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Egypt still considering free-trade zone with Gaza: Hamas official
27-Sep-2012     Ahram
While Palestinian Authority claims Cairo has 'given up' on proposal for Egypt-Gaza free-trade zone, deputy head of Hamas' political bureau tells Ahram Online otherwise
Colombian steelworkers plan strikes against FTA with Turkey
27-Sep-2012     Business News Americas
Workers from Colombia's Sintrametal metalworkers union are planning strikes and blockades to call on the government to refrain from signing the free trade agreement being negotiated with Turkey.
Free trade deal with Colombia designed to help Japanese carmakers
27-Sep-2012     Asahi Shimbun
Japan is set to begin talks with Colombia on an economic partnership agreement in the hope that it will spur vehicle exports to the third-largest market in Latin America.
Japan, EU may start EPA talks next spring
27-Sep-2012     Yomiuri
A senior European Commission official said Tuesday that talks between the European Union and Japan to conclude a bilateral economic partnership agreement will likely begin around March.
Critics decry secrecy, corporate access to Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations
27-Sep-2012     Between the Lines
Interview with Ben Beachy, research director with Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch, conducted by Scott Harris
US pharma companies could be real beneficiaries of Canada-EU trade deal
27-Sep-2012     iPolitics
Although the EU is asking Canada to change its patent regime, it is not possible to do so just for the EU. The actual beneficiaries would be all of the world’s brand-name companies. Of the world’s top 12 health care companies by revenue only three or four are resident in the EU.
WTO hopes regional integration from Pak-India trade boost
23-Sep-2012    
The decision taken by Pakistan and India to scale down tariff to a maximum of 5% and remove all non-tariff barriers (NTBs) by 2020 will lead to regional integration, according to an official of the Geneva-based World Trade Organisation (WTO).
EU Backs Down On EPA Deadline
22-Sep-2012    
Namibia, and other ACP countries, are celebrating a victory in trade negotiations after the European Parliament voted to extend the deadline for the signing of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union from January 2014 to January 2016.
MPs move to block signing of EPAs
22-Sep-2012    
Legislators, trade experts and analysts have described the delayed signing of the Economic Partnerships Agreement (EPAs) as a detriment to development of trade among developing nations.
Botswana dodges a bullet in EPA talks
22-Sep-2012    
Botswana has escaped the imposition of an amendment which would have charged higher duties on the country's exports to the European Union after 2014 thereby dealing a deathblow to local sectors such as agriculture, minerals and manufacturing.