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EU-Canada FTA (CETA) Annex 2 - EU offers to Canada (draft Feb 2012)
30-Mar-2012     RCIQ
EU-Canada FTA (CETA) Annex 1 - EU offers to Canada (draft Feb 2012)
30-Mar-2012     RCIQ
2G: Telenor plans to invoke India-Singapore treaty
29-Mar-2012     Economic Times
Norway's Telenor will seek 'compensation for all investment, guarantees and damages' if the Indian government fails to sort out issues related to its licence cancellation within the next six months, the company said.
US suspends Argentina from trade preference scheme
29-Mar-2012     ICTSD
Trade frictions are on the rise between Washington and Buenos Aires, after US President Barack Obama announced that the US would be suspending Argentina from its Generalised System of Preferences programme for failure to pay arbitration awards in two disputes involving US investors.
Water wars: Indigenous Ecuadorians vs. corporations
29-Mar-2012     Policymic
Ecuadorian communities learned from the way that Chevron's operations flouted environmental law in the 1990's, that once entrusted to foreign businesses their natural resources are usually squandered.
Korea trade deal unlikely to benefit Chrysler, CEO says
29-Mar-2012     The Detroit News
Chrysler-Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne told lawmakers Wednesday he is skeptical of the benefits of some free-trade agreements, and urged caution about proceeding with some new agreements.
‘Malaysia-Australia FTA on track despite Lynas issue’
29-Mar-2012     Borneo Post
The issue of the Lynas rare earth plant will not disrupt the proposed Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations between Malaysia and Australia, said International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed.
Noda, Monti agree to aim for early launch of Japan-EU FTA talks
29-Mar-2012     Mainichi
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and his Italian counterpart Mario Monti on Wednesday agreed to aim for the early launch of negotiations on a free trade agreement between Japan and the European Union.
The North American Leaders Summit and Reviving Trilateral Integration
27-Mar-2012     Be Your Own Leader
While it is unlikely that the upcoming leaders summit will bring about any grand new plan, it could be used as a starting point to revive the whole trilateral process. With the NAFTA framework still intact, the vision for a North American Union has not been abandoned.
Free trade with Japan will only worsen trade deficit, CAW president says
27-Mar-2012     CAW
Canadian Auto Workers president Ken Lewenza is raising serious objections to the new free trade discussions with Japan, charging that a free trade deal with Japan is unnecessary and would hurt the Canadian economy.