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Canadian meat producers don't need CETA, aren't filling existing export quotas: NFU
10-Mar-2013     rabble
Canadian beef exporters are using less than half of their tariff-free quota access to the European market and pork exporters come nowhere close to meeting their allowances, says the National Farmers Union this week. The data completely undermines the Harper government's -- and the meat sector -- case for CETA, which appears to hinge on increased meat quotas for Canadian producers.
China plans study for free trade deal with Europe
8-Mar-2013     China Daily
China and the European Union could start investment talks in the coming months, the Chinese ambassador to the EU said. China has also submitted a proposal on launching a feasibility study on a free-trade agreement with the EU.
Europe’s carmakers look forward to US trade pact
8-Mar-2013     New York Times
Prospects for a trade pact have brightened the spirits of automakers along with many other types of Continental companies. And not only because it might make it easier for their products to compete in America’s giant consumer market.
Colombian trade coup a feather in Key's sombrero
8-Mar-2013     NZ Herald
The smile on John Key's face widened as broad as the sombrero that Juan Manuel Santos had just given him, when the Colombian President said, "We would love to have an FTA with New Zealand when they are ready to start negotiations."
Vietnam, EU look to conclude FTA negotiations
8-Mar-2013     VNA
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung wants to speed up negotiations on the free trade agreement between Vietnam and the EU.
Colombia keen on free trade deal with NZ
7-Mar-2013     Radio New Zealand
Colombia's president Juan Manuel Santos says he would like to negotiate a free trade agreement with New Zealand.
Thai PM puts free trade agreement on the table with EU
7-Mar-2013     Financial Times
If concluded successfully, an FTA would kick in just as Thailand’s cushy preferential trade treatment under the EU’s generalised system of preferences expires in 2015.
India needs a better deal from trade pacts
7-Mar-2013     Business Standard
If India is not deriving much benefit from its bilateral and regional trade deals, why is so much negotiating capital, which is limited, being invested on these?
Merkel, Yudhoyono call for free trade agreement
6-Mar-2013     DW
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called for a free-trade agreement between the European Union and Indonesia. This, she said, could be a first step towards a wider trade agreement.
Ambitious EU-Philippines FTA could erode people’s rights and undermine development
6-Mar-2013    
In the wake of recent pronouncements from the Philippine government of its proposal to begin bilateral free trade negotiations with the European Union this month, the EU-ASEAN FTA network expresses its serious concern that the proposed agreement would be too ambitious for the Philippines, erode people’s rights and undermine development.