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Fiji joins EU-Pacific regional trade agreement
12-Dec-2009 Swedish Presidency of the EU
Fiji has today in Copenhagen signed on to the interim Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the EU and the countries of the Pacific.
A brief Q&A with the US trade representative
12-Dec-2009 LA Times
Ron Kirk offers a status report on pending trade agreements and an overview of the administration’s trade strategy
EU: Negotiations between the EU, Central America and the Andean countries concerning patents
12-Dec-2009 EP
According to Latin American trade unions and organisations, patenting has had devastating consequences for biological diversity in several Latin American countries. Yet neither the patent rules proposed in the association agreement between the EU and Central America nor the bilateral trade negotiations taking place between the EU and Colombia and Peru have taken account of such criticism.
FTAs could hurt farmers, too
11-Dec-2009 DNA India
After generic drugmakers, it’s the farmers who are feeling the heat of the intellectual property (IP) regime.
EU: Free trade area around the Mediterranean a priority at trade ministers’ meeting
10-Dec-2009 Swedish Presidency of the EU
The EuroMed meeting in Brussels today adopted a roadmap for the establishment of a free trade area around the Mediterranean starting in 2010. Support was also given for a regional convention with uniform rules on the origin of goods.
EU urged to suspend trade talks with Colombia
10-Dec-2009 EU Politics News
Senior British MEP Richard Howitt has urged the EU to suspend free trade agreement talks with Colombia because of the country´s "profound" human rights "crisis."
Korea, Colombia seek high-level FTA
10-Dec-2009 Korea Herald
Korea and Colombia agreed Wednesday to seal a high-level free trade agreement covering services, investment and other sectors, Seoul’s trade ministry said.
Seoul to chart roadmap for East Asian Union
10-Dec-2009 Korea Times
The Lee Myung-bak administration plans to chart a strategic roadmap for economic integration between Korea, Japan and China, a move that is aimed at taking a lead in efforts to create a regional economic bloc in East Asia.
Trade unionists ask EU not to sign FTA with Colombia
10-Dec-2009 Colombia Reports
Colombian trade unionists on Wednesday asked the EU not to sign an FTA with Colombia due to the human rights violations they believe to have been committed by the Uribe government.
APEC free trade a key issue under Japan’s leadership
10-Dec-2009 Japan Times
The Japanese government said Wednesday it will accelerate efforts to get Pacific Rim economies to create a free-trade area during a series of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum meetings next year
Taiwan won’t let China acquire local financial firms
10-Dec-2009 Bloomberg
Taiwan won’t allow Chinese banks to acquire local financial institutions when it signs an economic cooperation agreement with the mainland, Premier Wu Den-yih said.
Indonesian gov’t urged to follow up FTA with EU
9-Dec-2009 Xinhua
The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KADIN) is urging the government to follow up the free trade agreement with the European Union as one of ways to expand market to the region.
Mercosur Summit ends without agreement on regional trade, pushes for FTA with EU
9-Dec-2009 Xinhua
The Common Market of the South (Mercosur) summit finished Tuesday with few results achieved on regional trade issues but with vows to push for a free trade agreement with the European Union (EU).
Indonesia considers moves to protect 11 sectors from China FTA
8-Dec-2009 Jakarta Globe
Indonesian ministers will meet on Friday to discuss a proposal to renegotiate the Asean-China free trade agreement under a "special status" they will request from ASEAN.
Why we left our farms to come to Copenhagen
8-Dec-2009 Via Campesina
Agricultural trade liberalization promoted by free trade agreements and by the World Trade Organization is contributing to the greenhouse gases emissions due to food processing and food transportation around the world.
Bangladesh: Core Group suggests signing of FTAs with three SA nations
8-Dec-2009 Financial Express
An official body has recommended signing of bilateral Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka on goods in the first phase and similar deals on services and investment in the second phase.
Seoul willing to lift ban on Canadian beef
8-Dec-2009 Korea Herald
Korea is wiling to lift its six-year-old ban on Canadian beef, President Lee Myung-bak sad yesterday after a summit with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
East Africa: EABC advised to join EPA trade talks
8-Dec-2009 Tanzania Daily News
The European Union says that the private sector through East African Business Council, should be participating in economic partnership agreement negotiations. "Maybe in future we will have to treat the private sector and activists through two different windows," EU officials specify.
US, Turkey launch new trade, investment forum
8-Dec-2009 Reuters
The United States and NATO ally Turkey launched an initiative Monday aimed at boosting trade and investment ties, but said there were no plans for the two countries to negotiate a free trade agreement.
Resist trailer now online
7-Dec-2009 Resist
Having received hundreds of stories of resistance from all over the world, we’ve spent the last few months focusing on the Wall that is being built along the USA’s entire border with Mexico.