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ASEAN Comprehensive Investment Agreement (February 2009)
26-Feb-2009 ASEAN
Indonesia details Australia, New Zealand tariff cuts
26-Feb-2009 Reuters
Indonesia has agreed to cut import tariffs on range of products from Australia and New Zealand starting this year as part of a wider free-trade agreement with Southeast Asian nations
Canada-Colombia free trade agreement condemned
26-Feb-2009 NUPGE
Colombia’s national labour federations and major unions have condemned the free trade agreement (FTA) signed by the governments of Canada and Colombia last year.
SKorea lawmakers endorse US FTA bill
26-Feb-2009 AFP
The judiciary subcommittee of South Korea’s parliament Wednesday endorsed a government bill to ratify a free trade pact with the United States. The bill still requires approval by the subcommittees for foreign affairs, trade and unification, before it is submitted to a plenary session of the National Assembly for ratification.
Activists demand referendum on CECA proposal
26-Feb-2009 Taipei Times
Alliance of Referendum for Taiwan representative Tsay Ting-kuei said that if Taiwan signs a CECA under the “one China” principle, the agreement would symbolize Taiwan’s surrender to China.
FTA: The new Andean disease
25-Feb-2009 RMR
The Free Trade Agreement or the Association Agreement the European Union is promoting with two of the four countries member of the Andean Community of Nations (CAN) risks the continuity of this bloc, but it also represents a threat to access to medications and health of the Andean peoples.
UPA’s FTA success rate 1 out of 15
25-Feb-2009 Business Standard
India’s United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, which initiated talks on about 15 free trade agreements (FTAs), could sign only one of them during its current tenure.
Unions back bill trying to stop Mexican trucks in US
25-Feb-2009 Houston Chronicle
Union officials were confident Tuesday that new legislation in Congress would halt Mexican trucks from making long-haul trips into the United States ending a pilot program backed by the Bush administration as part of NAFTA
Prospects for ratification of Korea-US FTA shrouded in doubt
25-Feb-2009 JoongAng Daily
More than a year and a half since Korea and the United States signed a free trade agreement, the deal is still pending. Now attention is focusing on whether the two countries’ legislatures can approve the agreement to mark the one-year anniversary of Korea’s Lee Myung-bak administration and the launch of the new Barack Obama administration in the US.
FTAs facilitates biopiracy: The case of Peru
25-Feb-2009 Ground Reality
The United States has done it, and done it again. As part of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Peru, the US has managed to wrest an amendment in the existing Intellectual Property laws that virtually ’facilitates biopiracy and hamper Peru’s position as a protector of traditional knowledge,’ reports SciDev.net
EU partnership accord with the Caribbean: green light from MEPs, with conditions
25-Feb-2009 EP
The European Parliament should gives its assent to the economic partnership agreement between the Cariforum states and the EU, provided that undertakings are given by the Commission and Council for a review clause and that extra aid for trade is included
Taiwan pursuing free trade pacts with ASEAN states
25-Feb-2009 Taiwan News
Taiwan is pushing for bilateral free trade agreements with individual Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) members as a more feasible way for the country to participate in regional economic integration
Amnesty International wins round in speech lawsuit
24-Feb-2009 Fort Mills Times
Amnesty International has won a round in a lawsuit claiming Miami police breached the organization’s constitutional rights during the Free Trade of the Americas meeting in November 2003.
Documents reveal AIPAC trade secrets leak leading to $71 billion export loss
24-Feb-2009 MarketWatch
Newly released Freedom of Information Act documents reveal details of trade secrets leaked during negotiations of America’s first trade agreement with Israel.
US-Malaysia FTA talks may be further delayed
24-Feb-2009 Business Times
The US-Malaysia Free Trade Agreement talks, which is poised to enter into its ninth round, is due to be delayed further pending the appointment of a new US top trade official, according to a senior US State Department official.
Peru-Chile free trade pact to take effect Sunday
24-Feb-2009 Forbes
A free trade pact between Peru and Chile will take effect this week, a sign that two of the most open economies in South America are deepening their commitment to trade to help weather the global economic crisis.
IADB chief urges Obama act on Colombia deal
24-Feb-2009 Reuters
President Barack Obama should signal his support for open trade at the Summit of the Americas meeting in April by laying out a plan for Congress to approve a free trade pact with Colombia, the head of the Inter-American Development Bank said on Monday.
Immediately halt EFTA negotiations - statement of concern from India
23-Feb-2009 FTA Watch - India
Trade unions, people’s movements and civil society organisations express opposition to the lack of transparency, public debate and democratic process surrounding the ongoing negotiations of the Free Trade Agreement between India and the European Free Trade Association, composed of Lichtenstein, Iceland, Norway and Switzerland
Maltese civil society: Suspend EU-Israel agreement
23-Feb-2009 Electronic Intifada
In view of the recent three-week premeditated campaign of bombing of the population of Gaza and its infrastructure by the State of Israel which came after a crippling, illegal two-year siege, we, 14 member organizations of SKOP, the Maltese national platform of development non-governmental organizations, call for a suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement.
EU-ASEAN proposals on intellectual property too sweeping, say consumers
23-Feb-2009 Bangkok Post
The proposed EU-Asean free trade policy on intellectual property rights protection is too sweeping, says a consumer group.