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More than 100 injured in SKorea beef protests
29-Jun-2008     AFP
South Korean police clashed violently with protesters opposing US beef imports in Seoul, leaving more than 100 people injured
India, Indonesia close to sorting differences in ASEAN FTA
29-Jun-2008     PTI
India is believed to be working out a trade off with Indonesia on palm oil, the last hurdle to a Free Trade Agreement that New Delhi has been negotiating with ASEAN for several years.
S Korea, EU to hold minister-level talks on FTA
29-Jun-2008     Xinhua
Trade ministers from South Korea and the European Union will meet next week to resolve contentious issues such as auto trade and rules of origin in their free trade negotiations
Sacu, EU to sign interim economic partnership agreement next week
28-Jun-2008     Engineering News
The Southern African Customs Union plans to sign an interim economic partnership agreement with the European Union next week. At the end of 2007, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and Swaziland had all decided to initiate an Interim EPA with the EU, but South Africa had decided against. The union on Friday said all five of its members were now working together, and that the union intended to sign an interim EPA with the EU by July 1.
Mexico seeks combined FTA with Central American countries
28-Jun-2008     Xinhua
Mexico has begun negotiations with several Central American countries to merge its three individual Free Trade Agreements (FTA) with them into a single one
Japan, Switzerland in last-minute talks on free trade accord
27-Jun-2008     TMC Net
Japan and Switzerland continued last-minute negotiations Friday on a broad agreement to liberalize bilateral trade. They had planned to strike a deal Friday, but some differences apparently remain regarding how to liberalize imports of Swiss agricultural products to Japan.
Opposition parties launch campaigns to nullify beef announcement
27-Jun-2008     Hankyoreh
South Korea's opposition parties declared the official announcement to resume imports of US beef null and void and launched a series of campaigns to have it withdrawn. Opposition party members have also proposed plans to hold a national referendum on the beef agreement and plan to seek other forms of legal action against it.
New protests as South Korea checks US beef for import
27-Jun-2008     Reuters
Militant protesters blocked trucks from leaving warehouses for a second day on Friday as South Korea resumed quarantine checks on US beef imports, moving to bring the product to market for the first time in nine months.
RI warned of toxic waste from Japan
27-Jun-2008     Jakarta Post
Environmental groups have warned that Japan could "dispose waste" in Indonesia under an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) the countries signed last year.
ASEAN SecGen urges early entry into force of ASEAN-Japan Trade and Economic Pact
27-Jun-2008     PIA
The Secretary-General of ASEAN Dr. Surin Pitsuwan welcomed the ratification of the ASEAN-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership (AJCEP) Agreement by the Japanese Diet on June 21.