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Oppn wants FTA with EU to be discussed in parliament
3-May-2013    
The main opposition party, Bharatiya Janata Party and Left parties joined hands to demand that union government should discuss the crucial free trade agreement with European Union before a final decision is taken by the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government.
The looming Canada-CARICOM free trade agreement
3-May-2013     NACLA
On April 23, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago visited Canada to deliver her pitch to make the Canada-CARICOM free trade agreement a reality.
After Japan TPP entry, USTR asks for economic impact study
3-May-2013     Law 360
The US trade representative asked the US International Trade Commission on Tuesday to investigate the likely economic effects of allowing duty-free imports of products from Japan, which just recently joined the ongoing talks for the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
India, European Union may skirt thorny Issues, ink FTA
3-May-2013     Economic Times
India and the European Union could consider the option of signing a bilateral trade deal without the contentious issues when their chief negotiator meet on May 15, a senior commerce department official told ET.
Vietnam and FTA negotiations: NGOs urge the EU to carry out a human rights impact assessment
2-May-2013     FIDH
The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and its member organisation, the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR), would like to ask the European Union to conduct an impact assessment that adequately encompasses the human rights situation before continuing the negotiations of the Free Trade Agreement launched in March 2013 with Vietnam.
EUWEP calls for fair trade, not free trade
30-Apr-2013     Farmers Weekly
EU egg producers have lobbied MEPs for fair trade, not free trade, highlighting that the egg industry would be disadvantaged if it isn't given special protected status in any future trade agreements.
Colombia to resume peace talks with the FARC amidst US and Colombian military "saber-rattling"
30-Apr-2013     Nacla
US support for the peace process would imply important changes in its policy toward the militarization of Colombia, its failed war on drugs, and a revision of its Free Trade Agreements that would allow the small peasants and subsistence economy to survive.
China investment deal raises red flags in Canada
30-Apr-2013     DW
After a vote to block it failed this week, Canada’s controversial investment treaty with China could be ratified any day now. The government says it protects Canadian investments in China. Critics call it a sell-out.
Political corruption and the 'free trade' racket
30-Apr-2013     Al Jazeera
The US-EU free trade pact and TPP are about securing regulatory gains for major corporate interests, writes Dean Baker.
NZ minister slams TPP exceptions for Japan
26-Apr-2013     Japan Times
“We will not handle these sensitivities in agriculture, autos or whatever, by exclusions from trade liberalization,” NZ trade negotiator Tim Groser told the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo.