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Syria considers European deal
29-Nov-2009     Syria News Wire
The EU finally agreed to its trade deal with Syria in October. Syria surprised Europe by saying it needed time to decide. Now it has admitted why – Syrian businessmen are concerned about competition from European companies.
Peru signs agreement with European free trade pact nations
29-Nov-2009     Wall Street Journal
Peru formally concluded a joint free trade agreement with Switzerland, Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland on Friday, said trade and tourism minister Martin Perez.
EU wants to negotiate FTA with Vietnam
27-Nov-2009     Viet Nam Net
After failure in FTA negotiation with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in the last over one years, Schlegelmilch said that the EU wants to seek another approach before the Vietnam-EC Joint Committee’s meeting on November 26-27 in Hanoi.
ACP countries: Sidelined by Europe again?
27-Nov-2009     Carbbean Net News
The European Union (EU) has not included in the Lisbon Treaty a crucial article that was a feature of treaties between the EU and African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states.
Arusha meeting key to breaking deadlock over EPAs trade deal
27-Nov-2009     Business Daily
Representatives of East Africa Community governments and the private sector hope to use a two-day meeting that starts in Arusha on Friday to break the deadlock with the European Commission over Economic Partnership Agreement negotiations.
Japan PM suggests trade pact to new EU leader
27-Nov-2009     EU Business
Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama stressed the need for a free trade pact with Europe in a phone conversation on Thursday with incoming EU president Herman Van Rompuy, the foreign ministry said.
Farmers protected from Zimbabwe deal
27-Nov-2009     Times Live
South African farmers in Zimbabwe will not forfeit their land or investments as a result of a bilateral agreement still to be signed, a Pretoria judge ordered.
US asks Japan to join Pacific-rim trade talks, Nikkei ays
27-Nov-2009     Bloomberg
The US government wants Japan to join talks for a proposed free trade agreement involving Pacific Rim countries, Nikkei English News said. Australia, Vietnam, Peru, Malaysia, Singapore, Chile, New Zealand and Brunei have said they will enter the negotiations.
Australia to review impact of bilateral and regional trade agreements
27-Nov-2009     The Gov Monitor
The review will examine the effects of bilateral and regional trade agreements on Australia’s trade and economic performance.
Warning to the government against the corporatization of the Land and the Sea: Blockade!
26-Nov-2009    
On 23/11/2009 the South Indian Coordination Committee of Farmers Movement (SICCFM) organized a mass rally and blocked the new Mangalore port in Karnataka against the corporatization of land and sea, and the destructive cheap imports of food and crops because of WTO and FTAs