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Nepal-US TIFA meeting postponed to Sept
15-Feb-2012     Fibre2Fashion
At the upcoming meeting, Nepali entrepreneurs are expecting that the Government would work out a bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA) to improve garment and Pashmina item exports to the US, exports of which have been declining since 2000.
Bulgaria retracts support for global anti-piracy agreement ACTA
14-Feb-2012     Bloomberg
“Authors’ copyrights should not be placed above human rights,” Economy and Energy Minister Traicho Traikov said today,
Ecuador seeks to restart trade agreement talks with Europe
14-Feb-2012     Bloomberg
Ecuador is seeking an “affirmative response” from the European Union to restart trade talks stalled since the government of South America’s seventh-biggest economy stopped negotiations in 2009.
Group vows to protest if ban on ractopamine lifted
10-Feb-2012     CNA
An association of hog growers threatened Friday to mobilize its members in protest outside the Presidential Office if the government buckles under pressure and allows the entry of US beef imports containing a banned leanness-enhancing drug.
ACTA opponents welcome Germany's decision
10-Feb-2012     Tech President
Opponents of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) welcomed the official decision by the German government today to wait for action from the European Parliament before signing the treaty, calling it a sign that the debate over the balance between copyright protection and Internet freedom has become more explicitly political.
“Don't trade away our lives”
10-Feb-2012     The Hindu
“Whether we get to live or die should not be up to trade negotiators. We're all here today with one clear message to India and the EU: ‘Don't trade away our lives',” said Mundrika Gahlot of the Delhi Network of Positive People.
India, EU decide to step up trade deal talks, sign research pact
10-Feb-2012     IANS
India and the 27-nation European Union Friday signed two key pacts, including a joint declaration on research and innovation, and agreed to step up negotiations for a broad-based trade and investment pact which continues to be mired in "complex issues."
Activists seek human impact assessment of proposed EU-India trade pact
10-Feb-2012     Hindu Businessline
As India and the European Union met for a summit in New Delhi on Friday, thousands of food, retail, and health activists took to the streets in the Capital to protest against the proposed Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
ACP Group targets South-South solidarity in lead up to Heads of State Summit in December
10-Feb-2012     http://www.acp.int/content/press-release-acp-group-targets-south-south-solida...
The Secretary General of the African Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) H. E Dr Mohamed Ibn Chambas presented a list of key priorities for the organisation, setting the tone in the lead up to the ACP Heads of State Summit to be held this December in Equatorial Guinea. Speaking to journalists today, Dr Chambas declared 2012 to be a “year of restoration”, underlining plans to enhance the ACP as a “forward-looking international organisation.”
Why the secrecy? India’s FTA with EU
10-Feb-2012    
Sale of products that compete with EU’s GI-protected ones will be affected. Indian dairy sector has reasons to worry.