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Tweet-In for Colombia – Stop the free trade agreement
11-May-2010 CUPE
The time is now to stop the Conservatives and Liberals who are trying to rush through a harmful free trade agreement with Colombia without properly assessing its potential impact on human rights, workers and the environment.
How to resolve free trade issues with EU, by ECOWAS ministers
10-May-2010
Knotty issues impeding conclusive negotiation of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union (EU) can be resolved if the private sector in West Africa is involved in the process, according to ministers from the sub-region in charge of the talks.
MPs divided on Canada-Colombia trade agreement
10-May-2010
Increasing trade between Canada and Colombia would help fight drug traffickers and improve human rights in the South American country, says Saskatchewan MP Brad Trost. But critics say the country’s poor human-rights record should put any free-trade plans on hold.
Indo-Asean ties key to region’s growth
10-May-2010
Close economic cooperation between India and Asean can prove to be a potent force in shaping the economic fortunes of South and South-east Asia over the next decade. Standard & Poor’s believes, however, that recent Indo-Asean increases in trade and investment flows still fall well short of their full potential.
Canada-EU deal will affect more than trade
10-May-2010
It’s unsettling to know that even on the heels of the recent free-trade themed Canada-EU summit in Brussels, most Canadians haven’t a clue that our federal and provincial governments are negotiating with the European Union what could be the largest, most significant bilateral trade deal in history.
Peuples d’Europe et d’Amérique latine unis contre le libéralisme de Bruxelles
10-May-2010 L’Humanité
Le sixième sommet UE-Amérique latine pourrait être boycotté par les présidents de l’hémisphère Sud. En marge de cette grand-messe, le sommet alternatif dénonce les accords de libre-échange et ses conséquences sociales.
Australian tax could breach treaty with China
10-May-2010 Telegraph
Mining shares plunged last week after Kevin Rudd, Australia’s prime minister, proposed a 40pc tax on mining profits, arguing that Australia’s mining boom was benefiting shareholders based abroad
Saskatchewan joins B.C., Alberta in interprovincial free trade market
10-May-2010 Journal of Commerce
British Columbia and Alberta have signed an economic partnership with Saskatchewan that creates Canada’s biggest interprovincial free trade market and is designed to promote trade with Asia.
Facts are stubborn things when it comes to trade
10-May-2010 The Hill
We’re all entitled to our own opinion about NAFTA-style trade pacts, but we’re not entitled to our own facts. The most peculiar claim is that the US has trade surpluses with its FTA partners, when in fact the data show we have a deficit.
Panama, Canada To Sign Free Trade Agreement
9-May-2010 Inside Costa Rica
Panama’s Commerce and Industry Minister Roberto Henriquez will fly to Toronto, Canada, to sign on May 14 a free trade agreement.
India to keep EU, Japan out of govt procurement
8-May-2010 The Economic Times
India is not likely to entertain requests for opening government procurement in its FTA negotiations with EU and Japan respectively.
Free trade with Europe?
7-May-2010 Toronto Star
Canadian critics of the EU free trade deal believe that Harper’s real aim in the negotiations is to get rid of barriers to free trade within Canada.
US keen for Malaysia to join trade pact
7-May-2010 AFP
The United States said Thursday it was keen for Malaysia to enter negotiations on a trans-Pacific trade deal after the two countries shelved talks on a bilateral agreement.
East Africa hopeful for EU trade deal soon-official-INTERVIEW
7-May-2010 Reuters
The EU said in February it wanted a clear timetable for signing the deal, but Tanzania’s trade minister said then the EAC would not budge unless Brussels gave firm commitments on development assistance, especially for infrastructure.
La France opposée à la reprise des négociations avec les pays du Mercosur
7-May-2010 AFP
Le gouvernement français s’oppose à une reprise des négociations avec les pays du Mercosur (Argentine, Brésil, Uruguay et Paraguay) qui pourraient fragiliser l’agriculture française et européenne
Malaysia: Government urged to start FTA talks with EU
7-May-2010 Bernama
The Malaysian business community hopes the government can speed up the decision to start free trade agreement negotiations with the European Union, Malaysia-China Business Council Joint Secretary-General Datuk Dr Michael Yeoh said.
Ma is whittling sovereignty away
6-May-2010
On Wednesday, China once again put conditions on the government of President Ma Ying-jeou. This time it was Wang Yi, director of China’s Taiwan Affairs Office, who set the conditions by saying that, as long as the two sides of the Taiwan Strait can work together to oppose Taiwanese independence and uphold the “1992 consensus,” that will be the political guarantee for cross-strait cooperation.
Australia endorses study into India trade
6-May-2010
Australia Thursday said it had taken a major step towards a free trade agreement with India, with a study carried showing a bilateral deal would offer "significant economic benefits" to both sides.
MOEA official: ECFA would be void if rejected by referendum
6-May-2010 Taiwan Today
The Ma Ying-jeou administration would seek to nullify the economic cooperation framework agreement expected to be signed with mainland China if the Taiwanese people vetoed the pact via a referendum, Minister of Economic Affairs Shih Yen-shiang said in the Legislative Yuan May 5.
Taiwan working toward goal of signing ECFA in June
6-May-2010 Focus Taiwan
The Taiwanese government working toward the goal of signing the proposed economic cooperation framework agreement (ECFA) with China in June