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EU-Japan trade deal on cards, affirms Spain
16-Apr-2011     IB Times
Japanese automakers and electronics giants have been ramping up efforts to make the government kick-start free trade talks with the EU, concerned about losing further market share to its South Korean competitors.
Colombian free trade deal ignores violence, faces Colombian resistance
13-Apr-2011     Uprising
Congress is poised to ratify a Free Trade Agreement with Colombia in spite of vehement opposition both here in the US and in Colombia.
Korea-US Free Trade Agreement another cash cow for corporations
13-Apr-2011     Madison.com
"If the argument in favor of KORUS is increased corporate profit, fine, call it that, but it is a perverse misrepresentation to imply that US farmers and workers will profit," says Wisconsin dairy farmer Jim Goodman
Russian Prime Minister Putin admits trade protective measures if introduce free trade area between Ukraine and EU
13-Apr-2011     UNA
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says that Russia may apply trade protective measures if Ukraine and the European Union sign a free trade area agreement
Beef issues affect US-Taiwan free trade talks: U.S. official
13-Apr-2011     CNA
The lingering beef dispute was why Taiwan has been unable to hold a new round of high-level trade talks with the United States and why it has lost congressional support for the negotiation, according to a US official Tuesday.
India, European Union closer to free trade agreement
13-Apr-2011     Economic Times
A successful meeting of officials in Brussels last week has narrowed down the differences and raised the chances of a deal being inked by July this year.
FTA with Canada operational within 3 months: Minister
13-Apr-2011     Canada Reports
Foreign Minister Maria Angela Holguin stated Monday that the free trade agreement between Colombia and Canada should be operational within the next two to three months.
Colombia: workers, students protest FTA, privatization
13-Apr-2011     WW4 Report
In Colombia's largest demonstration since President Juan Manuel Santos took office last August, tens of thousands of unionists, students and teachers demonstrated throughout the country on April 7 to protest a free trade agreement with the US and proposed changes in the education system that they say will lead to privatization.
India-EU FTA carries severe public health consequences
12-Apr-2011     FSRN
After four years of talks, India and the European Union are narrowing down their differences on a bilateral Free Trade Agreement that critics in India and elsewhere say could have a devastating impact on public health by hampering access to life-saving drugs for millions of people.
Colombia deal could go to US Congress in weeks
12-Apr-2011     Reuters
The White House could send a free trade pact with Colombia to Congress for approval within weeks now that a bilateral agreement on labor concerns has been reached, a top US official said on Monday.