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David Cameron wants Japan EU trade deal
25-Mar-2011     BBC
The European Union should offer Japan a free trade deal to help it recover from the earthquake and tsunami two weeks ago, UK Prime Minister David Cameron has said.
Secrecy, spin and cheap labour 'trade' deals
24-Mar-2011     Corporate Watch
The EU Trade Commission has confirmed that the EU-India free trade agreement is essentially a UK agreement, under the auspices of the EU.
Obama’s final stopover: Ignoring CAFTA protests
24-Mar-2011     COHA
Local activists protesting Obama's visit to El Salvador called for a renegotiation of CAFTA, an end to the US embargo against Cuba, a withdrawal of the US military from El Salvador, and a cessation of US support for the tainted Porfirio Lobos regime in neighboring Honduras.
$130 million NAFTA payout sets troubling precedent
23-Mar-2011     CCPA
Why should a provincial government be punished for doing the right thing?
UN Special Raporteur on right to health asked to intervene in TPP Trade negotiation
22-Mar-2011     KEI
Eleven public interest advocacy groups and three law professors have submitted a petition to Anand Grover, the Special Rapporteur for the United Nations on the right to health, to intervene in a new regional trade agreement that will shrink the market for legal generic medecines.
The cost of regional pacts
22-Mar-2011    
Given the changing international trade environment, India needs to strike the right balance between regionalism and multilateralism.
Kirk says US-Brazil accord will ‘open the doors’ of constrained market
22-Mar-2011    
The trade and economic cooperation deal signed by the US and Brazil will open a constrained market and help reach the administration’s goal of doubling exports by 2015, US Trade Representative Ron Kirk said.
S.Korea and Peru sign FTA
22-Mar-2011    
South Korea’s Trade Minister Kim Jong-hoon and his Peruvian counterpart Eduardo Ferreyros Monday inked the free trade agreement in Seoul after five rounds of negotiations over a two-year period.
Pak-China FTA expansion in June
22-Mar-2011    
Pakistan and China will discuss expansion of Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the two countries in the coming June with an aim to boost bilateral trade.
South Korea’s global food ambitions: Rural farming and land grabs
21-Mar-2011     Conducive
South Korea’s inability to feed itself should not only be seen as a result of its economic development strategy, prioritization of the urban population and industrial development over agriculture, but also in the long term ties and dependency to the US, its largest trading partner.