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CEPA is yet another step in Indian Expansionism
13-Jun-2010     The Sunday Leader
Concerns over the proposed India-Sri Lanka Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) by Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) General Secretary Tilvin Silva
Davutoğlu proposes regional trade alliance at TAC meeting
11-Jun-2010    
Turkey aims to create a free trade zone without visa restrictions with Syria, Lebanon and Jordan, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu told the Turkish-Arab Cooperation Forum (TAC), which began in İstanbul on Thursday.
New deal or no deal!
11-Jun-2010    
Forum and rally against the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in San Francisco, California, on 14 June 2010
Bruxelles veut aider les produits palestiniens à entrer dans l'UE
11-Jun-2010     AFP
"La Commission européenne devrait proposer dans les prochains mois (aux pays de l'UE) d'accorder l'accès en franchise de droit et sans contingent aux exportations palestiniennes à destination de l'UE", a annoncé jeudi le commissaire européen chargé du Commerce Karel De Gucht.
EU to open market fully to Palestinian exports soon
11-Jun-2010     Arab News
The European Commission plans to open European Union markets fully to Palestinian exports in the coming months to help strengthen the Palestinian economy, the EU trade chief said on Thursday.
Steelworkers object to free trade agreement as report reveals Colombia remains most dangerous for unionists
11-Jun-2010     USW
The International Trade Union Confederation has just announced its annual findings regarding global anti-union violence. Again, Colombia topped this list, accounting for nearly half of all the union killings in the world.
FTA implementation crucial to US pork industry
11-Jun-2010     Pork Magazine
“We believe that implementation of the US free trade agreement with Korea (KORUS) is the single most important trade issue to the US pork industry,” says Nick Giordano, vice president, international affairs for the National Pork Producers Council.
US must learn some humility
11-Jun-2010     Meat Trade News
The US government is accused of having double standards in its policies with Korea ― it is trying to further open the local beef market while delaying ratification of the free trade agreement (KORUS-FTA) the two signed.
New FTA policy: Everything or nothing
11-Jun-2010    
Unhappy with its free trade agreement (FTA) partners who backtrack on promises to amplify the scope of these agreements with liberalisation of trade in services, the government has decided not to enter into agreements unless talks on services and goods are concluded simultaneously.
Lebanon, Syria Jordan and Turkey to set up FTA
11-Jun-2010     AFP
Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan and Syria agreed yesterday to set up a free trade zone based on “existing bilateral agreements and practices on free trade and visa exemption” between the parties, adding that Turkey and Lebanon were required to complete a bilateral arrangement before the four-way process could go ahead.