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The Doha deal breaker
5-Sep-2008 Gulf Times
In our free trade gone-wild world, property rights are being applied in areas where they have never before existed and may not pertain (such as intellectual products, services, biodiversity, genetics), and governments have not learned to use their sovereignty to advance multilateralism for both their individual interests and the global common good. There must be a new starting point, based on the recognition of an added dimension in world trade — the realisation that some goods are private (commercial), some are public (governmental), and others are common (for the benefit of people everywhere).
Bilateral trade-off
5-Sep-2008 WSJ
The latest sign that the postwar era of "multilateral" trade liberalization has ended came last week in Singapore.
Some senators considering JPEPA renegotiation
5-Sep-2008 Inquirer.net
A number of Philippine senators are considering calling for a renegotiation of the Japan-Philippine Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) as a “way out” of the debate over the pact
Dominica to sign EU trade agreement, avoid tariffs
5-Sep-2008 IHT
Dominica says it will sign a trade agreement with the European Union despite opposition from other Caribbean leaders.
India: After Asean, trade pacts with Japan, Korea on the cards
5-Sep-2008 Business Standard
After successfully sealing the talks for a free trade agreement (FTA) covering goods with the Association of South East Asian nations (Asean), India is pushing on the pedal to wind up negotiations for two Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreements (CEPAs) involving free trade of goods, services and investments with Japan and South Korea.
China-Singapore: Free trade accord reached
5-Sep-2008 ST
The bilateral FTA is broader and deeper than the Asean-China Free Trade Agreement, whose investment component still remains to be settled.
Singapore, China announce successful conclusion of FTA talks
5-Sep-2008 Channel News Asia
Singapore and China have successfully completed negotiations for the China-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (CSFTA). It is the first comprehensive bilateral Free Trade Agreement concluded by China with an Asian country.
Sayonara JPEPA
5-Sep-2008 YouTube
Filipinos say no to the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement
Standing firm and acting together against EPAs!
5-Sep-2008
The EPAs are not fundamentally concerned about African development but are designed to further the geo-economic aims of the ‘Global Europe’ strategy being pushed from Brussels in the interest of European corporations and capital. Declaration from Africa Trade Network.
Free trade or false logic? Exploring the Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement
5-Sep-2008 The Dominion
If the FTA between Canada and Colombia is not so much about lowering tariffs and improving market access for Colombian exporters, what are the benefits of this kind of agreement, and to which economic sectors will these benefits flow?
Indonesia experience debunks claims of JPEPA advocates of increased economic gains
4-Sep-2008 IBON
As proponents of the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) continue to warn against the possibility of being left out if the pact is not ratified, the experience of Indonesia shows that its own bilateral deal with Japan has not resulted in increased economic gains.
The Southern Bank: the result of the struggle of movements
4-Sep-2008 Choike
The Southern Bank is not just a bank, not even a further development bank. It is the expression of the struggle against a model that takes out resources from the poorest nations. If this bank no longer manages to represent such expression and becomes more of the same, the movement will have a new institution to resist.
Central America, the Caribbean and the impact of the European trade agenda
4-Sep-2008 RMR
Latin American businessmen have long been lobbying for free trade agreements with the EU.
Jamaica: EPA debate sparks Opposition walkout of Parliament
4-Sep-2008 Radio Jamaica
A marathon debate on the contentious Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) Bill ended in disarray in Jamaica Tuesday night after Members of the Opposition walked out of Parliament. The walkout was the first of its kind in almost 30 years but it failed to prevent the passage of the Bill which was done before the end of the sitting.
Peru and the US to finish implementing free trade deal at APEC summit
4-Sep-2008 LIP
The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Peru and the United Stated is expected to come into force starting January 2009, after both presidents Alan García and George W. Bush announce the completion of this implementation process during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum (APEC) to be held in November in Lima, Peru.
US pushing Pakistan to accept draft of investment treaty
4-Sep-2008 The News
The US administration is pushing Pakistan to accept newly placed draft of Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT), which has been signed only by few African countries, The News has learnt.
The story of IIRSA
4-Sep-2008
Colourful booklet for popular outreach on the struggle of Latin American people versus mega infrastructure projects and trade negotiations with the European Union.
RP-Japan trade deal nears OK
3-Sep-2008 Businessworld
Senate proponents of the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) expect the country’s first bilateral free trade deal to finally pass scrutiny in October after a second side pact was sealed to respect Filipino-only provisions in the Constitution.
Bush won’t press Panama trade vote before Colombia
3-Sep-2008 Reuters
President George W. Bush does not want Congress to vote on a free trade agreement with Panama before it votes on a similar deal with Colombia, Bush administration officials said on Tuesday after a major obstacle to approval of the Panama agreement was removed.
What the JPEPA proponents have not told the nation (part 2)
2-Sep-2008 Fair Trade Alliance
The multisectoral Fair Trade Alliance (FairTrade), a broad coalition of industry, agriculture, formal and informal labor, NGOs and youth pushing for trade and economic reforms, maintains its stance in the controversial Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) that it will not favor the agreement’s ratification without renegotiation.