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Exploitation of RP nurses in New Zealand justifies Jpepa rejection
13-Mar-2008 OFW News
The reported exploitation of Filipino nurses in New Zealand gives a reason for the Senate to reject the Japan-Philippine Economic Partnership Agreement, according to the Philippine Nurses Association.
EPA negotiations: State of play and strategic considerations for way forward
12-Mar-2008 South Centre
This South Centre Analytical Note overviews some of the main challenges that ACP governments face now in the EPA negotiations and provides suggestions regarding strategic options for the way forward.
Govt seeks inputs from industry for Japan CEPA
12-Mar-2008 Economic Times
The Indian government has asked industry to come up with an ‘offensive’ list of items of export interest to India in the Japanese market.
Brussels seeks greater power in foreign deals
12-Mar-2008 FT
The European Commission is seeking to take more power into its hands to strike deals to protect European companies investing abroad, a role traditionally undertaken by the European Union’s member states.
Change to Win urges Congress to reject Colombia free trade agreement
12-Mar-2008 Sun Herald
Change to Win released a print ad today demanding the United States Congress reject the Colombia Free Trade Agreement deal that the Bush administration is threatening to send to Congress in the coming weeks despite strong opposition.
White House eyes new trade war
12-Mar-2008 Politico
The White House is moving toward sending the Colombia Free Trade Agreement to Congress without the blessing of Democratic leaders. Already, a coalition of business groups pushing for the trade deal is forming “war rooms” and ramping up lobbying efforts in anticipation of the coming battle.
IBON to senators: Heed bad Asian experiences in Japan trade deals
12-Mar-2008 GMA News
As the Senate prepares to vote on the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA), a militant think tank urged senators to heed the bad experiences of Asian countries with Japan trade deals.
Plan to include stationery items in FTAs
12-Mar-2008
The WTO cell of TDAP has been given a task to work with the stationery industry and develop a proposal for the Ministry of Commerce to include stationery items in the free trade agreement (FTA).
Singapore to promote trade ties with Middle East
12-Mar-2008
Singapore has completed a free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), a senior official said Tuesday.
Agriculture officials have beef with Mexico-Canada trade agreement
11-Mar-2008 Brownsville Herald
Mexico and the US Department of Agriculture are negotiating a trade agreement that would presumably pave the way for the export of US breeding stock. The announcement comes on the heels of a trade agreement last week that includes breeding stock between Mexico and Canada.
Goff: Speech to New Zealand Meat Board AGM
11-Mar-2008 Scoop
NZ Trade Minister Goff outlines New Zealand’s FTA roadmap for the meat & wool industry in key markets.
RBI objects to bilateral trade agreements
11-Mar-2008 Business Standard
After political opposition to bilateral trade agreements, it is now the Reserve Bank of India that is raising the red flag on treaties signed by India.
Supachai: ‘An India-China FTA will be better than an India-US FTA’
10-Mar-2008 Financial Express
Interview with the UN Conference on Trade & Development’s secretary-general, and former WTO chief, Supachai Panitchpakdi.
NGO urges junking of RP-China agreement on use of idle RP lands
9-Mar-2008 NGO urges junking of RP-China agreement on use of idle RP lands
The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines and Fair Trade Alliance are pushing for the permanent suspension of an agreement which allows China to utilize 1.2 million hectares of idle and under-utilized land in the Philippines.
TUCP wants Senate to ratify JPEPA
9-Mar-2008 TUCP wants Senate to ratify JPEPA
The Senate has been asked to ratify "as soon as possible" the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) "in order not to keep the labor sector waiting longer for the opening up of a new market for Filipino workers," the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) yesterday said.
Cameroon: ACP-EU free trade accord - experts say Gov’t is on wrong track
8-Mar-2008 AllAfrica.com
Association des Producteurs de Bananes du Cameroun (ASSOBACAM), sources reveal, pushed the Cameroonian government to jump into a bilateral agreement with the EU Commission. Many observers interpret the move to mean that government sacrificed the young industrial sector of the country to protect the interest of banana producers, most of which are owned by Western countries.
Protest against EPA
8-Mar-2008 Bahama Journal
"We feel that the EPA only asks that we re-colonize the Bahamas," said Fayne Thompson of Bahamians Agitating for a Referendum on the Free Trade Area of the Americas (BARF).
Caricom, EU to sign EPA in June
8-Mar-2008 Trinidad & Tobago Express
Caribbean Community (Caricom) Governments and the European Union will not be signing the controversial Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) in April, as scheduled. They will instead sign the EPA two months later.
Parliamentarians from the three NAFTA countries announce taskforce on NAFTA renegotiation
8-Mar-2008
Following a conference held on March 5th at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, which took a critical look at how NAFTA has impacted the North American region, legislators from Canada, the US and Mexico agreed today to launch a Task Force to push for renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
ICCI seeks PTA/FTA with Canada to enhance exports
8-Mar-2008
President Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) Ijaz Abbasi on Friday stressed the need for Free Trade Agreement or Preferential Trade Agreement (FTA/PTA) between Pakistan and Canada for increasing bilateral trade as at present Pakistani exports to Canada are very low.