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MFAFT gets anxious as Caricom/Canada FTA deadline nears
6-Apr-2014    
The waiver which facilitates duty-free access to Canada's market expired three months ago, but Canada is still according duty-free treatment to goods from Caricom under the Caribbean/Canada Trade Agreement, CaribCan, officials attached to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) say.
Bumpy road ahead to Aussie FTA
6-Apr-2014    
Australian Trade Minister Andrew Robb said substantive issues remained in trade negotiations with Japan as the two nations rushed to conclude a free trade agreement before their prime ministers meet on Monday.
Fix FTA fine print, says business
6-Apr-2014    
Clinching further free trade agreements will not reap the anticipated billions of dollars of benefits for Australian firms unless the deals are better drafted, the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry has warned Trade Minister Andrew Robb.
Negotiations on the Tripartite Free Trade Agreement are moving forward
4-Apr-2014     ICTSD
African high-level officials indicated recently that negotiations for the establishment of a free-trade area spanning three major regional economic communities in Africa have progressed well and could conclude by the end of this year.
Mexico and Panama sign free trade agreement
4-Apr-2014     Reuters
The presidents of Mexico and Panama signed a free trade deal on Thursday, moving the smaller nation a step closer to joining the Pacific Alliance, a regional pact.
Dairy industry fears a raw deal from Japan FTA
4-Apr-2014     ABC
Dairy farmers believe Australia's free trade agreement with Japan could signed by Monday. But they don't believe the deal will deliver them anything.
TTIP: EU Commissioner points finger at US secrecy, investor-state provisions
3-Apr-2014     IP Watch
April Fool's? European trade commissioner Karel de Gucht says, during a 1 April hearing in Brussels of the International Trade Committee of the European Parliament, that he would agree to drop ISDS from the TTIP if the United States would agree.
Philippines: Talk deal set with EFTA
3-Apr-2014     Business World
An agreement that will spur further talks on a possible trade arrangement between the Philippines and the four-member European Free Trade Association (EFTA) is expected to be signed in June
Why Nigeria scuttled the EU-ECOWAS trade deal
3-Apr-2014     This Day
The federal government has stated that it declined endorsing the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union because acting otherwise would have been inimical to the advancement of the varied growth policies currently being implemented by the government.
TRADE PACT SIEGE: Student leaders host talk on protest on Reddit site
3-Apr-2014     Taipei Times
Student leaders of the Sunflower movement yesterday hosted a question-and-answer session on the US-based community platform Reddit to answer questions from around the world about their protest, in another effort to use their expertise in social networking technology to communicate with the outside world.