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FTA between Panama and the United States: Re-negotiations imminent?
22-Jun-2009 Panama Star
US congressmen are pressuring Panama to reduce the number of people who can form a union from 40 to 20 and to give foreigners the right to head union organizations in Panama.
Human rights and BITs: Mapping the role of human rights law within investor-state arbitration
22-Jun-2009 Rights & Democracy
Investment treaties and free trade agreements offer few instructions as to how such agreements should be reconciled with human rights obligations of the state.
EPA: EU bows to pressure, moves deadline
22-Jun-2009 This Day
The European Union may have bowed to pressure from Nigeria and other African Caribbean and Pacific countries by shifting the commencement of the controversial Economic Partnership Agreement from the June 30 deadline to October 2009.
Logo design contest results
22-Jun-2009
In the first half of 2009, bilaterals.org invited submissions for a new logo for the website.
Relaunch of bilaterals.org
21-Jun-2009
Today we are relaunching bilaterals.org with new features and a new design.
US trade freeze could be slowly thawing
21-Jun-2009 Reuters
After months of little US action on trade, there are signs the issue could become more important for President Barack Obama
Protest supports Peru’s Indigenous
21-Jun-2009 Workers World
Indigenous peoples, solidarity movement activists and environmentalists filled the sidewalks outside the Peruvian Consulate in New York June 10. It was New York’s turn to join the international solidarity movement that has sprung up since Peruvian President Alan Garcia ordered police to attack a demonstration of 5,000 Indigenous people in Peru’s Amazon region.
Indigenous struggle shakes up Peru
21-Jun-2009 Workers World
Indigenous uprisings in both Bolivia and Ecuador led to the removal of right-wing neoliberal governments and the installation of progressive presidents who then, together with the input of the people, created new constitutions. Will it happen in Peru?
Peru revokes Amazon mining laws
20-Jun-2009 LA Times
Peru’s Congress voted Thursday to revoke two laws enacted last year to open the Amazon to mining, oil and timber development, measures that enraged many indigenous groups and led to a bloody confrontation this month.
Peru Amazon protests a success
20-Jun-2009 Wanderlust
Indigenous people in Peru’s Amazon are celebrating after the government revoked two land laws out of the 11 new laws passed to implement the US-Peru FTA
IV Round of Colombia-EU FTA negotiations extended
19-Jun-2009 Semana
The IV negotiating round between Colombia, Perú, Ecuador and the EU will conclude today, Friday. Important topics include bananas, sugar and intellectual property, which have faced some obstacles during the discussion.
Canada/Peru FTA seen implemented by July 1
19-Jun-2009 Grainews.com
Canadian ag exports such as wheat, barley, lentils, peas and some boneless beef could get "immediate duty-free access" to the Peruvian market as early as July 1.
GCC states advised to sign free trade pact with China
19-Jun-2009 Emirates 24/7
Urgent talks should be held to help reach a free trade agreement (FTA) between Gulf Cooperation Council member states and China, said a new GCC study.
Trade agreement kills Amazon indians
19-Jun-2009 FPIF
The recent clash between indigenous peoples and Peruvian national police sends a powerful message from the Amazon jungle straight to Washington: The enormous social, political, and environmental costs of the free-trade model are no longer acceptable.
Group says Cha-cha to lift ban on 100% foreign ownership of land
19-Jun-2009 Business Mirror
Pamalakaya’s Hicap believes the EU wants the ban on foreign ownership abolished because it would soon enter into a bilateral economic agreement with the Philippine government under the EU-RP Free Trade Agreement, where one of the major provisions is the removal of the ban on foreign ownership of land.
Declaration: STOP the violence against Peruvian indigenous people! STOP NOW THE FTAs!
18-Jun-2009
The Declaration was signed by more than 200 social movements, civil society organizations and networks members of OWINFS, S2B and Europe-Latin America Bi-regional network Enlazando Alternativas. Full list of signatures at: http://www.ourworldisnotforsale.org/en/signon/perufta
Say cheese to Brussels
18-Jun-2009 DTE
A free-trade pact with EU will weaken India’s stance at WTO
DoS attack at bilaterals.org | 2 October 2009
18-Jun-2009
Peru protests fuel regional tensions
17-Jun-2009 Al Jazeera
The recent clashes between the Peruvian government and indigenous peoples exacerbated tensions between Peru and neighbouring Bolivia whose indigenous president, Evo Morales, accused the Peruvian government of genocide against tribal protesters.
Peruvian indigenous land conflict explained
15-Jun-2009 AQ
Peru is back on the international human rights community’s blacklist