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Launch of negotiations for EU-Thailand and EU-Singapore ’Partnership and Cooperation Agreements’
16-Dec-2004 EU
At the fifth Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) in Hanoi, PM Jean Claude Juncker, incoming President of the European Council, President Romano Prodi of the European Commission, PM Thaksin Shinawatra of Thailand and PM Lee Hsien Loong of Singapore confirmed their intent to launch official negotiations for the conclusion of bilateral ’Partnership and Co-operation Agreements’ between EU-Thailand and between EU-Singapore.
Euro-Med Association Agreements: the Partnership is moving forward
27-Nov-2004 EU
An essential feature of the implementation of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership has been the negotiation of Association Agreements between the European Union and nine of its Mediterranean Partners to replace the 1970s Co-operation Agreements.
EU takes piracy fight to non-EU countries
12-Nov-2004 Out-law.com
The European Commission yesterday launched a new campaign to tackle IPR deficiencies in countries outside the European Union.
No carrots, all stick
8-Nov-2004 Mother Jones
The tentative agreement reached between the EU and Iran yesterday on uranimum enrichment hinges on an EU pledge to resume suspended negotiations on a Trade and Cooperation Agreement [read: FTA] between Iran and the EU.
The Wrong Ointment
5-Nov-2004 CAFOD
CAFOD is asking the UK government to hold the EU to drop all ‘offensive interests’ in the EPA negotiations in Africa and provide African countries ‘alternative’ non-reciprocal trade relationships that are not free trade areas
EU-Mercosur Free Trade Agreement: Profits for a few, threats for the majority of our people
28-Oct-2004 TNI
Declaration from the Social Movements and Civil Society organisationss from the Mercosu
EU-Mercosur free trade agreement: Profits for a few - threats for the majority of our people
22-Oct-2004
While negotiations for a Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) remain on hold in relation to the US elections, the governments of the Mercosur countries (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay) are hastily negotiating a free trade agreement (FTA) with the EU that is also harmful for the region.
EU, Mercosur fail to reach agreement
21-Oct-2004 AFP
Talks between the European Union and the four-nation South American Mercosur trade bloc, aimed at building the world’s largest free-trade area, will be extended into 2005
ESF: Public urged to act on trade agreements
20-Oct-2004 IPS
African and European civil society groups are urging European citizens to put pressure on their governments to halt regional trade agreements between the European Union and developing countries.
EU-Brazil agreement for scientific & technological cooperation (2003)
20-Oct-2004
Proposal for a Council Decision on the signing of the Agreement for scientific and technological co-operation between the European Community and the Federative Republic of Brazil
EU and Syria initial long-awaited association pact
20-Oct-2004 EU Business
The European Union and Syria have initialled an association agreement that commits both sides to work towards free trade — as well as against weapons of mass destruction and terrorism.
EU-Mercosur resume trade talks in Lisbon
20-Oct-2004 MercoPress
The European Union and Mercosur will resume trade negotiations today and decide whether the association agreement — an “utmost geo-strategic and commercial interest” for Brussels — can be reached before November 1 when a new team of European Commissioners takes over in Brussels.
EU demands improved intellectual property protection from Israel
18-Oct-2004 Jerusalem Post
The European Commission has decided to increase pressure on Israel to adopt more stringent intellectual property protection for the benefit of EU pharmaceutical companies.
Ghana national trade policy and Economic Partnership Agreements
10-Oct-2004 TWN Africa
While the ECOWAS governments and the European Commission are still agreeing the road map for the negotiations, EPAs have not been discussed fully with local stakeholders.
EU-Sri Lanka Cooperation Agreement (1995)
8-Oct-2004
Seeds of change
7-Oct-2004 The Guardian
Unable to get its own way through the World Trade Organisation, the EU is now shamelessly trying to corral some of the world’s poorest nations into bilateral trade agreements that would severely disadvantage them.
Comparing EU free trade agreements: Sanitary and Phytosanitary Standards
7-Oct-2004
Sanitary and phytosanitary standards (SPS) are receiving increasing attention within the framework of international trade. SPS measures are meant to ensure that imports do not undermine national health and safety.
Watch out beyond the WTO: The EU’s aggressive multi-level trade agenda
5-Oct-2004 WEED
Is it really just the US which pushes its economic interests in fora outside the WTO? No! The European Commission as the power centre of EU trade policy is pursuing its own neo-liberal liberalisation and deregulation scheme multilaterally within the WTO and at the same time in regional and bilateral processes!
Deadline for Mercosur-EU talks jeopardised
4-Oct-2004 IPS
No one is admitting it publicly, but there is now little doubt that nine years of negotiations to reach a free trade agreement between South America’s Mercosur trade bloc and the European Union have failed, without even leaving any real hope for the coming year.
Thailand: Lobbyists needed to guard interests
4-Oct-2004 The Nation
Thailand needs more lobbyists in the capitals of its major trading partners to protect its interests in the context of global, regional and bilateral forces, a senior official in the Commerce Ministry has said.