http://www.bilaterals.org/ en http://www.bilaterals.org/IMG/ruboff0.gif http://www.bilaterals.org/ http://www.bilaterals.org/article.php3?id_article=12077 2008-05-12 07:02:48 Korea's main opposition United Democratic Party yesterday said it will refuse to ratify the free trade deal with the United States unless both countries renegotiate their beef import agreement. 2008-05-12T06:02:48Z text/html en http://www.bilaterals.org/article.php3?id_article=12076 2008-05-12 02:32:07 Desde hace cerca de un año la Unión Europea comenzó a negociar Acuerdos de Asociación con Centroamérica y con la Comunidad Andina de Naciones (CAN). También, tímidamente se ha anunciado la posibilidad de retomar negociaciones con MERCOSUR, suspendidas hace algunos años y ya se cumplen varios años de los acuerdos suscritos con Chile y México. En diciembre pasado, culminó la suscripción de acuerdos con los países del Caribe y, en forma similar, la Unión Europea ha negociado y suscrito este tipo de tratados con numerosos países del mundo, especialmente del "Tercer Mundo". 2008-05-12T01:32:07Z text/html es http://www.bilaterals.org/article.php3?id_article=12074 2008-05-11 16:52:04 A tactical manoeuvre by Pakistan into bilateral free trade arrangements with several Asian neighbours is threatening to throw its multi-billion shilling-a-year-tea trade with Kenya into a spin. 2008-05-11T15:52:04Z text/html en http://www.bilaterals.org/article.php3?id_article=12075 2008-05-11 16:51:10 A flexible approach within the regional framework of the European Union (EU)-Asean free trade agreement (FTA) will help drive the negotiations forward, according to EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson. 2008-05-11T15:51:10Z text/html en http://www.bilaterals.org/article.php3?id_article=12073 2008-05-11 16:43:37 India and Thailand are likely to be able to sign the much anticipated free trade agreement within two or three months as most of the key issues have been resolved, says India's commerce minister. 2008-05-11T15:43:37Z text/html en http://www.bilaterals.org/article.php3?id_article=12072 2008-05-11 16:36:07 Delegations from South Korea and the European Union will get together for a new round of the free trade agreement (FTA) talks starting today in Brussels, Belgium. 2008-05-11T15:36:07Z text/html en http://www.bilaterals.org/article.php3?id_article=12071 2008-05-10 20:50:54 Today's announcement by Commerce Minister, Lianne Dalziel, of a freeze on general tariff reductions for two years from July 2009 has been welcomed by the National Distribution Union. The NDU represents workers in the textile, clothing and footwear industries. 2008-05-10T19:50:54Z text/html en http://www.bilaterals.org/article.php3?id_article=12070 2008-05-10 16:19:00 The Fiji Sugar Corporation has sealed a $1 billion deal for the supply of raw sugar as preferential imports to the European Union market over the next seven years. 2008-05-10T15:19:00Z text/html en http://www.bilaterals.org/article.php3?id_article=12069 2008-05-10 14:56:26 A court ruled on Friday that if fliers and large placards are involved or political slogans are chanted during an event, it cannot be seen purely as a “cultural event.” 2008-05-10T13:56:26Z text/html en http://www.bilaterals.org/article.php3?id_article=12068 2008-05-10 02:13:17 Queda confirmado que le mintieron al pueblo de Costa Rica durante la campaña del referéndum sobre el TLC. A lo largo de toda esta campaña, muchas personas denunciamos públicamente que dicho Tratado afectaría la capacidad del Estado costarricense para proteger el agua y garantizar su distribución equitativa, promovería la privatización de servicios esenciales y tornaría imposible el reconocimiento del acceso al agua como un derecho humano fundamental. 2008-05-10T01:13:17Z text/html es http://www.bilaterals.org/article.php3?id_article=12067 2008-05-10 02:05:09 Ayer fue aprobado, por unanimidad, en primer debate en Comisiones Segundas Conjuntas de Senado y Cámara del Congreso de la República, el Tratado de Libre Comercio, TLC, suscrito entre Colombia y el Triángulo Norte (El Salvador, Honduras y Guatemala), en agosto de 2007. 2008-05-10T01:05:09Z text/html es http://www.bilaterals.org/article.php3?id_article=12066 2008-05-10 02:00:28 Días atrás la cancillería de Uruguay firmó un acuerdo de “cooperación” e “intercambio” con el Departamento de Estado norteamericano que incluye aspectos como la biodiversidad y los recursos “biológicos y genéticos”. 2008-05-10T01:00:28Z text/html es http://www.bilaterals.org/article.php3?id_article=12065 2008-05-10 01:54:17 Miembros del Equipo Negociador de Panamá se reunieron esta semana con sus homólogos canadienses en la ciudad de Ottawa, a efectos de sostener las primeras conversaciones exploratorias, para determinar la viabilidad de la negociación de un Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLC) entre ambos países. 2008-05-10T00:54:17Z text/html es http://www.bilaterals.org/article.php3?id_article=12064 2008-05-09 22:15:50 Fourteen SAARC Summits have been held till date, but the South Asia Free Trade Area (SAFTA) is yet to take off! While ASEAN and EU are reaping the benefits of a common market, South Asian countries continue to lag behind. Since the start of our liberal economic policies we have been opening up our market to foreign goods and investments, such as China and South East Asia . 2008-05-09T21:15:50Z text/html en http://www.bilaterals.org/article.php3?id_article=12063 2008-05-09 15:51:46 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. 2008-05-09T14:51:46Z text/html en http://www.bilaterals.org/article.php3?id_article=12060 2008-05-09 14:17:42 “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.” 2008-05-09T13:17:42Z text/html en http://www.bilaterals.org/article.php3?id_article=12059 2008-05-09 14:06:06 Canada's government introduced legislation today to implement a free-trade accord with the four-nation European Free Trade Association. 2008-05-09T13:06:06Z text/html en http://www.bilaterals.org/article.php3?id_article=12058 2008-05-09 11:47:54 Tens of thousands of Koreans held another candlelit vigil Friday night, demanding the government scrap the agreement to import most US beef. 2008-05-09T10:47:54Z text/html en