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EU halts work on Ukraine trade deal
15-Dec-2013     BBC
The European Union has suspended work on a trade and association agreement with Ukraine after failing to get a "clear commitment" from President Viktor Yanukovych to sign it.
EU-Africa trade partnership negotiations stalled
13-Dec-2013     Euractiv
The upcoming deadline imposed by the European Commission to revise the EU's preferential trade agreements with former colonies in the Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) region is raising concern among African countries.
The EU-Thailand FTA: What fate for access to medicines?
12-Dec-2013     IP Watch
Following the public outcry over the EU’s demands for stringent intellectual property rules that would dramatically raise medicines prices in India, you would expect the EU to think twice about making similar demands in future trade agreements. Yet, this is precisely what is going on now in the negotiations for a free trade agreement between the EU and Thailand.
Free trade, Gangnam style: The Korea-Australia free trade agreement
12-Dec-2013     Infojustice
On the 5th December 2013, Australia and Korea announced that they had finalised a new free trade agreement. Is it a fair trade fairytale? Or is it a dirty deal done dirt cheap?
Swiss National Council ratifies FTA with China
11-Dec-2013     SME Times
The lower house of Swiss parliament approved a free trade agreement (FTA) with China Tuesday.
Israel and Russia to negotiate free-trade agreement
11-Dec-2013     Jerusalem Post
Israel and Russia will soon begin negotiations over a free-trade agreement aimed at significantly increasing the relatively paltry trade numbers between the two countries, government officials said Tuesday.
US Congress could OK trade promotion bill in early 2014, lawmaker says
11-Dec-2013     Reuters
he Obama administration could secure "fast-track" trade promotion authority from Congress early next year, a leading lawmaker said on Tuesday, handing it the means to secure two big new trade deals.
EU-US free trade pact cause of concern for Indian pharma firms
11-Dec-2013     Financial Chronicle
There are apprehensions that TTIP would prevent Indian pharma companies to come to market with the same products - they would need to pass through several rounds of additional tests. As a result, prices will move up significantly.
Food safety in the EU-US trade agreement: going outside the box
10-Dec-2013     GRAIN
The transantlantic trade deal's agenda for food safety if all about reducing hoops for agribusiness. Not only would this hurt Europeans, whose clearly higher standards would be dragged down, but it would affect many other countries' food producers and consumers, since any deal reached between Washington and Brussels will set a new international benchmark.
TPP ministerial session ends without final agreement
10-Dec-2013     Mainchi
Japan and the United States, which have been in bitter conflict over thorny issues including Japanese tariffs on farm products as well as auto trade, failed to fill the gaps during the key session in Singapore, hampering the whole negotiation.