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US inches a BIT closer to China
6-May-2010     Asia Times Online
The US-China Congressional Committee has released a study it commissioned in June 2009 for the purposes of investigating why the United States and China have not yet executed a bilateral investment treaty (BIT).
Call for MPs to have say in foreign trade deals
6-May-2010     BusinessDay
Parliament’s trade and industry committee wants South African MPs to play a greater role in negotiating international agreements and has urged that the legislative framework and rules for dealing with them be reviewed.
EU seeks to reestablish negotiations with Mercosur
5-May-2010     Buenos Aires Herald
The European Commission has proposed to reactivate its negotiations with the Mercosur bloc, stagnant since 2004, with the objective of reaching an association agreement.
Major step towards a Free Trade Agreement between Australia and India
5-May-2010     AFN
A joint study finds that an Australia-India FTA will bring billions of dollars to both countries.
A divided agenda
5-May-2010     Southeast Asia Globe
The European Union adopts a piecemeal approach to trading with Southeast Asia.
Canada will resist EU demands in trade agreement talks
5-May-2010     Feedstuffs.com
The Canadian government will resist pressure from European Union trade negotiators to open the domestic dairy and poultry markets to European product in talks on a free trade agreement, the country's number-two agriculture minister said May 3.
Taiwanese remain skeptical about free trade deal with China
5-May-2010     Vancouver Sun
Despite a persistent propaganda campaign by Ma's Kuomintang (KMT) administration, most Taiwanese people appear to continue to worry that any kind of free trade agreement with Beijing will expose domestic industries to the threat of cheap, subsidized Chinese products.
Livestock keepers concerns on FTAs
4-May-2010    
Letter to the Government of India about the impacts of FTAs on livestock keepers and traditional pastoral communities
Costa Rican legislators approve final piece of CAFTA
4-May-2010     Tico Times
The last link in the free trade agreement with the United States passed through Costa Rica's Legislative Assembly
Indian farmers won't say cheese
4-May-2010     IPS
India is facing strong pressure to open up its markets to cheese and other dairy produce from Europe, even though the New Delhi government has expressed fears about how small farmers could be forced into deeper poverty as a result.