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Contre l'expansion de l'accord de libre-échange Canada-Israël (Hiver 2012)
17-Feb-2012     Tadamon!
L’automne dernier, le gouvernement conservateur a annoncé qu’il planifiait l’expansion de l’Accord de libre-échange Canada-Israël (ALÉCI), un ensemble de procédures qui servent à légitimer davantage l’occupation et l’apartheid israélien, et renforce la participation de certaines compagnies ainsi que du gouvernement canadien a la politique de racisme et de colonialisme prôné par Israël.
Keep paper in negative list while signing FTAs: Assocham
17-Feb-2012    
To provide a level-playing field to the domestic industry, trade body Assocham today urged the government to keep paper and its products in the negative list while signing bi-lateral and multi-lateral trade treaties.
Chill this pill
17-Feb-2012    
Last week, the 12th India-EU Summit was held amid growing expectations that the two partners would announce the date for the conclusion of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) that is being negotiated since 2007. This agreement was projected as “one of the new generation of EU FTAs launched as part of the Global Europe strategy”, the focus of which was market opening and stronger rules in new trade areas of economic importance to the EU, including intellectual property rights (IPR), services, investment, public procurement and competition.
Taiwan-Singapore free trade talks in progress: premier
17-Feb-2012    
Premier Sean Chen rebutted Friday speculations that the free trade talks between Taiwan and Singapore have been delayed, saying they are in progress.
China, Switzerland Make Progress in FTA Talks: MOC
17-Feb-2012    
China and Switzerland have made progress in the fourth round of bilateral talks on a possible free trade agreement (FTA), the Ministry of Commerce said Friday.
Farmers, people living with HIV and small traders protest against the EU
17-Feb-2012     La Via Campesina
Indian farmers joined people with HIV and small traders to protest against the EU-India Free Trade agreement, which will impact all three sectors by ending livelihoods and cutting access to cheap medicines.
Global civil society rises up over FTAs
17-Feb-2012     FTA Malaysia
Civil society groups around the world have upped the ante in the global struggle to protect and promote access to medicine and focused their attention on the European Union-India free trade agreement (FTA) currently being negotiated between the two governments.
Keeping SOPA measures out of trade agreements ACTA, TPP
17-Feb-2012     Huffington Post
As protests against the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) sweep across Europe, two conclusions are possible: the era of closed-door IP policy is over; and the content industry's insatiable quest for more power and control is no longer irresistible.
SAARC countries agree to reform trade, visa regime
17-Feb-2012     Express Tribune
The eight member states of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation vowed to reduce the size of their respective sensitive lists of non-tradable items and expressed satisfaction over signing of the Saarc Agreement on Trade in Services.
Ewa Björling launches initiative for free trade with US
17-Feb-2012     Gvt of Sweden
Sweden's Minister for Trade Ewa Björling is presenting the conclusions of a new report by the Transatlantic Task Force on Trade and Investment. The report proposes how an open market for trade and investments could be created between the EU and the US.