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China in talks over Panama Canal rival
15-Feb-2011     Financial Times
China is in talks to build an alternative to the Panama Canal that would link Colombia’s Atlantic and Pacific coasts by rail – a move that Bogotá also hopes will spur Washington to push for Congressional approval of a US-Colombia free-trade pact.
US aims Latam trade accords to Congress by mid-year
15-Feb-2011     Reuters
President Barack Obama's administration aims to send stalled free trade pacts with Colombia and Panama to Congress by the middle of this year after fresh analysis of the situation in both countries, a senior US official said on Monday.
Korean conglomerates get ready for upcoming FTA entry into force
15-Feb-2011     Andina
Large Korean conglomerates such as Samsung and Hyundai are getting ready to enter Peru in view of the upcoming entry into force of the Free Trade Agreement scheduled for April
EU-India FTA - EC negotiating mandate on investment (draft 2011)
14-Feb-2011    
Mexican opposition party to vote against FTA
14-Feb-2011     Fresh Fruit Portal
One of Mexico’s opposition parties, the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), has vowed to vote against a potential free trade agreement (FTA) with Peru, Colombia and Brazil on the grounds of food sovereignty, national public health, as well as food and plant sanitation.
Philippines’ TPP plea backed by precedent?
14-Feb-2011     BusinessWorld
An Australian envoy has hinted at favorable reception for the Philippines’ request that any invitation to join the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) deal come with easier terms.
Protesters want details of free-trade agreements
14-Feb-2011     Stuff
Protesters will descend on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade today as they join calls for the New Zealand Government to release Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free-trade agreement details.
EU-South Korea free trade agreement: green light a step away
13-Feb-2011     EP
MEPs are expected to give green light for ratification on Thursday (17 February) of the most ambitious free trade accord the EU so far negotiated.
Indo-Lanka CEPA deadlock ends
13-Feb-2011     Sunday Times
The Sri Lankan government has broken an impasse over the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement which has been dragging for several years, and decided to renegotiate some sections of the proposed agreement with India.
Basic agreement on a bilateral investment treaty between Japan and Papua New Guinea
11-Feb-2011     MOFA
Japan and Papua New Guinea have reached a basic agreement on a bilateral investment treaty between the two countries