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Signing of Peru FTA eyed for end of May
17-May-2011     Japan Times
Japan and Peru plan to sign a bilateral free-trade agreement around the end of this month during a visit to Japan by a Peruvian minister, according to sources in both governments.
Fears for FTA as Japan stalls on Pacific bloc: a US-backed trade group is heading for the 'too hard' basket
17-May-2011     The Australian
Japan has finally admitted it will not be able to decide by next month whether it should join the emerging US-backed trade bloc, the Trans Pacific Partnership.
EU-Japan trade deal - rhetoric not reality
17-May-2011     PSE
Despite warm words about providing aid during Japan's hour of need, substantial steps towards a free trade agreement with the European Union are unlikely to come out of the bilateral summit at the end of May, says Public Service Europe
Is America mis-thinking its 21st Century trade strategy?
17-May-2011     Vox
In the bilateral game, the US has enormous advantages – its huge market for imports, and its huge willingness to internationalise its supply chain via FDI, offshoring, etc. But it also has the big disadvantages – its agriculture and labour interests.
Groser optimistic about TPP progress
17-May-2011    
Trade Minister Tim Groser is optimistic key elements of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement will be hammered out at a meeting of Apec trade ministers in the United States this week.
Free trade pact with EU likely to include auto
17-May-2011    
India's proposed free trade agreement (FTA) with the European Union could include tariff reduction on import of vehicles as well as automotive components.
Chiquita & the Colombia FTA -- Murder in the interest of profit
17-May-2011     Huffington Post
Recent documents obtained by the National Security Archive at George Washington University from the US Justice Department show that Chiquita Brands International, in direct contradiction of the claims of both Chiquita and the US government for many years, made illegal payments to both guerrilla groups and then AUC death squads over the course of about 14 years in return for security from these groups.
GNP, Blue House stress urgency of passing FTA
16-May-2011    
The ruling Grand National Party and the Blue House increasingly raised their voices yesterday to stress that Korea’s legislature should approve the long-pending Korea-U.S. free trade agreement before August.
White House threatens to hold up key trade deals
16-May-2011    
The White House is threatening to hold up final passage of three coveted free trade agreements unless lawmakers expand retraining assistance for American workers who lose their jobs because of foreign competition.
FTA talks with EU and TPP progressing well, says Trade Minister Lim
16-May-2011    
Trade and Industry Minister Lim Hng Kiang said Singapore's negotiations for Free Trade Agreements with the European Union and the nine-member Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) are progressing well since talks began last year.