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Showdown in Honduras: The rise and uncertain future of the coup
30-Jun-2009 Upside Down World
Nation-wide mobilizations and a general strike demanding that Zelaya — a defender of the Bolivarian Alternative of the Americas (ALBA) and of Honduran workers and peasants, according to Via Campesina — be returned to power are growing in spite of increased military repression.
Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa on Democracy Now!
30-Jun-2009 DN!
"I reiterate, we’re not negotiating a free trade agreement with the European Union."
Pakistan, Nepal mull over free-trade pact
30-Jun-2009 The Hindu
Pakistan and Nepal are considering a free-trade agreement, said the Pakistan Foreign Ministry on Monday.
Honduran coup threatens to delay EU trade deal
30-Jun-2009 EU Observer
The coup throws a curve ball at EU plans to wrap up an Association Agreement with the six-country Central American bloc this year, whose members included Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama.
S. Korea, Japan to hold working-level talks on free trade pact
30-Jun-2009 Yonhap
South Korea and Japan will hold a working-level meeting this week to look into ways to resume stalled negotiations for a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA), Seoul’s trade ministry said Tuesday.
Obama ’confident’ FTA with Colombia will go ahead
30-Jun-2009 Colombia Reports
US President Barack Obama said Monday following a meeting with Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, that he is confident that a free trade agreement with Colombia can ultimately be reached.
When managed investment funds are not "investors" for the purpose of seeking protection under BITs
30-Jun-2009 Clayton Utz
Some managed investment funds may not be able to seek protection under bilateral investment treaties when investing abroad, according to a recent award rendered in an investment treaty arbitration between a various Spanish investment funds and the Russian Federation (Renta 4 S.V.S.A v Russian Federation).
FICCI pushes for FTA with US sans agriculture
30-Jun-2009 The Hindu
The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry is pushing for a Free Trade Agreement with the United States without agriculture to bypass differences over farm subsidies.
Make it a criminal violation: Japan
29-Jun-2009 DNA
Japan is lobbying India through an FTA to make patent infringement a criminal liability, whereby the state will be obliged to taken action against generic drug companies.
Lee, Aso call for early conclusion of Korea-Japan FTA
29-Jun-2009 Yonhap
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso on Sunday called for the early conclusion of a free trade agreement (FTA) between their countries, hoping increased cooperation will help them overcome the current global economic crisis.
India may approve India-South Korea FTA next week
29-Jun-2009 Bernama
The Indian Government is likely to approve next week a free trade agreement (FTA) with South Korea aimed at opening markets of both the countries to each other
EU demands in EU-India FTA could adversely affect access to drugs
29-Jun-2009 TWN
The European Union’s demands on India to take on higher intellectual property (IP) standards, if adopted, could spell disaster for the supply of low-cost generic medicines, undermine India’s development and set a significant precedent for the future of IPR protection globally, cautioned Dr Carlos M. Correa, an expert on IP and the WTO TRIPS Agreement.
Canada signs trade deal with Jordan
29-Jun-2009 Vancouver Sun
Canada on Sunday signed a deal with Jordan that lifts tariffs on the vast majority of its exports as part of a push for increased trade with the Middle East.
Namibia: Trade Impasse - EU Hits Back
27-Jun-2009 The Namibian
The European Commission (EC) has lashed out at Namibia’s Trade and Industry Minister Hage Geingob, claiming he knew all along that they would not give written assurances on the concessions on infant industry protection, food security, export taxes and the free flow of goods agreed to in the interim economic partnership agreement (EPA) negotiations.
EPA October deadline may be missed
26-Jun-2009 GNA
Dr Cheikh Tidiane Dieye, Trade Programme Co-ordinator for Civil Society Organizations in West Africa, is sure that negotiations would probably continue till January 2010 since both the EU and ECOWAS had not agreed on the percentage of the market they intend to be liberalized.
Deny neoliberal consensus
26-Jun-2009 IPS
Right now, the EU’s EPAs are devastating Africa’s regional economic blocs through divide-and-conquer, reversing the resistance we saw from African countries a year ago.
West Africa: Regional EPA targets October
26-Jun-2009 AllAfrica.com
The European Union and the West African countries have agreed to conclude a regional agreement on trade in goods and development cooperation by October 2009.
RI, NZ bilateral FTA arrangements to conclude within months: FM
26-Jun-2009 Jakarta Post
Indonesian and New Zealand Free Trade Agreement talks under the auspices of the ASEAN bloc have been progressing well despite the economic crisis and both countries expect the bilateral arrangement can be concluded within months, say foreign ministers.
FTAs intensify competition in imported beef market
25-Jun-2009 Korea Herald
The United States, Australia, New Zealand and Canada are all vying for Korea’s beef market through FTAs, with Australia currently gaining ground.
Asean-Canada trade, investment pact closer
25-Jun-2009 The Nation
Asean and Canada will soon finalise consideration of a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA), preparing the way for free-trade agreement negotiations.