration of economic cooperation with the European Free-Trade Association ministers this June.
Turkey demands free trade agreement with EU and US
13-May-2014     World Bulletin
Turkey has to be party to a proposed Free Trade Agreement between the EU and the US, Turkey’s Economic Ministry declared on Monday, stressing that otherwise Turkey should consider renouncing their custom union agreement with the EU.
Stephen Harper’s free trade deals not living up to the political hype
13-May-2014     National Post
Canada's Prime Minister may announce the conclusion of marathon trade negotiations with the European Union in Brussels on June 4-5, when he’s in town for a previously scheduled G7 leaders meeting. Then again, he may not.
India: Nokia mulls invoking bilateral investment treaty
13-May-2014     Indian Express
Entangled in a protracted tax mess in the country, Nokia has said that it would like to address the issue under the bilateral investment treaty between Finland and India, sources told The Indian Express.
Free trade agreement with the US threatening fruit and vegetable diversity
13-May-2014     DWN
The seed industry is planning to take advantage of the free trade agreement between the US and the EU (TTIP) to implement its patents in the European market.
Pakistan still pays 9pc duty on leather export to China under FTA regime
12-May-2014    
Pakistan is not benefiting from Free Trade Agreement with China, as the leather industry is still paying around 9 per cent import duty on its export goods to China owing to non-implementation of zero-duty under FTA regime.