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Zardari to sign FTA with China, seek support from hydro projects
20-Feb-2009 Times of India
China and Pakistan plan to sign a free trade agreement on trade and services during the four-day visit of Pakistani president Asif Ali Zardari to Hubei and Shanghai beginning tomorrow.
EU, Andean Nations struggle forward in trade talks
20-Feb-2009 ICTSD
Intellectual property, a potential regional customs union, human rights, and bananas triggered heated debate last week in Bogota during the first round of negotiations toward a free trade agreement between the European Union and Andean nations Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.
China FTA needed: Crean
19-Feb-2009
China needs to come back to the table on a free trade agreement with Australia to improve the investment climate between the two countries, says Trade Minister Simon Crean.
South Centre cautions African countries when approaching Economic Partnership Agreements
19-Feb-2009 South Centre
The value of the preferences African countries will reap from an EPA will essentially become nil in about 5 to 10 years.
The complex relationship between governments and movements: Autonomy or new forms of domination?
19-Feb-2009 CIP Americas Program
Chavez’s rise to power was the result of a long process of struggle from the bottom-up that initiated with caracazo of Feb. 1989—the first massive popular insurrection against neoliberalism. It has now led to crisis in the party system, which supported domination by the elite for decades.
Syria keen to sign Association Agreement with EU, Minister of Economy says
19-Feb-2009 SANA
Minister of Economy and Trade Amer Hosni Lutfi underlined Tuesday that Syria is interested in signing the Syrian-European Association Agreement and joining the World Trade Organization because this will help accelerate the economic reform program in the country.
Australia, Indonesia discuss free trade
19-Feb-2009 9News
Australia and Indonesia are tipped to give the green light to talks on a free trade deal as ministers from both countries gather in Sydney to consider ways to enhance already strong ties.
S Korea, EU free trade talks delayed
19-Feb-2009 Xinhua
South Korea and the European Union (EU) agreed to delay their upcoming free trade talks by two to three weeks, South Korean Trade Minister Kim Jong-hoon said Wednesday.
Downturn may force India to postpone trade pact with Asean
19-Feb-2009 Live Mint
The unexpected setback to exports and the associated problem of domestic unemployment may yet spike the government’s plans to sign a free trade agreement (FTA) with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), a powerful trade block of 10 countries.
“Forget about the Colombian FTA!”
19-Feb-2009 Semana
Interview with Steven Pearlstein, business columnist from the Washington Post and winner of a Pulitzer Prize for having predicted the economic crisis
Strong EU trade provisions on IP seen as threat to poor nations’ medicines access
19-Feb-2009 IP Watch
Efforts by the European Union to insert strong provisions on pharmaceutical patents in free trade agreements it is negotiating with India, Colombia, Peru and ASEAN could imperil access to medicines in developing countries, global public health activists have alleged.
EU Trade Commissioner pushes for economic integration with African nations
19-Feb-2009 ICTSD
EU Trade Commissioner Catherine Ashton visited several nations in Southern Africa last week, where she held talks with key governmental leaders. Although the general purpose of the trip was to promote bilateral and regional trade relations, Ashton also hoped to make progress on a potential Economic Partnership Agreement, or EPA, between members of the South African Development Community (SADC) and the European Union.
Vietnam has plenty of opportunity to boost seafood exports to Japan
19-Feb-2009 QDND
Japan is intensifying the import of tuna and various kinds of fish from Vietnam. Since other aquiculture export markets are drying up, many Vietnamese businesses are shifting the focus onto Japan.
‘EPA accord with EU’ll stifle Nigeria’s growth’
18-Feb-2009 This Day
Switzerland-based intergovernmental organisation, South Centre, has warned Nigeria and other African nations that the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) being proposed by the European Union (EU) will eliminate the capacity of African nations to industrialise within five to 10 years of signing the agreement.
China’s latest geopolitical assault on Latin American commodities and bilateral trade
18-Feb-2009 COHA
Two key figures in Chinese politics embarked on a tour of Latin American countries on February 9, in a sign that the Asian superpower is intent on consolidating its already substantial stake in the region.
Free trade, jobs and democracy — a look at Singapore
18-Feb-2009 PWW
Given the evaporation of 533,000 American jobs last November, the largest downturn in thirty-four years and the prospects for even greater losses, it is vital that we have a public discourse on the cost of free trade and its twin — runaway corporations.
EU downplays delay to Korean trade deal
18-Feb-2009 EU Observer
The EU intends to move ahead with a free-trade agreement currently being negotiated with South Korea despite delays and grumbles from the European car industry.
Colombia-European Union FTA on track
18-Feb-2009 Semana
The FTA will not be negotiated taking the three Latin American countries as a block. The new format designed for the negotiations is an unique multi party agreement in which each country’s particular interests will be taken into consideration regarding specific products, but all framed within the same agreement.
EC fact-finding trip heralds first steps towards stronger trade relations with Armenia
17-Feb-2009
A European Commission’s experts team led by Director Ms Ewa Synowiec from Directorate General for Trade will carry out a fact-finding mission to Yerevan on 18-19 February. This mission will help in mapping out a preparatory process for possible future negotiations of an ambitious free trade agreement (FTA) between the European Union (EU) and Armenia.
Taiwan must not fall into PRC’s CECA trap
17-Feb-2009
The right-wing Chinese Nationalist Party (Kuomintang) government is now preparing to literally give away the power to make or break Taiwan’s economy and officially surrender Taiwan’s sovereignty to the hostile People’s Republic of China.