bilaterals.org logo
bilaterals.org logo

All articles

USW joins Colombian unions in opposition to proposed FTA
7-Apr-2011 USW
The United Steelworkers is both disappointed and outraged to learn that the Obama Administration has apparently reached an agreement with Colombia over a free trade agreement.
Unions seek labour justice under free trade deal
7-Apr-2011 IPS
"My brother was murdered, and we’re still the victims of threats and harassment, which is why we filed the petition" under the free trade agreement signed with the United States by Central America and the Dominican Republic, (DR-CAFTA), said Guatemalan trade unionist Noé Ramírez.
US-Colombia deal on labour rights met with scepticism
7-Apr-2011 IPS
Largely hailed by Republican lawmakers, the preliminary details of the deal, dubbed an "Action Plan for Labour Rights", were received sceptically by some Democrat representatives, while labour and rights groups noted that they lacked breadth, depth, and accountability measures.
Dow applauds progress on US-Colombia free trade agreement
7-Apr-2011 Dow
The agreement will remove 90% of current tariffs assessed to Dow’s more than $200 million in American manufactured goods exported to Colombia.
US, Colombia reach deal on key free trade pact
7-Apr-2011 AP
The United Steelworkers called news of the amended Colombia pact "devastating" and said they, as well as the AFL-CIO, would continue to oppose the deal.
Europe opens new front against affordable medicines in trade deal with India
7-Apr-2011 MSF
As free trade agreement talks between Europe and India resume in Brussels today, the international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is deeply concerned about new measures Europe is pushing to restrict the production of affordable generic medicines that MSF and others rely on to treat patients across the developing world.
Colombia is said to reach labor deal with US to advance trade agreement
7-Apr-2011 Bloomberg
Colombia and the US may announce a deal as soon as today on measures clearing the way for a stalled free-trade agreement, according to six people familiar with the talks.
Commission and New Delhi in fresh FTA push
7-Apr-2011 Europolitics
The outcome of this week’s meetings will reveal whether India and the EU can clinch a historic free trade agreement by the summer, Europolitics understands.
Peru, Mexico sign trade deal
7-Apr-2011 EFE
Peru and Mexico on Wednesday here signed a trade agreement with the aim of jointly reaching out to Asia, an undertaking that they want Chile and Colombia to join.
Peru, Mexico move toward Latam trade integration
7-Apr-2011 Reuters
Mexico and Peru signed a trade agreement on Wednesday after five years of negotiation
The India-EU FTA and its implications on India’s food and farm sector
7-Apr-2011 Madhyam
This factsheet exposes the inherent dangers of the ‘free trade’ agenda pushed by corporate agribusiness under the aegis of India-EU FTA.
PM panel to review India-EU free trade pact on Wednesday
6-Apr-2011 PTI
The panel would also clear negotiations for India-Australia FTA and examine setting up a joint study group for a possible free trade pact between India and the Common Market For Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA).
Canadian court finalizes Colombia free trade deal
6-Apr-2011 NAFB
Last week, Canada’s Constitutional Court gave the go-ahead to place into effect a free trade agreement between Canada and Colombia. The agreement could take effect as soon as July 1.
Colombian minister in France to push EU trade deal
6-Apr-2011 Colombia Reports
Colombia’s social protection minister has met with members of the European Parliament to explain his country’s advances in human rights issues as it pertains to the pending free trade agreement between Colombia and the EU, newspaper El Espectador reported Tuesday.
Global Insider: Canada-Japan trade relations
6-Apr-2011 WPR
Canada and Japan announced in February that they were formally studying the possibility of concluding a bilateral free trade agreement. In an email interview, Carin Holroyd, a political science professor at the University of Waterloo, discussed economic relations between Canada and Japan.
Regional farmers critical of Caribbean governments
6-Apr-2011
Small farmer organisations from across the Caribbean have criticized regional governments and their bureaucrats for leaving them to “see for themselves” during a period of rising food prices and declining agricultural products.
EU free trade zone could slow Ukraine’s GDP growth - minister
6-Apr-2011
A proposed free trade zone with the European Union could slow economic growth in Ukraine, the country’s deputy economics minister said in an interview published on Tuesday.
SD, Lesotho signed EPA under duress - Guduza
6-Apr-2011
Speaker in the House of Assembly Prince Guduza says Swaziland and Lesotho signed the interim Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union (EU) under duress.
SA to host SADC-Comesa-EAC free trade agreement summit this year
6-Apr-2011
Before mid-year South Africa would host the next summit on the establishment of a Trilateral Free Trade Agreement (T-FTA) among the regional economic groupings of the East African Community (EAC), the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa), and the Southern African Development Community (SADC).
US close to deal with Colombia on trade pact
6-Apr-2011
The Obama administration has resolved the remaining barriers to a free-trade agreement with Colombia and expects to announce a deal by the end of the week, according to people briefed on the process.