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“Free trade agreements are, to some extent, an expression of neo-colonialism”
3-Jul-2012 Eurotribune
Interview with Lourdes Castro, chief officer of Grupo SUR and representative of Alop, Aprodev, Cifca and Oidhaco.
S. Korean farmers rally against China trade talks
3-Jul-2012 AFP
Thousands of South Korean farmers and fisherman protest against FTA talks with China
Trans-Pacific free trade zone protest
3-Jul-2012 CNS
A coalition of groups affiliated with the Occupy San Diego movement and organized labor will protest outside the 13th round of negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
EU, PH to engage in fresh FTA talks
3-Jul-2012 PDI
The Philippines may start fresh talks with the European Union in the third quarter to iron out a proposed bilateral free trade agreement (FTA), according to the country’s chief trade negotiator.
An expanded Mercosur
2-Jul-2012
Just as Friday’s convention photo showed a lame Mercosur — with Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Dilma Rousseff and José Mujica, but without the Presidents of Paraguay (suspended) and Venezuela (convalescent) — Brazilian and Argentine political lobbyists, along with some Bolivarian middlemen are frantically working for an expanded Mercosur photo, in which four new members would be joining the club. After Venezuela’s hurried entrance into the group last week, the door is now wide open for more partners.
Canada won’t have input into TPP trade talks: Paul Martin
2-Jul-2012
Canada is in a position where it’s likely going to have to either sign on the dotted line or walk away from the Trans-Pacific Partnership entirely, said former Liberal prime minister Paul Martin.
AfDB Warns Zim on EPAS
2-Jul-2012
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has warned Zimbabwe that opening its domestic markets to the European Union under the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPAs), exposes local industries to unfair competition.
SBY frets over int’l arbitration
2-Jul-2012
President Susilo Bambang Yu-dhoyono is telling his ministers to prepare for the worst after the government recently entered into arbitration with an international mining company.
EU, PH to engage in fresh FTA talks
2-Jul-2012
The Philippines may start fresh talks with the European Union in the third quarter to iron out a proposed bilateral free trade agreement (FTA), according to the country’s chief trade negotiator.
Exports to EU dwindle 12% after FTA
2-Jul-2012 Chosun Ilbo
Korea’s exports to the EU dwindled 12% since the Korea-EU FTA went into effect one year ago, while imports grew 13%.
Activists take on ’NAFTA on steroids’
2-Jul-2012 CWA
"The 1% has total access to all negotiating documents, while the 99% is shut out. This is not what democracy looks like," said CWA President Larry Cohen.
EU, Central American countries sign Association Agreement
30-Jun-2012 RTT News
The European Union and six Central American countries — Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama —on Friday signed a comprehensive Association Agreement which also includes an ambitious trade component.
EU losing patience
29-Jun-2012 Jamaica Gleaner
European Union says Jamaica risking credibility with failure to act on partnership agreement
Agreement with Europe begins to kick
29-Jun-2012 Caribbean 360
A statement credited to Alexander Walford, Policy Officer of the Caribbean-European Union in the European Commission, says that eight Caribbean countries have not implemented tariff cuts on EU goods as required by the Economic Partnership Agreement signed in 2008.
Stop the TPP
29-Jun-2012 The Nation
Learning and action points for a US audience
India: BIT of a problem
29-Jun-2012 Financial Express
An investment litigation strategy and investment negotiation strategy on BITs and investment is clearly the need of the hour for India.
Ecuador must live up to its obligations under trade and investment agreements - NAM
28-Jun-2012 Shopfloor
The US National Association of Manufacturers is asking the Obama administration to give Ecuador three months to meet the requirements and standards under the US-Ecuador bilateral investment treaty or be removed from the Andean Trade Preference Act.
Vietnam, EU begin free trade agreement talks
28-Jun-2012 VNA
Vietnam’s Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang and the EU’s Trade Commissioner Karel De Gutch officially began negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement between Vietnam and the EU in Brussels, Belgium, on June 26.
SA Government signs trade agreement with China
28-Jun-2012 Adelaide Now
The South Australian Government has signed a trade and economic cooperation agreement with China in a bid to grow exports.
Peru-EU FTA likely to take effect year-end
28-Jun-2012 Bernama
The European Union Tuesday signed a multipartite free trade agreement with Peru and Colombia which is expected to become effective before the end of this year, according to EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht.