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First a gold rush, then the lawyers
28-Jun-2011    
Pacific Rim is suing the Salvadoran government in an international investment court, one of scores of cases in recent years in which frustrated oil, gas and mining investors, using provisions of trade agreements, have sought to recoup losses from mostly developing countries.
Tobacco giant suing Australian govt 'a warning' for NZ
28-Jun-2011    
Tobacco giant Philip Morris suing the Australian government for introducing plain packaging laws for tobacco should send shockwaves through this country as it seeks a free trade deal involving the US, says an academic critic of the deal.
US business team in Nepal looking for investment opportunity
28-Jun-2011     Himalayan Times
The visit -- by a team including Johnson & Johnson, GE Healthcare, Rockwell Automation, Monsanto, and Bell Helicopter -- demonstrates renewed US interest in Nepal’s economy building on the recently-signed US-Nepal Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA).
Karel De Gucht European Commissioner for Trade on the EU’s trade relations with Central America
28-Jun-2011     IEWY News
"This is a case of ‘Buy one, get 26 for free’ – and surely you are businessmen enough to know how good a deal that is."
Kenya exports to EU face taxation in trade agreement stalemate
28-Jun-2011    
Europe has issued a fresh warning of possible revenue losses for Kenya should the East African Community fail to reach a trade deal soon.
The 'grand' key to Africa
28-Jun-2011    
It is referred to as the “Grand Free Trade Area” or the Tripartite Free Trade Agreement, and true to its name it will be one of the largest free trade areas in the developing world when it becomes a reality. The 26-nation free trade area encompassing countries from Egypt to South Africa and three existing free trade blocs will be a very important platform for countries to engage and invest.
Dairy unaffected by India deal
28-Jun-2011    
Waikato farmers will benefit from a potential free trade agreement with India but it will not have a direct impact on the dairy payout, according to a Waikato academic.
India implements trade pact with Philippines
28-Jun-2011    
Taking its market opening pact further with the 10-nation Asean bloc, India today announced implementation of its free-trade agreement with Philippines.
5 WikiLeaks revelations exposing the rapidly growing corporatism dominating American diplomacy abroad
27-Jun-2011     Alternet
One of WikiLeaks' greatest achievements has been to expose the exorbitant amount of influence that multinational corporations have over Washington's diplomacy.
US breaks UN AIDS summit commitment on access to treatment
27-Jun-2011    
The Asia Pacific Network of Positive People (APN+) is expressing outrage at ongoing free trade agreement negotiations by the United States with Vietnam and Malaysia that threaten access to medicines for HIV, TB, hepatitis-C as well as other diseases in these countries.