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“Mercosur won’t destroy European agriculture”, says EU business lobby
7-Oct-2011     MercoPress
The head of Business-Europe International Relations said Wednesday that a free trade agreement between the European Union and Mercosur “would not destroy European agriculture” in spite of fears from farmers.
Sad but true: Canada and Mexico have no clout in Washington
7-Oct-2011     Globe and Mail
Although Canada and Mexico make extraordinarily large contributions to America’s economic strength, homeland security and international effectiveness, they have virtually no influence in Washington’s corridors of power.
Canada says EU free-trade talks at "advanced" stage, deal in offing
7-Oct-2011     WSJ
Canada's chief negotiator on a free-trade deal with the European Union said Thursday talks are at an "advanced" stage and there's no reason an agreement can't be reached by early next year.
Protecting investors’ rights: An assessment of EU’s new mandate on international investments
7-Oct-2011     Madhyam
This article tries to provide a first brief assessment of the leaked EU negotiation mandate for an investment protecting agreement in the EU free trade agreements with Canada, India and Singapore.
EU angers Government
7-Oct-2011     The Namibian
The Namibian government is furious after a hush-hush decision by the European Union (EU) to close its duty- and quota-free markets to Namibian beef, fish and grapes by 2014 unless the country signs a controversial trade pact.
Caricom advised to end economic partnership with Europe
7-Oct-2011     Antigua Observer
Caricom leaders have failed, as a group, to press European countries for reparations for the slave trade, social commentator Dr Radcliffe Robbins said yesterday. As a result, he recommends that member states abandon the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) signed in 2008 with Europe.
Canada travellers to face US surcharge from US-Colombia trade pact
5-Oct-2011     WSJ
"Assuming this free-trade agreement gets passed, this will increase imports from Colombia to the United States ... and Canada will pay for the cost of Colombian goods shipped to the US," said Birgit Matthiesen, a US-based adviser for the Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters, a Canadian business lobby.
Karel De Gucht: The state of play of the EU-Mercosur trade negotiations – transcript
5-Oct-2011     Eurasia Review
"I know that Business Europe and CNI are strong supporters of the trade agreement and believe it will create thousands of jobs. But we are at a delicate stage of negotiations – with some voices critical of the competition it might bring."
EU farm losses from trade deal with Mercosur ‘would range 1 to 3 billion Euros’
4-Oct-2011     MercoPress
European Union farmers could suffer losses ranking from one to three billion Euros if a trade agreement is finally agreed with Mercosur according to a European Commission evaluation paper on the impact.
As bilateral trade deals proceed, WIPO hears warnings, calls for change
4-Oct-2011     IP Watch
On 1 October, eight governments – Australia, Canada, Japan, Korea, Morocco, New Zealand, Singapore, and the United States – signed the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), negotiated entirely behind closed doors with almost no known input from the public or elected officials.