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Free-trade deals are a losing gamble
21-Oct-2009 The Age
In every Australian free trade agreement the results have been dismal.
EU gives ASEAN 4.5 million euros for intellectual property project
21-Oct-2009 DPA
The money will serve to train IPR enforcement agencies and introduce protection for geographic indications, in the context of an eventual EU-ASEAN FTA
USTR releases preliminary analysis of Korea-EU free trade agreement
21-Oct-2009 USTR
There is no investment chapter or investor-state dispute settlement provisions in the Korea-EU FTA (competency for investment matters rests with the individual EU Member States), whereas KORUS features investor protections.
Look East policy comes of age
21-Oct-2009
This is an important week for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Over the weekend, at the Fourth East Asia Summit in Thailand, he will witness the final fruition of the second most important foreign policy initiative he took during his first term in office — the India-Asean Free Trade Agreement.
Giant new Asian trade deal on agenda
21-Oct-2009
Prime Minister John Key will discuss a new Asia-wide trade agreement in Thailand this weekend.
Free-trade deals are a losing gamble
21-Oct-2009
Horse racing’s spring carnival is upon us. It is the only time when most Australians bet on the horses. After our experience of the past year, many people would think that stockmarket and financial-derivatives investment is not that different to a punt on the Melbourne Cup. There are always a lot of predictions based on form analysis but most of us find a way to lose money on the day.
US presses for TIFA
20-Oct-2009 BD News
Visiting US assistant trade representative Michael J Delaney has stressed that Dhaka sign a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) with his country to increase bilateral trade. But it’s a controversial issue in Bangladesh.
S.Korea-EU FTA indicates European beef imports may resume
20-Oct-2009 The Hankyoreh
According to a draft of the free trade agreement between South Korea and the European Union, once the FTA takes effect, European beef that has a higher risk for mad cow disease than U.S. beef could be allowed into the country.
India, Indonesia set to launch talks for FTA
20-Oct-2009 Times of India
After signing India-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement as one of the 10 members of the bloc, Jakarta and New Delhi are set to launch negotiations for a similar bilateral deal to open trade in goods and services.
Seventh ALBA Summit prioritises the planet and developing nations
20-Oct-2009 Venezuelanalysis
ALBA countries signed an agreement to implement the common currency "Sucre" (Unified System of Compensation of Reciprocal Payments). The point of the new currency is to use it instead of the US dollar for commercial exchange between member countries.
EU-Korea FTA (2009)
20-Oct-2009
U.S.-Canada Regional Economic and Energy Integration
19-Oct-2009 NAUresistance
Trilateral initiatives, such as NAFTA and the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) have further advanced North American integration. It is also at a state and provincial level that regional integration is being achieved in areas of trade, the environment and energy.
Lawsuit Would Further Expose Secretive SPP Agenda
19-Oct-2009 NAUresistance
The SPP, along with NAFTA have already laid much of the groundwork for a North American Union.
AMCHAM chief rules out FTA renegotiation
19-Oct-2009 Korea Times
The new chief of the American Chamber of Commerce in Korea said Monday that the long-stalled Korea-US free trade agreement will not undergo renegotiation, but didn’t rule out "further bilateral discussions" regarding provisions related to the auto sector.
ALBA Alimentos to dodge food crisis
19-Oct-2009 Inside Costa Rica
ALBA Alimentos will emerge as a grand national project aimed at fighting the regional food crisis, said Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez at the 7th Summit of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA).
Statement of Thai Youth Against FTA
19-Oct-2009 ASEAN Youth Movement
“We demand the rights of the people, who are oppressed by the global trade war and join them in a fight for a more just society that consists of an economic system made up of fair trade, diverse socio-cultures, food sovereignty, human rights and a sustainable environment”
Sri Lanka pressed by USTR on IP protection, GM food
19-Oct-2009 Lanka Business
The United States has asked Sri Lanka, ranked high for software piracy in Asia, to better enforce intellectual property rights and also lift restrictions on American imports like genetically modified food.
Sri Lanka may lose clothes trade benefits for alleged human rights abuses
19-Oct-2009 ANI
The European Commission is all set to recommend withdrawal of trade benefits from Sri Lanka after allegations of large scale violation of human rights surfaced during the last stages of the civil war against the LTTE.
ECFA won’t bring laborers: premier
19-Oct-2009 Taipei Times
Premier Wu Den-yih said yesterday that the government would not open the Taiwanese market further to Chinese agricultural products and would not allow the entry of Chinese laborers under the proposed cross-straits FTA, while avoiding questions about how long the bans would be in place.
Syria asks to delay signing of EU partnership agreement
19-Oct-2009 Monsters and Critics
Syria on Sunday asked to postpone the signing of an economic partnership agreement with the European Union, following disputes over provisions covering human-rights and political reform.