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Tanzania: Country in precarious position over trade pact
11-Jul-2006 East African
Tanzania is lagging behind in preparing to sign a deal that will determine how it trades with Europe for a long time to come.
No EPA without investment rules and full reciprocity, Falkenberg insists!
6-Jul-2006
Karl Falkenberg, Deputy Director-General of Trade at the European Commission, says its is not worth having an Economic Partnership Agreement between the EU and ECOWAS if the Agreement did not enshrine Free Trade Agreement-style full reciprocity between the parties and liberalised rules for Investment.
Korea-EU FTA promoted at luncheon
6-Jul-2006
A special luncheon was held in downtown Seoul on July 4, 2006 to explain the advantages and disadvantages of a Korea-EU FTA. The European Union Chamber of Commerce Korea hosted the event.
Europe seeks Russian trade deal
3-Jul-2006
The European Union wants a free-trade deal with Russia once the country joins the World Trade Organization, the European Commission president has said.
Mandelson/EPAs: Remarks to ACP Ministers
29-Jun-2006 http://europa.eu.int/rapid/pressRel...
In this speech to ACP Ministers in Brussels EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson argues that EPAs offer the best possible framework for a new generation of trade relations between the EU and the ACP countries.
Economic Partnership Agreements: Family farmers speak out!
22-Jun-2006
At the initiative of the Network of Farmers’ and Agricultural Producers’ Organizations of West Africa (ROPPA), leaders of three small farmers’ networks from ACP regions met in parallel to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly in Vienna on 19 June 2006 to assess the process of negotiation of Economic Partnership Agreements between their regions and the European Union.
Costa Rican unions condition FTA with Europe
22-Jun-2006 Prensa Latina
Costa Rican trade union leaders on Wednesday said that that they will support the Association Treaty with the European Union for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA), but ruled out any similarity with US-sponsored accords.
Dominican delegation to propose creating adjustment funds in European negotiations
21-Jun-2006
The Dominican Republic, jointly with the other CARICOM (Caribbean) nations will propose to the ACP (Africa, Caribbean, Pacific) countries, creating structural adjustment funds to cover costs of the transition toward free trade, within the framework of negotiations with the European Union.
ACP want additional resources from EU
21-Jun-2006
Pacific Island countries want the European Union to allocate additional resources to cover the costs of the regions adjustments when the Economic Partnership Agreement comes into effect.
Pacific ACP trade ministers meet in Nadi, Fiji
21-Jun-2006
The Pacific ACP Trade Ministers Meeting was held in Nadi, Fiji, on 19 and 20 June 2006.
Korea seeks FTAs with EU, Japan, India
20-Jun-2006
Korea will seek to strike free trade agreements (FTA) with China, Japan, India, the EU and Russia on top of its current negotiations with the United States, the nation’s top economic policymaker said.
EU promises are hollow: Pacific society groups
19-Jun-2006 Scoop
Civil society groups from 12 Pacific countries meeting in Nadi, question what’s in it for the Pacific in negotiations on a Pacific Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the EU.
Gulf, EU show flexibility in reaching a compromise
17-Jun-2006 Gulf News
A free trade agreement (FTA) between the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and 25-member European Union (EU) could be clinched as early as year-end as there seems to be a possibility that the two sides will relax rules related to investments and rules of origin.
Korea, EU set to start FTA talks
16-Jun-2006
The chief of South Korea’s trade promotion agency Friday called for Korea to pursue a free trade agreement (FTA) with the European Union (EU) as soon as possible.
Baseline positions of Bolivian Government for association agreement with the EU
15-Jun-2006 Movimiento Boliviano de lucha contra el TLC y el ALCA
If the CAN countries work out their differences, including establishment of a common tariff, EU-CAN talks could get under way in January 2007, and the association agreement, which includes political, economic, and trade chapters, would come online in May 2008.
EU and Egypt fail to unblock association deal
15-Jun-2006 Reuters
Egypt and the European Union failed to wrap up a "neighbourhood action plan" because of differences over human rights in Egypt and nuclear weapons in the Middle East, an EU official said yesterday.
Honest Tony, peace broker
14-Jun-2006 The Guardian
Rather than rebuke Israel, the UK and its fellow EU member states are actually sitting down today with Israeli representatives in Brussels to seal the continuation of the EU-Israel association agreement. The agreement grants Israel important trading preferences for its exports into the EU, even though these are supposedly conditional on respect for human rights from both sides.
Iraq eyes EU trade deal
14-Jun-2006 Fin24
Iraq’s new government plans to start immediately negotiating a trade and cooperation deal with the European Union, its foreign minister said Monday hailing a "new chapter" in ties with the bloc.
EU presses for conclusion of free-trade deal with GCC
12-Jun-2006 The Daily Star
European Union trade chief Peter Mandelson called Saturday for talks in Brussels with the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council, so that a final free trade deal with the Gulf Arab bloc can be struck by year-end.
S Korea-EU FTA to generate more benefits than US FTA, reports say
12-Jun-2006 Yonhap
A free trade agreement (FTA) between South Korea and the European Union will bring greater benefits to Asia’s fourth-largest economy than a similar trade pact with the United States, reports showed Sunday.