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Civic groups mount call-in against US beef
10-Jun-2012    
Civic groups and the Consumers’ Foundation yesterday encouraged consumers to call legislators and urge them to vote against relaxing a ban on ractopamine residues in US meat products, stressing that the health of Taiwanese should not be used as a trading chip for economic development.
Prices of whisky imported from EU much inflated
10-Jun-2012    
Domestic prices of whisky imported from the European Union (EU) are five times more than their import costs despite last year's implementation of a bilateral free trade deal that cut tariffs, a consumer advocacy group said Sunday.
EU-Colombia-Peru FTA Criticized
10-Jun-2012    
The director of the weekly newspaper Voz, organ of the Colombian Communist Party, Carlos Lozano, described the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) recently signed between the European Union (EU) and Colombia as "very negative".
White House pressured in DC to admit Canada to Trans-Pacific trade talks
9-Jun-2012     The Canadian Press
Canada's absence from talks on a proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement has been dominating bilateral chatter in the US capital with the Obama administration under pressure to welcome Canadians to the negotiating table.
Activists protest at AIT over US beef import row
8-Jun-2012     CNA
Activists demonstrated at the American Institute in Taiwan Friday to protest what they called Washington's highhanded attitude in forcing Taiwan to open its doors to US beef containting residue of the leanness-enhancing drug ractopamine.
Mulroney wades into EU free-trade talks, egging on pharma
7-Jun-2012     Canadian Press
Former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney is wading into the high-stakes debate over patent protection in the free trade talks with Europe, and he's clearly taking sides.
Two suits challenge copyright law under US-Colombia FTA
7-Jun-2012     Colombia Reports
Colombia's Constitutional Court will hear two suits challenging the new copyright law under the country's free trade agreement with the United States, local media reported Tuesday.
Lone Star is back in town, armed with the investor-state dispute system

5-Jun-2012    
In a May 31 press release, the US private equity fund Lone Star said it was planning to request investor state dispute (ISD) arbitration for losses suffered due to "unlawful" interference by the South Korean government.

Provinces join forces to keep EU free-trade deal from upping drug costs
5-Jun-2012    
The provincial premiers have undertaken a letter-writing campaign to demand compensation from the federal government for any increase in drug costs that might results from a free-trade agreement with Europe.
Central America and the EU - An asymmetric agreement
5-Jun-2012     IPS
Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama will face major challenges when the Association Agreement to be signed in late June with the European Union, including commitments on trade, political dialogue and cooperation, comes into effect.