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Harper gets support of Chile in bid to join TPP free-trade pact
18-Apr-2012     Montreal Gazette
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper secured the support Monday of Chilean President Sebastian Pinera for Canada’s bid to join talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
Obama certifies Colombia labor plan, clearing trade pact
16-Apr-2012     Bloomberg
President Barack Obama certified Colombia’s labor protection efforts, allowing both sides to put the US-Colombia Free Trade Agreement into effect May 15.
AFL-CIO declaration issued to re-examine Colombia FTA on worker rights
16-Apr-2012     USW
The United Steelworkers, the AFL-CIO and the Colombia labor movement firmly believes the US pronouncement that Colombia has complied with the Labor Action Plan -- a move which will allow for implementation of the Free Trade Agreement starting next month -- is premature as unionists continue to be killed in Colombia at a rate of 30 slain in 2011, and six already this year.
Case note: How Chevron v. Ecuador is pushing the boundaries of arbitral authority
13-Apr-2012     IISD
The arbitral tribunal in Chevron v. Ecuador has taken a series of steps in recent months suggesting that it has a broad view of its authority.
Fargo company to benefit from Colombia trade agreement
13-Apr-2012     Wday
No one is more excited about the new US free trade agreement with Colombia than some of North Dakota's local ag and aviation companies.
More tumult at the TPP: Secret negotiations against internet freedom continue in Chile; Big Pharma allies attempt to shut down critics’ event (again)
12-Apr-2012     CitizenVox
Talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, which the US is negotiating with Australia, Brunei, Chile, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam are continuing this week (April 9-13) in Santiago, Chile in the form of an “intersessional meeting” on intellectual property – focusing on internet policy.
Japan to consider free trade agreement with China: sources
12-Apr-2012     Mainichi
The Japanese government has decided to consider negotiating for a free trade agreement with China as prospects for a trilateral accord with China and South Korea have become grimmer due to Seoul's opposition for fear of a rise in imports from Japan, trade sources said Wednesday.
Peru exports endangered wood despite US trade pact -NGO
11-Apr-2012     Reuters
Peru needs to do more to halt exports of endangered cedar and mahogany from the Amazon rain forest as it opens its economy to free trade, a conservation group and exporters said on Tuesday.
Occupy for "fair trade, not free trade"
11-Apr-2012     People's World
Talk of a major international protest at the Dallas negotiations on May 8-18th for the Trans-Pacific Partnership dominated the discussion at the Occupy Dallas Six-Month Anniversary Celebration at Pioneer Park downtown on Apr. 7th.
Business calls for US-Brazil trade treaty
11-Apr-2012     Tax News
On the occasion of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's visit to the United States on April 9, the US Chamber of Commerce (USCC) President and CEO Thomas Donohue called on the two countries to begin discussions on a comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA).