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Doha failure could spark regionalism
28-Mar-2011     Times Live
South Africa is considering bilateral trade agreements with Japan, Turkey and New Zealand, but a preferential trade agreement with India, currently under negotiation, is enjoying priority, said Brendan Vickers, a chief director at the department of trade and industry.
Officials push for progress in Asia-Pacific deal
28-Mar-2011     Business Day
The Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement is being negotiated behind closed doors in Singapore this week between nine countries, including the US, New Zealand, Australia and Singapore.
Colombia and Peru closer to implementing the free trade agreement with the EU
28-Mar-2011     MercoPress
Negotiators from the European Union, Colombia and Peru have signed the final texts on an association agreement with a free trade chapter designed to increase commerce between the Andean countries and the European bloc, it was reported Friday.
EU-India free trade deal delayed
28-Mar-2011     The Telegraph
The prospect of an imminent of India-European Union Free Trade Agreement has suffered a setback according to officials who said they now believe it may not be signed before the end of the year or early 2012.
AJE: Opposition to India-EU trade deal on drugs
27-Mar-2011     AJE
India is one of the world's largest producers of generic drugs. But a proposed Free Trade Agreement with the European Union could curb the supply of affordable drugs to millions of people. Al Jazeera reports from New Delhi
Free trade pact with four European nations this year
27-Mar-2011     The Hindu
India and the Europe Free Trade Association (EFTA) are likely to conclude a free trade agreement (FTA) entailing a comprehensive bilateral trade and investment agreement by this year after fast tracking of the negotiations between the two groups.
EU-Colombia-Peru FTA (2011)
27-Mar-2011     EC
As initialled in Brussels on 24 March 2011
Negotiators initial trade agreement between the EU, Colombia and Peru.
27-Mar-2011     EC
The initialling will be followed by the process of translation, signature and adoption of this agreement so that it can enter into force as soon as possible for all parties.
Southern Africa Customs Union agrees to jointly negotiate trade agreements
27-Mar-2011     Bloomberg
The Southern African Customs Union has finally agreed on a set of principles to negotiate all future trade agreements, including deals with India and Mercosur, collectively
Kan may put free-trade talks on hold after quake in setback for Obama goal
25-Mar-2011     Bloomberg
“Corporate Japan is really pushing, as they know Japan’s failure to enter the TPP would be a further step towards second- or third rate nationhood on the global stage,” said Jesper Koll, head of equity research at JPMorgan & Co. in Tokyo.