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Australia missing out on China free trade agreement: official
21-Jun-2013     Global Times
In the most recent talks, held in Beijing earlier this month, the Australian government reported "good progress" on sanitary issues and technical barriers to trade, and "constructive discussions" on trade in goods, customs procedures, investment and dispute settlement, but this is not good enough, Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Julie Bishop says.
Increased access to Canadian dairy market urged
20-Jun-2013     Dairy Herd
The US National Milk Producers Federation’s Board of Directors last week approved a resolution in opposition to any Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement that does not provide for significantly increased access to the Canadian dairy market.
Be warned, we will resist GST, TPP - Anwar tells Najib
20-Jun-2013     Malaysia Chronicle
Ahead of Saturday's major rally to press for the resignation of the Election Commission members over electoral frauds, PKR de-facto leader Anwar Ibrahim warned prime minister Najib Razak of the growing opposition to Malaysia's participation in the US-initiated the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement negotiations
The EU and Azerbaijan: Mismatched objectives
20-Jun-2013     European Voice
Brussels wants to diversify its energy resources away from Russia. It is offering benefits such as free trade and visa liberalisation and is seeking comprehensive reforms across a range of areas as a precondition for closer ties. But Azerbaijan's human-rights situation is on a rapid decline.
Namibia: Grape farmers panic over EPA delay
20-Jun-2013     The Namibian
Namibian farmers warn that if the EPA is not signed, the grape industry would “die a sudden death,” as they will not be able to compete against zero-rated tax status producers in the EU market such as Chile, South Africa and Peru.
India to EU: Can’t sweeten trade pact
20-Jun-2013     TOI
The Indian government has run out of patience and will ask the European Union to sign a free trade deal "within a narrow political window", reports Times of India
Opponents question proposed trans-Atlantic trade deal
19-Jun-2013     IPS
Controversy is building following the announcement that negotiations will soon begin on a free trade agreement between the United States and European Union, with critics warning that any such agreement could negatively affect a host of regulatory concerns.
Harper government 'pleased' with secret TPP investment session in Vancouver
19-Jun-2013     rabble.ca
Activists from the Washington and Oregon Fair Trade Coalitions, as well as Occupy Bellingham and the Backbone Campaign, who gathered in Bellingham this weekend for a TPP Action Camp, snapped into action when we all found out about the TPP meeting in Vancouver.
China weighs choices on pacific trade pacts: experts
19-Jun-2013     Xinhua
Some leading political economists have lauded China's renewed interest in the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), telling Xinhua that China would enjoy more leverage on the tenor of negotiations "from the inside."
Minor downsize to result from service trade deal: SEF
19-Jun-2013     CNA
China will open its e-commerce, cultural and creative industries, transportation, finance, medical care, telecommunications, and travel sectors to Taiwan under the proposed deal set to be signed on June 21 during the next round of cross-strait high level talks in Shanghai.