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NGO asks European Commission not to push India to accept IP provisions in EU-India FTA
As the 14th round of negotiations on the EU-India free trade agreement is held in Delhi, an NGO working in the health sector has urged the European Union not to push India to accept IP provisions in the deal
Study: Pact with EU to lead to poorer health services
A study done by research group IBON showed that a free trade deal with the European Union (EU) will lead to poorer access to health services and more unaffordable medicines as well as undermine government revenues including public health spending.
Partnership deal on track; bilateral trade pact next?
The Philippines is not ready to commit to negotiations but is still “very serious” about pursing a free trade agreement (FTA) with the European Union, seen as a major export market and investment partner.
Harper's attempt to quietly sign the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement with the European Union
An audio report from a protest against the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) in Quebec City
EU-Georgia free trade agreement takes step closer to reality
The EU and Georgia have launched negotiations on a "deep and comprehensive" free trade agreement
New EU trade agreement: Right to food in India threatened
MISEREOR, the Heinrich Böll Foundation, the Third World Network, Anthra and Glopolis decided to conduct their own civil society impact assessment of the proposed EU-India FTA with a focus on the right to food.
Conference on human rights and the EU-India free trade agreement
VIdeo of a conference organised by the Greens / European Free Alliance in the European Parliament on 8 December 2011
EU-India FTA negotiations: DNP+ protest
DNP+ believes that IP should be completely be removed from the trade negotiations.
EU set to launch free trade zone talks with Moldova
The European Union has officially announced that it is preparing to start negotiations to form a free trade zone with Moldova and Georgia, the Moldovan Foreign Affairs and European Integration Ministry said in a press release, received by Interfax on Tuesday.
EPAs ‘threaten key sectors’
The signing of the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) between Europe and the East African bloc (EAC-EPAs) is still uncertain due to disagreements on a number of issues at regional level, as some stakeholders think the signing should not be effected unless some changes are made on the agreement.