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Lose the double standard around foreign investment in Canada
16-Oct-2013     Huffington Post
Should the "right" of a foreign corporation to make a profit trump governments' attempts to create local jobs, improve environmental regulations or establish laws that raise royalty rates? Most Canadians would say no. But that's what their government is pushing poor countries to accept if they want Canadian investment.
Japan politicians criticise Shinzo Abe’s trade pact push
16-Oct-2013     FT
“Why should Japan take its own underpants off?” a parliamentarian from rural Toyama prefecture told reporters last week, after a senior Japanese negotiator suggested that Tokyo may have to make concessions over a set of highly protected agricultural products.
Can $150 melons boost Japan’s post-TPP agriculture exports?
16-Oct-2013     The Diplomat
While Japanese farmers fret that the TPP will cut import tariffs and flood the domestic market with cheap foreign produce, Abe sees the potential for an increase in luxury food exports – specifically pertaining to Japan’s world-class fruit, rice and beef.
Anfaco insists on excluding Thai tuna from EU-Thailand FTA
16-Oct-2013     FIS
Spain's National Association of Manufacturers of Canned Fish and Shellfish (Anfaco Cecopesca) is to once again ask the authorities of the European Union for the exclusion of Thai tuna from the free trade agreement that the European bloc is negotiating with Thailand.
Divisions grow in govt over farm buyouts
15-Oct-2013     Sky News
Divisions within the Australian government over foreign ownership of farmland appear to be deepening, with Labor accusing the coalition of speaking with two heads about Chinese investment.
Peru's FTA with Thailand to increase exports of grapes and fish
15-Oct-2013     Andina
The recent free trade agreement with Thailand is expected to allow Peruvian producers to increase their exports of grapes, canned food, flour and fish, Peru's Foreign Trade and Tourism Minister announced Monday.
Green and consumer groups voice fears over EU-US trade agreement
14-Oct-2013     FT
As negotiations get under way for an EU-US trade agreement, European environmental and consumer groups are mobilising to contest a pact they believe would lower standards for everything from apples to automobiles.
EU Parliament panel may raise FTA issue with Anand Sharma
14-Oct-2013     PTI
India-EU free trade agreement is expected to be a major issue that will come up in the meeting between a high-level delegation of European Parliament's panel on international trade and Commerce Minister Anand Sharma.
After 6 years, some continue struggle against FTA with United States
14-Oct-2013     Inside Costa Rica
The group which emerged as the “Patriotic Committee” nearly six years ago as Costa Rica held a national referendum which ultimately ended with the signing of the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) with the United States, continues its struggle against the agreement, known locally as TLC.
GCC-Singapore free trade deal boon for Saudi firms
14-Oct-2013     Arab News
The Saudi-Singapore Business Council is encouraging Saudi investors to invest in Singapore instead of Europe, using the GCC-Singapore FTA as a launching pad into China.