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Britain urges EU to change stance on free trade talks
16-Oct-2006 The Guardian
Gareth Thomas, international development minister, and Ian McCartney, minister of state for trade, are calling for the European commission to be more flexible in its approach and consider alternative agreements, should developing countries choose not to enter an EPA.
Time running out on European trade pacts
16-Oct-2006 Jamaica Gleaner
When European and Caribbean Ministers meet in Brussels in November, there will be an urgent need to reach an understanding on what is achievable.
Analysis on the PIC’s draft text of Pacific EPA
16-Oct-2006
This is a preliminary analysis of the Pacific Islands’ draft text of the Pacific Economic Partnership Agreement and the EC’s ‘non-paper’ on services and investment.
Draft EU-Caribbean EPA - services non-paper (Aug 2006)
16-Oct-2006
Draft EU-Pacific EPA - new services non-paper (Jul 2006)
16-Oct-2006
Draft EU-Pacific EPA - new investment chapter (Oct 2006)
16-Oct-2006
India has its way on trade pact with EU
15-Oct-2006 Times of India
A deal which could deliver the mother of all FTAs between EU and India was sealed a few minutes before PM Manmohan Singh’s summit with European leaders began.
India calls EU trade bluff
14-Oct-2006 Times of India
Adopting a ’take-it-or-leave-it’ posture, India on Thursday turned down last-minute EU efforts to dilute a trade and investment agreement by introducing onerous non-tariff conditionalities.
Overview of bilateral free trade and investment agreements
13-Oct-2006
A general overview of free trade agreements and bilateral investment treaties that have been signed or are being negotiated all over the world. Organised by region, it provides a snapshot of the many processes currently under way, some of the controversies they raise and opposition movements against these agreements.
Europeans drop demands of equal treatment in Free Trade with Dominicans
13-Oct-2006 Dominican Today
As part of an important achievement for the Dominican Republic, the European Union (EU) will not demand from the Dominican Republic the same treatment that the Caribbean nation is compelled to grant to its partners in the Free Trade Agreement with Central America and the United States (DR-CAFTA).
Mandelson backs new EU-India trade and investment agreement
13-Oct-2006 DG Trade
The EU Commissioner for Trade, Peter Mandelson, has today told Indian and EU Business leaders that EU and India should boost their bilateral trade and economic relationship with a new trade and investment agreement.
Iraq to sign trade agreement with EU, Foreign Minister says
12-Oct-2006 Portal Iraq
Iraq Minister of Foreign Affairs Hoshyar Zebari said that Iraq would shortly sign a trade agreement with the European Union (EU). The agreement would treat Iraq as a friendly country to the EU and give it priority in commercial exchanges, according to the Ministry.
EU may sign FTA with MERCOSUR
12-Oct-2006 Prensa Latina
The European Parliament will vote today on a report that urges European Union to sign, as soon as possible, the Free Trade Agreement it is discussing with the South Common Market (MERCOSUR) since 1999.
EU flexes its colonial muscles with divide and rule strategies to crush former colonies with unfair trade agreements
11-Oct-2006 Black Britain
Representatives of ACP countries have been in the UK to lobby politicians to pressurise the government over its proposed new trade agreements. Black Britain spoke to them about how the agreements will destroy their economies and their lives.
ECOWAS Ministers endorse controversial EPA deal
11-Oct-2006 The Statesman
The Ministerial Monitoring Committee of the Economic Partnership Agreement, between West Africa and the European Community, have recommended to the sub-regional body to speed up the controversial partnership deal with the European Union.
EU asks C. America to select single negotiator for trade talks
10-Oct-2006 People’s Daily
EU foreign relations director-general Eneko Landaburu on Monday urged Central American nations to choose a single negotiator for talks on an association agreement between the two trade blocs.
Mandelson plans bilateral trade deals despite WTO setback
10-Oct-2006 The Guardian
The European Union will use bilateral trade deals to "road test" measures deemed too sensitive to be included in the stalled global WTO liberalisation negotiations, Peter Mandelson said last night.
Sceptics fear political ties that bind free trade
10-Oct-2006 Financial Express
Perhaps the best explanation of why bilateral trade agreements are so popular comes from Pascal Lamy, who was the predecessor to Peter Mandelson as Europe’s trade commissioner. Mr Lamy, now director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), is fond of saying: "Politicians tell you that when they sign a bilateral agreement with a pal, they get on TV. When they are the 149th minister around the table at the WTO, they don’t get on TV."
Bilateral agreements in EU trade policy
10-Oct-2006 DG Trade
Speech by Peter Mandelson at the London School of Economics on 9 October 2006
Malaysia, EU agree to launch talks for broad cooperation pact
9-Oct-2006
Malaysia and the European Union agreed Monday to launch negotiations for a broad cooperation pact that could lead to an eventual free trade agreement, a top EU official said.