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EU-South Korea trade pact marks trouble, Ford says
10-Jul-2009     Reuters
A proposed trade pact between South Korea and the European Union is one-sided and could threaten automobile manufacturing in Western Europe, a top Ford Motor Co executive said on Thursday.
Ethical issues for future free trade talks
10-Jul-2009     NZ Herald
The free trade agreement between New Zealand, Australia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations may lead to new layers of complexity in future negotiations.
Empty coasts, barren seas
10-Jul-2009     GRAIN
In this article, GRAIN investigates how Asia’s small fishers stand under the proposed EU–ASEAN free trade agreement (FTA).
Trade talks with India on hold
9-Jul-2009     National Business Review
The start of free trade talks between New Zealand and India has been delayed following a change in India's commerce minister since elections in May.
156 arrested in Peru anti-government protests
9-Jul-2009     Stuff
Peru's national police chief says 156 people were arrested during anti-government and anti-free trade protests called by the country's largest labour union.
Thai rice gene patent 'sends wrong signal'
8-Jul-2009     BKK Post
The recent patenting of a Thai rice gene will pave the way for overseas firms to obtain copyrights of Thai biological and genetic resources, intellectual property rights experts and farmer advocates warn.
Namibia’s EPA stance worries EU
8-Jul-2009     New Era
Not only is the European Union (EU) uncomfortable with Namibia’s ambiguity on interim Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), but it is also concerned about the possibility of a legal challenge over Namibia’s access to duty-free quota free since last year.
Australia's getting the plus in PACER
8-Jul-2009     Islands Busines
Out of the nine resolutions made by trade ministers in the Pacific at their meeting in Samoa last month, seven were said to be concessions to their bigger neighbours of Australia and New Zealand.
SL-Kuwait concludes Bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement
8-Jul-2009     PRIU
Sri Lanka and Kuwait successfully concluded negotiations on the proposed Bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (IPPA) between two countries. This will be Sri Lanka’s first ever IPPA with a Gulf country.
Further FTA talks start this week with Gulf states
8-Jul-2009     Joong Ang Daily
Korea and a group of six oil-producing Gulf states, including Saudi Arabia, will hold a third round of free trade negotiations in Seoul this week, the trade ministry said yesterday.
Academic calls for Taiwan-Japan FTA
8-Jul-2009     Taiwan Today
A renowned Japanese scholar urged Tokyo to enhance bilateral trading ties with Taipei through inking a free trade agreement or establishing a multilateral economic cooperation framework that includes Taiwan.
S Korea-EU FTA imminent
8-Jul-2009     Xinhua
The South Korea-European Union free trade agreement is at the final stage of negotiations, Yonhap reported Wednesday.
India-EU FTA suffers the ennui of vested interests
8-Jul-2009     Business Standard
Even the most optimistic amongst those involved in the process admit the talks to be in a deadlock that neither side has the political will to break.
The throes of the third round of negotiations of the FTA of Colombia & Peru with the EU
8-Jul-2009     Anarkismo.net
Analysis of the third round of egotiations of a free trade agreement (FTA) between the EU and the Andean countries (Ecuador, Peru and Colombia).
Free trade deal will cost Ethiopia, warns researchers
7-Jul-2009     Nazret.com
The Ethiopian Government is debating whether to sign the EPA with the EU, as it has concerns about the effect it will have on its fragile industries. Research shows negative implications for women, agriculture and manufacturing.