Palestine
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27-Sep-2011 Econostrum
La Palestine rejoint les accords d’Agadir
La Palestine va rejoindre les accords d’Agadir qui réunissent déjà depuis le 25 février 2004 le Maroc, Tunisie, Égypte et Jordanie.
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27-Sep-2011 AFP
Palestinians to export direct to EU, avoiding Israel
The European parliament Tuesday gave its green light to a deal enabling Palestinians to export farm and fish products directly to the European Union starting next year, without transit through Israel.
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27-Sep-2011 MAP
Palestine joins Agadir FTA
Foreign Ministers of the signatories to the Agadir free trade agreement (signed on February 25, 2004 and includes Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt and Jordan) agreed, Monday in New York, to Palestine’s membership of the grouping.
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27-Sep-2011 Bloomberg
EU Parliament backs food-trade deal with Palestinian Authority
European Union lawmakers approved a plan to give the Palestinian Authority greater access to the EU food market in a bid to bolster the local economy and drive for statehood.
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18-Apr-2011 IMEU
EU turns blind eye to Palestinian citizens in Israel
The rights of the Palestinian minority in Israel are not even mentioned in the "association agreement" between the EU and Israel
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24-Feb-2011 Palestine Monitor
The EU and Israel - Or how Brussels learned to love the occupation
Under the leadership of Tony Blair and Catherine Ashton, the EU has increased its connection to Israel’s occupation of Palestine, says David Cronin
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31-Dec-2010 warisacrime.org
Letter from senior European officials supports BDS approach on Israel
"We consider it simply inexplicable that such products still enjoy benefits under preferential trade agreements between the EU and Israel."
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30-Dec-2010 Ahram Online
EU to import Palestinian products duty free
The European Union signed an agreement with the Palestinian Authority to import some Palestinian products duty free
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30-Dec-2010 Ma’an News Agency
PA looks to expand free-trade networks
The Palestinian Authority Cabinet on Tuesday instructed a committee to complete negotiations for economic cooperation with South American trade bloc Mercosur.
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17-Dec-2010 Swissinfo
Mercosur multiplica acuerdos extrazona y acuerda consolidar Unión Aduanera
El Mercosur dio un primer paso hacia sendos acuerdos de libre comercio con Siria y la Autoridad Nacional Palestina, un día después de acordar preferencias arancelarias con siete países en desarrollo.
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24-Sep-2010 FT
Palestinians open trade talks with Mercosur
The Palestinian Authority has opened trade talks with Brazil, Argentina and other Latin American countries, in an effort to boost economic and political ties with the fast-growing Mercosur bloc.
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15-Jun-2010 PTT
Israel’s Freedom Flotilla Massacre underlines the urgency of intensifying BDS
We call on civil society organisations to pressure their governments to end free trade agreements (FTAs) with Israel, and implement an immediate arms embargo against it, as was called for previously by Amnesty International after Cast Lead
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11-Jun-2010 AFP
Bruxelles veut aider les produits palestiniens à entrer dans l’UE
"La Commission européenne devrait proposer dans les prochains mois (aux pays de l’UE) d’accorder l’accès en franchise de droit et sans contingent aux exportations palestiniennes à destination de l’UE", a annoncé jeudi le commissaire européen chargé du Commerce Karel De Gucht.
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11-Jun-2010 Arab News
EU to open market fully to Palestinian exports soon
The European Commission plans to open European Union markets fully to Palestinian exports in the coming months to help strengthen the Palestinian economy, the EU trade chief said on Thursday.
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10-Jun-2010
Israel dominates Turkey-Arab forum
Turkey’s prime minister has urged Arab nations to unite and step-up efforts to end Israel’s blockade on the Gaza Strip.
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23-Mar-2010 Ansa Latina
Brasil: Lula impulsa TLC Mercosur-Palestinos-Jordania
El presidente brasileño anunció hoy su intención de crear un área de libre comercio entre el Mercosur, los Territorios Palestinos y Jordania, donde realizó una gira la semana pasada.
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18-Mar-2010 Palestinian BNC
Palestinian BDS National Committee welcomes landmark EU court ruling
The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Campaign National Committee welcomes the long overdue ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union that Israeli products originating from Israel’s colonial settlements built on Occupied Palestinian Territory do not qualify for preferential customs treatment under the EC-Israel trade agreement
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18-Mar-2010 ANBA
Brazil readies free trade agreement with Palestine
Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and his Development, Industry and Foreign Trade minister Miguel Jorge announced in the Middle East that Brazil and Argentina have already agreed to negotiate a free trade agreement between the Mercosur and the Palestinian National Authority (PNA).
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1-Mar-2010 Le Soir
Victoire judiciaire palestinienne
Selon la Cour européenne de justice, les marchandises israéliennes produites dans les colonies situées dans les territoires occupés ne peuvent bénéficier du régime douanier préférentiel accordé par l’Union européenne à Israël en vertu de l’accord d’association qui lie les deux parties.
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1-Mar-2010 EJP
EU highest court: Israeli goods produced in the West Bank not free from custom duties
The European Court of Justice has ruled that under the EU-Israel FTA, duty-free entry to the EU only applies to industrial goods made within Israel’s pre-1967 borders.
