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EU mulls individual FTAs for ASEAN
2-Mar-2011    
Despite ASEAN emerging as a fast-growing market of 591 million people, one major trading partner — the European Union (EU) — still won’t ink a free trade agreement with the bloc, preferring to strike individual deals.
India, EU kick off fresh talks on free trade agreement
2-Mar-2011     Business Standard
John Clancy, spokesperson for the European Commission’s trade directorate, told Business Standard this week’s talks would focus on “tariffs and services”.
Military coups are good for Canadian business: The Canada-Honduras free trade agreement
2-Mar-2011     Upside Down World
Last week Canadian negotiators met with their Honduran counterparts in Tegucigalpa to discuss a free trade agreement (FTA).
China's official proposes immediate start of E Asia FTA talks
2-Mar-2011     Xinhua
East Asia should wait no more for the opening of dialogues over the establishment of a free trade area (FTA) that will help facilitate the global economic recovery, a Chinese commerce official said in Anhui on Tuesday.
Perimeter security and the future of North American integration
1-Mar-2011     Be Your Own Leader
While the NAFTA framework remains intact, a recent announcement by Canada and the US to work towards a trade and security perimeter agreement without Mexico, has some questioning the future of the whole trilateral process.
Gov't gets mixed responses on Pacific FTA in 1st public dialogue
1-Mar-2011     Mainichi Daily News
The Japanese government began a series of debates to win public backing for its policy of pursuing freer trade, at a time when concerns are growing that Japan's possible participation in a Pacific free trade pact may negatively affect the farm sector and other aspects of everyday life. "By joining the TPP, I am afraid that our culture, and even history, may be affected," said one participant.
Southern Africa: A region of winners and losers, not partners
1-Mar-2011     IPS
Critics want southern Africa to look at Latin America's Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) as an approach to achieving regional economic integration based on fulfilling basic human needs and the services that are required to meet them instead of trade liberalisation with the EU, within the BRICSA group (Brazil, Russia, India, China and now South Africa) or within the region itself.
‘FTA with EU will kill HIV patients’
1-Mar-2011     Free Malaysia Today
Ghana’s chicken farmers ended up with a mere 11% domestic market share as opposed to the previous 95% market share when country’s chicken tariffs were cut and was flooded with subsidised EU chicken -- and the same could happen to Malaysia.
RI not to rush to sign FTA with EU
1-Mar-2011     Antara
Indonesia will not rush to sign a free trade agreement with the European Union just because others have done it, said Deputy Trade Minister Mahendra Siregar
The bubble bursts for Ukraine's 'Champagne'
1-Mar-2011     The Independent
Ukrainian winemakers will be forced to stop labelling their sparkling white wines as "Champagne" as part of a free trade agreement with the European Union due to be signed later this year.