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Manila government unprepared for tuna ban
3-Feb-2010     UPI Asia
The tuna ban is not meant to preserve tuna stocks in West and Central Pacific, but to dislodge fishing companies from Third World countries from their tuna fishing grounds and allow the tuna fleets of the European Union and Japan to take over these tuna-rich fishing areas.
Trans-Pacific pact will provide better results, says AMCHAM
3-Feb-2010     Business Times
US businesses in Malaysia said a broader trade pact like the Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement will provide better results than the stalled US-Malaysia free trade agreement (FTA) talks.
EU FTA quest to test political will
3-Feb-2010     Japan Times
The government under Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has never hidden its strong desire to launch free-trade talks with the EU.
A year after implementation of FTA, US and Peru left with broken promises, no new trade model
3-Feb-2010     Public Citizen
Environmental and labor conditions in Peru have deteriorated rapidly since the congressional passage of the FTA in late 2007 and implementation in early 2009.
New TPP trade agreement a framework for the future
2-Feb-2010     CTC
US faith, labor, family farm, consumer, environmental, human rights and social justice organizations within Citizens Trade Campaign wrote Obama urging him to enact meaningful trade reform as his administration enters into negotiations for a proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Agreement (TPP).
Reopening of trade negotiations between the EU and Central America within sight
2-Feb-2010     Europa.eu
The elections and investiture of Porfirio Lobo as President of Honduras have cleared the way for the EU to restore normal relations with the Central American country and negotiations for signing a bi-regional Association Agreement may soon resume.
NZ begins talks for free trade deal with India
1-Feb-2010     NZ Herald
India and New Zealand have begun negotiations for a free trade agreement which Trade Minister Tim Groser says will put New Zealand in a prime place to benefit from India's economic growth.
Free trade and the role of financial globalization
1-Feb-2010     Jakarta Post
The debate on the ASEAN-China FTA has somehow ignored the importance of financial globalization.
ECFA advice for mainland China
1-Feb-2010     Taiwan Today
The Beijing establishment should ask itself: If the US beef controversy was able to cause such a huge ruckus in Taiwan, how much more horrendous would the situation be if hundreds of mainland agricultural goods were allowed entry?
Singapore, Costa Rica conclude free trade negotiations
30-Jan-2010     Inside Costa Rica
The agreement eliminates tariffs, liberalises trade in services and gives new protection to investors.