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FTA talks not postponed, says Muhyiddin Yassin 9-May-2008
Free trade agreement negotiations between Malaysia and the United States are still ongoing and have not been postponed although the U.S is going through presidential nominations, Minister of International Trade and Industry Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said.

US Warships Insult Region, Bolivia 9-May-2008
La Paz, May 9 (PL/Bolivia) The Bolivian government condemned Friday the US announcement that warships will set sail on Latin American and Caribbean waters as of July 1 and termed it an insult to regional sovereignty.
According to Deputy Social Defense Minister Felipe Caceres, the aim is not to foster confidence among nations through security efforts, as US Navy operations chief Gary Roughead stated.
In his criterion, the Washington interference must be denounced at the Organization of (...)


Rethinking the FTA 9-May-2008
“At a remote ranch named Adams in Nebraska, there were some 80,000 cattle. About 3 kilometers away from the ranch, a nasty smell greeted my nose. Kept in corrals, the cattle tumbled about in their own excrement and urine. Still, the animals were given food containing animal parts. Antibiotics and growth hormone were essential for breeding them.”

Canada Introduces Legislation for EFTA Trade Accord 9-May-2008
Canada’s government introduced legislation today to implement a free-trade accord with the four-nation European Free Trade Association.

Rally against US beef sweeps nation 9-May-2008
Tens of thousands of Koreans held another candlelit vigil Friday night, demanding the government scrap the agreement to import most US beef.

Des syndicats africains appellent à l’abandon des accords de libre-échange proposés par l’UE 9-mai-2008
La fédération de syndicats la plus importante d’Afrique a appelé les pays africains à rejeter les Accords (libéraux) de partenariat économiques (APE), que l’UE cherche à leur faire signer. L’union syndicale a déclaré que ces accords ne servaient pas les intérêts africains.

EP: Trade and economic relations with the countries of South East Asia (ASEAN) 9-May-2008
The European Parliament is in favour of concluding a free-trade accord between the EU and the 10 countries of ASEAN. However, say MEPs in the committee, the agreement must meet certain conditions regarding sustainable development, the fight against fraud and respect for human rights.



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