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Aussie trade deals hold risks for NZ
23-Apr-2014     NZ Herald
It is easy to mock aspects of Australia's recently completed agreements. But the problem for New Zealand's trade negotiators is that these pragmatic deals have the potential to cause trade disruption for our own agricultural producers, writes Fran O'Sullivan.
European businessmen back moves to get closer to PH-EU FTA
23-Apr-2014     ABS-CBN
European businessmen back the government’s plan to conclude the scoping for the free trade agreement between the European Union and the Philippines by the end of the year .
EU-Vietnam FTA: GUE, Greens, and civil society obtain partial but important victory for human rights
23-Apr-2014     FIDH
A resolution adopted by the European Parliament on 17 April 2014 recommended the European Commission address key human rights concerns during FTA negotiations with Vietnam.
Clash mars PH launch of internationally coordinated protests vs Obama Asia trip
23-Apr-2014     InterAksyon
Bayan is coordinating with various anti-bases and anti-globalization groups in Japan, South Korea and the United States for a series of protests against the US pivot and the TPPA.
World Bank tribunal threatens El Salvador's development
22-Apr-2014     Al Jazeera
Last week more than 300 international and national civil society organizations wrote to the president of the World Bank, Jim Yong Kim, during its biannual meeting in Washington, denouncing the bank’s involvement in the case of Pac Rim Cayman LLC v. El Salvador.
All FTA talks shelved over service pact protests: Taiwan minister
22-Apr-2014     CNA
All free trade negotiations with Taiwan planned for this year have been shelved by “other countries” because of unrest over the services pact with China, Taiwan's Economics Minister said Monday, though he refused to name any specific countries.
Revise EPA before signing – Trade minister
21-Apr-2014     Graphic Online
Ghanian stakeholders at a public forum on the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) have called for urgent steps to revise aspects of the agreement before it is signed.
US activist warns S. Korea of participating in Trans-Pacific Partnership
21-Apr-2014     Hankyoreh
By luring South Korea into the TPP, the activist said, the US hopes to bring about all of the things that it failed to achieve under the Korea-US Free Trade Agreement (KORUS-FTA).
Mitsui takes on grain big guns
21-Apr-2014     The West Australian
Mitsui Australia chairman Yasushi Takahashi was a key participant in talks and events in this month's free-trade agreement between Tokyo and Canberra.
US launches probe into Mexican sugar imports as mills reject claims
21-Apr-2014     Reuters
The US government launched on Friday a probe into allegations that cheap imports of Mexican sugar are causing nearly $1 billion in damages in the local market, even as the Mexican representatives made a formal rebuttal of the accusations.