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Corn growers riled by policy
20-Jan-2008     Daily Advertiser
US and Mexican sugar growers have agreed on a plan to control sugar trade between the two countries, now that duties on corn, sugar and other farm commodities have ended
China signs new FTA agreement
20-Jan-2008     Xinhua
China has signed a new free trade area (FTA) agreement, sources with the Ministry of Commerce disclosed but declined to elaborate.
India asks Indonesia to remove trade barriers for pharma items
20-Jan-2008     The Hindu
India has asked Indonesia to remove non-tariff barriers on imports of pharmaceutical products as part of a larger set of measures to boost two-way commerce.
Norwegian medicine for Vedanta
20-Jan-2008     Civil Society
On 19 November 2007, the Norwegian Embassy in New Delhi received some unusual visitors...
Canada-Europe free trade touted by Charest
19-Jan-2008     Canwest News Service
A Canada-Europe free trade agreement is a win-win proposition, Quebec Premier Jean Charest said Friday while dismissing a former senior Canadian trade negotiator's assertion that a transatlantic accord is "silly" and potentially destructive. Charest, after a meeting with French Prime Minister Francois Fillon, said he wants to get the Canada-Europe free trade ball rolling by striking a Quebec-France labour mobility agreement.
Proposed ‘conditional concurrence' on JPEPA hit
18-Jan-2008     Inquirer
The proposal for a “conditional concurrence” of the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) only means that as it stands, the treaty violates the Philippines Constitution, a coalition against the agreement said Friday.
EPA means economic enslavement
18-Jan-2008     Pambazuka News
Many free trade agreements have been signed and enacted into law by capitalist governments at the back of the working people. This is because the working people in Africa and other third world countries do not have political platform of their own.
US aims to conclude FTA by summer, insists on govt procurement
18-Jan-2008     Bernama
Malaysian and US trade officials are working towards concluding a strong US-Malaysia free trade agreement by this summer ahead of the US election on Nov 4.
EU, Ukraine agree on final terms for Kiev's WTO accession
17-Jan-2008     Xinhua
As a result, the European Union will now begin negotiations for a comprehensive free trade agreement with Ukraine
Report of the India-EFTA joint study group
17-Jan-2008    
The Joint Study Group recommends that the governments of the EFTA States and India enter into negotiations for a broad-based Trade and Investment Agreement (TIA).