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Between China and America? Real choices facing Indonesia
22-Apr-2013     Jakarta Globe
Are the RCEP and TPP really competing for members and agenda items?
Relase IPA Activists that demand to stop trade liberalization!
22-Apr-2013    
Indonesian Police Dept in Surabaya is arrested IPA activists that hold a picket to oppose APEC Trade Minister meeting (20-21 April) and trade liberalizations agenda.
APEC pushes FTAs in shift toward regional initiative
22-Apr-2013     Japan Times
The trade ministers of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum agreed Sunday to promote free-trade agreements in the Asia-Pacific region just a day after Japan won permission to negotiate a free-trade pact involving many of its members.
India-EU FTA: A lose-lose for India
22-Apr-2013     NewsClick
Newsclick discusses with Biswajit Dhar, Director General of Research and Information System for Developing Countries, the India-EU Free Trade Agreement and its fall-outs.
Importers ‘misusing Bahrain’s FTA with US’
22-Apr-2013     Trade Arabia
Importers in Bahrain have been accused of trying to misuse the kingdom's Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the US to avoid paying taxes, a report said.
US, UK want financial services as part of trade pact
19-Apr-2013     Reuters
The United States and the UK aim to include financial services in a proposed free-trade agreement between Washington and the 27-nation European Union, the British ambassador to the United States said on Thursday.
France threatens to block start of EU/US free trade talks
19-Apr-2013     Reuters
France said on Thursday it would block proposed negotiations on a free trade agreement between the European Union and the United States unless cultural sectors, such as television and radio, were excluded from the talks.
Nicaragua ratifies ALBA ‘fair trade’ treaty
19-Apr-2013     Nicaragua Dispatch
On the eve of Nicolas Maduro’s inauguration in Venezuela, Sandinista lawmakers pass ECOALBA-TCP as a sign that ALBA is alive and well
Cars and cattle clash on Japan free trade agreement
19-Apr-2013     The Australian
Australia's meat exporters believe they are being sacrificed for the benefit of the car industry as negotiations for the Australia-Japan free trade agreement draw closer to conclusion.
China FTA abandoned
19-Apr-2013     The Australian
The Gillard government has abandoned a comprehensive free-trade agreement with China to focus on a "trimmed-down" agriculture deal, according to The Australian