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Monty Python & FTA Holy Grail
8-Feb-2010     Scoop
New Zealand journalist Gordon Campbell on why free trade with the US is more Monty Python than Holy Grail
S. Korea, U.S. biz leaders urge for early ratification of Korea-U.S. FTA
7-Feb-2010    
A major South Korean business lobby said Sunday it has convened a meeting in Los Angeles with U.S. business leaders to push for the prompt ratification of a Seoul-Washington free trade deal.
Le pain suisse menacé de disparition
7-Feb-2010     24 Heures
Si la Suisse signe les accords de libre-échange agricole avec l’Union européenne, les cultures de céréales panifiables pourraient disparaître du pays en quatre ans. En 2016, il ne serait donc théoriquement plus possible de manger du pain à base de farine suisse.
Ecuador: Oxy's demands for compensation unfounded
6-Feb-2010     EFE
The Ecuadorian government said Occidental Petroleum deserves no compensation for the cancellation of its massive oil concession in the Amazon region, arguing that the decision was taken after the U.S. company broke the law and its contractual obligations by handing over a stake in that project to a Canadian firm.
Buy American deal paves way for EU trade pact
6-Feb-2010     Globe and Mail
A Canada-US deal on 'Buy American' trade restrictions opens the door for more sweeping liberalization of provincial and territorial procurement policies, including momentum for a proposed trade deal with the European Union. Union and anti-free-trade groups have slammed the deal.
EU criticises EAC over pact
5-Feb-2010     The Citizen
The European Union has accused East Africa Community partner states of flouting World Trade Organisation rules by refusing to sign a framework Economic Partnership Agreement with the EU.
India reluctant to relent on greater market access to EU
5-Feb-2010     Live Mint
Talks on a free trade agreement between the European Union and India are stuck on the issue of additional market access after the eighth round of negotiations in New Delhi late last month.
US pork wants market access back in China and Russia
5-Feb-2010     AgriNews
The National Pork Producers Council is focusing most of its trade agreement lobbying efforts on re-establishing markets in China and Russia, says the council's Nick Giordano.
Ma wants FTA with Japan
5-Feb-2010     Straits Times
Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou on Thursday expressed his wish to strike a free trade agreement with Japan
India free trade deal could mean big things for NZ agriculture
5-Feb-2010     NZ Herald
"You're talking about a billion people that we largely don't export anything to now," Meat and Wool New Zealand chairman Mike Petersen said