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EU-Singapore FTA (draft, Sep 2013)
20-Sep-2013     DG Trade
EU, Singapore ready to sign free trade deal
20-Sep-2013     KUNA
The EU and Singapore Friday moved closer to signing a Free Trade Agreement after they released the draft text of the deal for approval and ratification by the two sides.
Ramotar: Has any Caribbean country benefited from EU trade deal?
20-Sep-2013     Stabroek News
“I think it is time that we evaluate whether any Caribbean country has actually benefitted in a tangible way from the implementation of the EPA, and if not, why,” Guyana's President Donald Ramotar told European Union officials.
Chinese investors flock to Vietnam to wait for TPP
19-Sep-2013     VNN
Three years ago, Chinese businessmen, when asked if they would make investment in Vietnam, all said “no.” However, they have changed their mind.
Colombia is latest addition to pantheon of free-trade follies
19-Sep-2013     The Guardian
The failure of free-trade agreements has repeatedly highlighted the need for more humane, intelligent agricultural interventions
Activists warn of EU FTA dangers
19-Sep-2013     The Nation
While Thai authorities trumpet the progress of the second round of negotiations for a free-trade agreement with the European Union, activists are harsh in their opposition, particularly on the opening up of the pharmaceutical and agricultural sectors.
Chevron wins major arbitration victory
19-Sep-2013     CNN
In an apparent coup for the oil giant's efforts to undermine a $19 billion environmental judgment in Ecuador, an international tribunal has suggested that the Ecuadorians' claims in that case were all settled and extinguished in 1995
Bilateral trade agreement on ice as Brazil’s Dilma Rousseff cancels US visit
18-Sep-2013     IB Times
Dilma Rousseff cancels visit and mutual trade pact on revelations that US' National Security Agency hacked into presidential emails
China's interest grows in joining an Asia-Pacific trade deal
18-Sep-2013     The Hill
China's tnterest in eventually joining an Asia-Pacific trade agreement is growing considerably, US business officials say.
EU-China investment talks: no EP consent without transparency, Trade MEPs warn
18-Sep-2013     INTA
EU-China talks on an investment and market access accord will touch interests that are highly sensitive for the EU public and must be conducted "with the highest possible level of transparency" and subject to parliamentary oversight, says the European Parliament's International Trade Committee