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Does EU/India free trade agreement spell the end of cheap drugs for poor countries?
10-Feb-2012    
After four years of negotiations, campaigners fear India is about to sign a trade deal with the EU which will stop the flow of cheap life-saving drugs to the developing world
China and Canada set for free trade talks as Harper pens multibillion-dollar deals
10-Feb-2012    
China and Canada declared Thursday that bilateral relations have reached “a new level” following a series of multibillion-dollar trade and business agreements to ship additional Canadian petroleum, uranium and other products to the Asian superpower.
ACTA and TPP: The new enemies of the World Wide Web
9-Feb-2012     Telepresence Options
The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) and Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) are essentially an alteration to SOPA and PIPA for the rest of the world.
No exotic cheese names for Amul if India accepts EU demand
9-Feb-2012     Business Standard
Amul, India’s best-known milk products maker, may have to soon erase words such as Gouda and Emmental from its cheese labels
S. Korea seeks to guard 'sensitive industries' in China FTA
9-Feb-2012     Yonhap
South Korea plans to fully consider potential fallout for "sensitive industries" that may be hurt if a free trade agreement (FTA) with China is reached, a senior government policymaker said Friday.
For a fair, free trade pact with Europe
9-Feb-2012    
Several difficult issues need to be resolved if India is not to be short-changed in the Bilateral Trade and Investment Agreement with the EU.
Canadian auto-parts makers see green opportunity in India
9-Feb-2012    
India is a brave new world for Canada’s auto-parts makers, who set out last month to test the largely untested waters.
India loses arbitration case against Oz firm
9-Feb-2012    
In a stinging indictment of the slow speed with which the higher judiciary decides cases and lackadaisical manner in which the government deals with disputes involving foreign companies doing business in India, a three-member international arbitration panel has decided a case against the Government of India and a PSU.
South Korea-China FTA negotiations on the horizon
9-Feb-2012    
Official procedures are under way toward negotiations for a free trade agreement between South Korea and China. Bilateral talks are expected to start some time around April or May.
Strengthening U.S.-Canada Security Interests in North America and Around the Globe
8-Feb-2012     Be Your Own Leader
Under Prime Minister Stephen Harper, both countries have further deepened their defense relationship. In addition, Canada has pursued a more U.S.-style foreign policy. This includes imposing tougher sanctions on Iran, along with further expanding sanctions against Syria. Much like the U.S., Harper has singled out Iran as a threat to international peace and security. He has echoed the same sentiments that the regime is seeking a nuclear weapon and would be prepared to use it. Defense Minister Peter MacKay has also indicated that if necessary, Canada's armed forces are ready to offer assistance in Syria. More than ever, the U.S, and Canada share a more common approach to advancing security interests in not only North America, but around the globe.