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USDA trip moves US closer to accepting Chinese chicken
16-Aug-2013     Politico
Despite years of food safety scandals surrounding China and another recent bird flu outbreak there, the US Department of Agriculture is moving closer to opening the US market to Chinese-processed chicken by sending two of its senior food safety officials to Beijing next week for a bilateral meeting on the subject.
Pigs on Boeing 747s from UK to China
16-Aug-2013    
Following a trade deal, breeding pigs are being flown from the UK to China, up to 900 per flight in Boeing 747s.
Namibia and the Economic Partnership Agreement
16-Aug-2013     Pambazuka
Namibia’s principled refusal to get bullied into an agreement against what it considered its own best interests has served as an example for other countries originally more willing to give in to the pressure exerted by EU
How the Obama Administration is hurting American workers
14-Aug-2013     Pacific Standard
Leading US companies, the ones that shape government policy, are now able to make healthy profits without spending on domestic investment, leading to policies like FTAs that do not improve living and working conditions in the US
Marche citoyenne contre l'accord de libre échange négocié entre les EU et la CE dans le déni de la démocratie
14-Aug-2013     Les Engraineurs
Venez nombreux le 24 novembre. Il s'agira de la première mobilisation avant une longue série d'autres d'ici à 2015.
EU-Ukraine FTA (draft, 2013)
14-Aug-2013     Ukraine Government
Ukraine: Government publishes draft Association Agreement
14-Aug-2013     ForUm
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine posted draft EU-Ukraine Association Agreement on the government portal. The document is freely available and can be read by any Internet user.
EU confirms no block-to-individual Mercosur member trade negotiation has been requested
13-Aug-2013     MercoPress
The 28-country European Union underscored the potential benefits of a free trade agreement with Mercosur and revealed that so far no country member of the group has requested to a bilateral negotiation.
TPPA is not in our national interest
13-Aug-2013    
Malaysia should reject the TPPA outright until and unless a comprehensive and impartial CBA and comparative advantage study are conducted whose results are extensively communicated to the public
MEA asks commerce ministry to review FTAs, slowdown talks
13-Aug-2013    
India's Ministry of external affairs is learnt to have asked the ministry of commerce and industry to review some of the key free trade agreements the country has signed with Singapore, Japan, Korea and Association of Southeast Asian Nations.