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Europe, RP resume trade talks next month
19-May-2010 Manila Standard
Philippine Trade Secretary Jesli Lapus said the Philippines and the European Union will resume talks next month over a free trade agreement after resolving a statement over copyright protection.
Govt decides not to sign Tifa
19-May-2010 Financial Express
The US administration has taken the decision of the Bangladesh government rather easily despite the fact that the two countries had been engaged in negotiations on Tifa for about six years since 2003
Bangladesh rejects US trade pact
19-May-2010 Gulf News
Bangladesh has decided against signing a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) with the United States after six years of negotiations, fearing the draft pact suggested by Washington might affect its business interests
EU-LatAm trade deals dangerous for both sides says José Bové
19-May-2010 Euronews
“I think these agreements are dangerous for South American producers and for European producers. For example, the agro-food industry today wants to export huge amounts of milk, to try to offload surplus; that’s only for its benefit. It risks harming major milk producers Uruguay, Argentina and others.”
Dairy industry to protest Colombia-EU FTA signing
19-May-2010 Colombia Reports
Colombian dairy farmers from across the country will launch a last-ditch round of protests on Wednesday to oppose the signing of the Andean nation’s free trade agreement (FTA) with the European Union
Vietnam, EFTA to study feasibility of free trade deal
19-May-2010 AFP
The four members of the European Free Trade Association and Vietnam will start examining the possibility of establishing a free trade agreement, Switzerland said Tuesday.
Indo-Israeli FTA talks to ride on equal trade opportunities
19-May-2010 TOBOC
A free trade agreement between India and Israel, proposed by the latter about four years ago, has all the trappings for an early completion.
EU in last push for Namibia’s EPA
18-May-2010 New Era
Europe, which currently exports only about 10 percent of its products to Namibia, intends to expand the presence of its products in the country, amidst fears by authorities here that the deal would bear negatively on local products, while so-called infant industries could face extinction.
EU, Central America reach accord liberalizing trade
18-May-2010 Bloomberg
Under the agreement, cars made by EU producers such as Volkswagen AG, Renault SA and Fiat SpA will be given increasing free access to the Central American market over 10 years. The governments also agreed on quotas for EU imports of 7,000 tons of boneless cuts of beef and 20,000 tons of rice, growing 5 percent annually, that constitute new trade.
Latin America-European Union trade union declaration discussed with Spanish government
18-May-2010 ITUC
Trade unions from Latin America, the Caribbean and the European Union call for a halt to the ratification of the EU-Central America and EU-Colombia/Peru Free Trade Agreements (FTA) given the omission of key trade union demands and the lack of involvement of civil society and trade unions in the negotiations process.
EU-Colombia Free Trade Agreement: TUC analysis of the draft text
18-May-2010 TUC
The TUC supports trade agreements that promote decent work, but opposes the current EU negotiations with Colombia for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on principle. More trade unionists get murdered in Colombia than the rest of the world combined and the Colombian Government is failing to prevent this.
Scenarios: Will Taiwan get hoped-for FTAs after China deal?
18-May-2010 Reuters
Taiwan is pitching a controversial free-trade framework deal with China as a way to get its giant neighbour and political rival to allow it to seek similar deals with other countries, giving a boost to its $390 billion economy.
Farmers of La Via Campesina mobilize in Madrid against EU’s neoliberal trade agenda!
18-May-2010
The only beneficiaries of Europe’s free trade agreements are the same transnational corporations and international financial investors which have caused the current economic, social, environmental and political crisis.
EU, C. America reach free trade deal: EU
18-May-2010 AFP
Central American countries and the European Union have reached a free trade agreement in talks in the Spanish capital, an EU official told AFP on Tuesday.
EU, Mercosur agree to resume free trade talks
18-May-2010 AFP
The EU and South America trading bloc Mercosur agreed Monday to resume talks aimed at reaching a free trade agreement which were suspended in 2004, despite opposition from key European nations including France.
Trade chief says RP needs to catch up in talks with Europe
18-May-2010 Business World
The Philippines’ next round of PCA negotiations with the EU in June may be the last, giving rise to FTA negotiations afterward.
Meat and Wool NZ want free trade deal with Korea
17-May-2010 Radio NZ
Meat & Wool New Zealand is anxious to see a free trade agreement with South Korea completed as soon as possible so that this country’s beef trade can compete on an equal footing there.
The Korea-US FTA and the Trans-Pacific Partnership
17-May-2010 Chosun Ilbo
While the Korea-US Free Trade Agreement continues to languish, US President Barack Obama is energetically pursuing a new US trade agreement with Asia — the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Notes on the Association Agreements with the European Union
17-May-2010
The EU proposes that the parties be empowered to collaborate on the practical implementation of domestic rules regulating access to genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge, innovations, and practices on their territories, so as to guarantee compliance with those provisions. This is a case of interference with national sovereignty, unquestionably for the benefit of European pharmaceutical corporations.
Biodiversity in the FTAs with the USA and Europe: the crisis of the Andean integration process
17-May-2010 Revista Semillas
While the Andean countries initially called for a balance to be struck between IPRs and the Andean countries’ interests – in particular education, culture, research, access to medicines, public health, food security, environmental protection, access to information, and technology transfer – Europe has insisted on measures to further entrench the intellectual property protection aspects of regional integration.