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EU, Korea failed to finalize trade pact in London
3-Apr-2009
South Korea and the European Union failed on Thursday to finalize a free trade deal, South Korean officials here said, adding they would seek a way to conclude the deal. South Korean Trade Minister Kim Jong-hoon and his EU counterpart Catherine Ashton met here to narrow differences on some remaining sticky issues, including a so-called duty drawback scheme and rules of origin, but failed to wrap up the agreement.
Deadly pact
3-Apr-2009
Opposition is growing over a controversial bilateral trade agreement Canada signed with Colombia in November, the largest trade accord in the Americas after NAFTA.
Reveal contents of RP-EU Partnership and Cooperation Agreement, urges militant group Pamalakaya
3-Apr-2009
Militant fisherfolk alliance Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) is urging the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to divulge the content of the RP-European Union Partnership and Cooperation Agreement or (PCA).
Our FTA with South-East Asia labelled ’mediocre’
3-Apr-2009
Australia’s biggest ever free trade agreement has been branded as mediocre by one of the first detailed reviews of the deal.
Why a free trade agreement with our big brothers could hurt us
3-Apr-2009 PACNEWS
Article explaining possible negative implications (for the Pacific Island Countries) of a free trade agreement with Australia and NZ...
Legal Issues and Objections to the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand FTA
2-Apr-2009
Survey of Legal Issues and Objections to AANZFTA from the Perspective of a Philippine N.G.O.
Pacific lessons from the Economic Partnership Agreement
1-Apr-2009
A trade deal between the world’s largest economic region, the European Union - and the world’s smallest - the Pacific - was never going to be easy.
Australia looks to FTA to open China to investment
31-Mar-2009
Access to direct investments in China has become a bigger priority for Australia as it negotiates a Free Trade Agreement, Trade Minister Simon Crean told reporters on Tuesday.
NUPGE asks Ignatieff to block Colombia trade deal
31-Mar-2009
The National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE) is appealing to the federal Liberal Party to join with other opposition parties to block the new Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement.
ECFA separate from any similar U.S. plan, says AIT
31-Mar-2009
A potential free trade agreement (FTA) between the United States and Taiwan would have no direct link to Taiwan’s proposed economic cooperation framework agreement (ECFA) with China, according to a senior U.S. official in Taipei.
West Africa: Don’t Conclude Regional EPA in June 2009 -Gapto
31-Mar-2009
Members of the Ghana Agricultural Producers and Traders Organisation (GAPTO) have called on the governments of the Economic Commission of West African States (ECOWAS) not to conclude the Regional Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with European Union (EU) in June, this year.
KOR-US FTA’s three poisons
31-Mar-2009
Why is the South Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (FTA) an issue again? The administration of President Lee Myung-bak is trying to use the global economic crisis to force its market fundamentalism on the country. The FTA is the final push.
Minister defends Colombia free-trade deal
30-Mar-2009
Parliamentary hearings will give a fulsome airing to critics of Canada’s proposed free-trade agreement with Colombia, says the Harper government’s Latin American cabinet minister, Peter Kent, the minister of State for Foreign Affairs.
G20 should halt free trade agreements
30-Mar-2009 Traidcraft
In a report released today, Traidcraft shows that the EU-India free trade agreement (FTA) under negotiation, would strip away essential policy tools that India needs to support its economy and safeguard jobs — when European governments are doing all they can to rescue their own economies during these exceptional times.
5 years of free trade with Korea
29-Mar-2009
On Wednesday, Korea and Chile will be celebrating the 5th anniversary since they signed the free trade agreement.
Zero duty for Lankan goods in Pakistan
29-Mar-2009
The Department of Commerce said this week that under the Sri Lanka-Pakistan Free Trade Agreement (FTA), Pakistan has confirmed duty free status to 4,500 Sri Lankan products.
Panama-AIG outrage on all fronts
28-Mar-2009 Eyes on Trade
Anger is brimming over in diverse corridors over the Bush hangover agreement with Panama, and the new rights it would give to AIG-linked bodies in Panama to sue US taxpayers.
KAIROS and Colombian Partners Outraged at Canada-Colombia Free Trade Deal
27-Mar-2009 Kairos
Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives today expressed outrage that the federal government has introduced legislation for a free trade deal with Colombia, ignoring the pleas of Canadian and Colombian activists for a human rights assessment in advance of any deal.
Peru refuses price raise on medicines at FTA negotiation with EU
27-Mar-2009 Xinhua
The Peruvian Foreign Trade and Tourism Ministry said Thursday that Peru will not accept raise in medicine prices in the second round of negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement with the European Union..
"Israel must see that there are consequences to its actions"
27-Mar-2009 Anarkismo.net
We can and must focus on the trading privileges from which Israel benefits within the framework of the Euro-Mediterranean Association Agreement, and point out again and again that Israel violates the human rights clause of that Agreement. If nothing else, this clarifies that EU support for Israel violates its own regulations.