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Malaysian declaration on the TPPA and access to medicines
6-Sep-2011    
Call for all civil society groups, people living with HIV, all communities facing communcable, chronic and/or non-communicable diseases in the TPPA signatory countries to join forces to halt any & all trade agreements that restrict access to generic medicines.
EU-Singapore FTA talks to be completed soon
6-Sep-2011     Europolitics
Following his meeting with Lee Hsien Loong, prime minister of Singapore, European Commission President José Manuel Barroso confirmed that the ongoing negotiations on a free trade agreement (FTA) with the Asian country are on track and “can be finalised successfully very soon”.
China builds trade with South America
5-Sep-2011     Live Trading News
Argentine Foreign Minister Hector Timerman Saturday urged a boost to the south American country ‘s trade ties with China, saying a free trade agreement (FTA) between Beijing and the Common Market of the South (Mercosur) could be “extraordinary”.
Trans-Pacific trade pact called new NAFTA
5-Sep-2011     People's World
Warning of a new "NAFTA for the Pacific Rim," labor and its allies are demanding a new free trade deal being negotiated for the Pacific region include protections for workers rights, health care and the environment.
Labor Day showdown: Can advocates stop ‘NAFTA of the Pacific’?
5-Sep-2011     Color Lines
This Labor Day, the Pacific Rim will wash into the Midwest’s flagship city, and activists will confront the tides of global commerce with a demand for global economic justice.
Human Rights Commission rejection of Trans-Pacific Partnership audit latest blow to democratic process
5-Sep-2011    
The New Zealand Human Rights Commission has declined a request for a scoping study on the human rights implications of the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA), saying it doesn’t have the resources.
Pakistan improves offer, but still no MFN status to India
4-Sep-2011    
Pakistan is ready to double the number of goods it imports from India, but has stopped short of offering full-fledged most-favoured nation, or MFN, status it had promised earlier this year as part of bilateral confidence-building measures.
Ongoing negotiations for EU-S'pore FTA progressing well
4-Sep-2011    
Negotiation for an EU-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (EUSFTA) is progressing well.
Let the people speak
4-Sep-2011    
A quite amazing event took place in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, on August 29 and 30. Two hundred representatives of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) from China and 19 African countries held a China-Africa People's Forum.
EU pits Alberta beef against Quebec dairy products in Canada trade talks
4-Sep-2011    
The European Union may refuse to open its market to more Canadian beef, pork and sweet corn unless Canada provides better access to its heavily protected dairy sector, a senior European diplomat said.