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SOMO Briefing Paper: EPA negotiations do not promote the right investment policies in Africa
26-Sep-2006
The EU strongly advocates that attracting more foreign investment is a solution to African development problems and that African countries therefore need to include strict investment liberalisation measures in EPAs.
SOMO Briefing Paper: The risks and dangers of liberalisation of services in Africa under EPAs
26-Sep-2006
The European Union (EU) is negotiating with African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries for a new free trade agreement: the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs). The liberalisation of services and therefore opening the market for foreign investors is part of these negotiations.
East Africa: African states warn EU on trade talks
26-Sep-2006 AllAfrica.com
Trade talks between European Union and Eastern and Southern Africa countries are set to be stormy as ESA countries warned the EU against reneging on its earlier promises.
Local banks against red carpet welcome for EU counterparts
26-Sep-2006 Business Standard
An overwhelming majority of Indian banks are against the government granting “full domestic” status to banks from the European Union, as has been given to banks from Singapore, under the proposed India-EU CECA.
Senior EC officials to discuss framework for agreement
26-Sep-2006 Bernama
Senior officials from the European Commission will visit Kuala Lumpur next month to discuss the framework for the possibility of signing a Partnership Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and Malaysia.
Kenya urged to look for trade alternative
26-Sep-2006 Capital FM
Kenya Association of Manufacturers CEO Betty Maina said negotiators in the Economic Partnership Agreement, EPA, are not in-sync and the agreement might not be signed by the end of next year.
Draft EU-ESA EPA (August 2006)
23-Sep-2006
UNICE speech - EU-China Business Summit
22-Sep-2006
Outline intervention by Michael Treschow, Vice-President, UNICE (Confederation of European Business)
UNICE - Trade and investment liberalization: An EU business perspective
22-Sep-2006
Presentation at EU-Asia Business Forum, Helsinki, 10-11 September 2006
Mercosur, EU to resume trade talks in October
21-Sep-2006
South America’s Mercosur bloc will resume negotiations with the European Union on a free trade deal in late October, following the suspension of talks last year, Brazil’s Foreign Ministry said Thursday.
US expresses support for transatlantic free trade zone
21-Sep-2006 MSNBC
Susan Schwab, US trade representative, on Wednesday welcomed the news that Germany was considering reviving plans for a transatlantic single market, saying these were unlikely to clash with attempts to relaunch the Doha round of multilateral trade talks.
The failed WTO talks and EPAs negotiations
19-Sep-2006 SEATINI
ACP countries cannot continue with the EPAs agenda as if the failed WTO talks are irrelevant to the EPAs context. An option would be to take advantage of the proposed review of the Cotonou Agreement upon which the EPAs negotiations are based. ACP countries should not wait for the EU to do this for them.
Mandelson call for bilateral EU-Asian trade agreements
18-Sep-2006 FT
Peter Mandelson, the European Union trade commissioner, will today call for the EU to negotiate new bilateral trade deals with countries in Asia, a further sign that hopes of a successful global trade agreement are dimming. The targets: India, Korea and ASEAN.
Struggling with globalisation, EU to take tougher line with trade partners
18-Sep-2006 Turkish Press
The European Commission is planning a more "hard-nosed" approach to breaking into foreign markets and ensuring EU exporters get a fair deal, including protection of their intellectual property, through better use of available trade instruments such as negotiating new free-trade agreements.
India-EU trade pact firmed up
18-Sep-2006 Economic Times
The high-level trade group between India and the European Commission, which is examining the feasibility of a comprehensive economic cooperation agreement, will meet in Brussels on Monday to give final touches to its report.
European MPs note importance to ink partnership agreement with Syria
18-Sep-2006 SANA
European MPs visiting Syria emphasized "the significance of accomplishing the Syrian-European partnership due to its important role in achieving a human and economic development contributing to the peace process, security and stability in the region."
Merkel eyes free trade zone to help the west rival China
18-Sep-2006 MSNBC
Spurred by concern about China’s growing economic might, Germany is considering a plan for a free-trade zone between Europe and the US.
EU to start FTA talks with Ukraine
15-Sep-2006
The European Union (EU) will start free trade area (FTA) negotiations with Ukraine hopefully in early 2007, said the European Commission on Wednesday.
Ukraine president urges setting up free trade zone with Hungary
15-Sep-2006 Portfolio
Ukraine’s President, Viktor Yushchenko has called for the creation of a free trade zone between his country and Hungary. Simultaneously, the country is working to establish a free trade zone with the EU and sign an associated membership agreement as early as in 2007.
Private sector urged to speak up
13-Sep-2006
A national call has gone out to the Barbados private sector, asking it to speak out as free trade negotiations between the region and the European Union (EU) near the final phase.