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EU, Malaysia aim to wrap up free trade talks by June 2012 despite controversial policy
Malaysia and the European Union said Monday they hope to wrap up free trade talks by June 2012, an ambitious target amid sensitivities over Kuala Lumpur’s government procurement policy favoring ethnic Malays.
EC tries to downplay impact for farmers of an EU/Mercosur trade agreement
On Monday the European Parliament passed a highly critical report rejecting the EU/Mercosur FTA negotiations arguing that they may imply “farming concessions damaging to European agriculture”. The Commission counter-attacks.
Negotiating trade agreements must not jeopardise EU's agriculture
When negotiating international trade agreements, the European Commission must stop making concessions that can adversely affect European farmers, says a European Parliament resolution approved on Tuesday. MEPs warn of the effects of the trade talks with Mercosur and criticise the recent agreement with Morocco.
EU prefers Asean-wide FTA
Thailand remains keen to have a bilateral free trade agreement with the European Union (EU) while the latter prefers to seal a region-wide pact with all Asean members, say the delegations of both sides.
`The EU puts substance before timing'
On the cusp of realising a Free Trade Agreement with India, the European Union (EU) is already an important trading partner. The ambassador, Head of Delegation of the European Union to India, Daniele Smadja , spoke to Deep K Datta-Ray
EU-Korea free trade pact lost in translation
Discrepancies between the Korean and English versions cause uproar
Global e-protest against FTAs
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Peru, EU to sign FTA final documents in mid-March
Peru and the European Union will sign the final documents of the bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in mid-March, Trade and Tourism Minister Eduardo Ferreyros said Sunday.
More errors discovered as KOREU FTA nears ratification
The latest discovery involves content arbitrarily added to the Korean-language version of the agreement text that is not present in the English-language version, triggering accusations of deliberate distorsion