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“Beef and automobile issues could derail Korea-US FTA”
18-Sep-2007 Donga
Interview with US Congressman Charles B. Rangel
Ile Maurice: Le sucre bute sur de nouveaux obstacles en Europe
18-Sep-2007 AllAfrica.com
L’Europe pourrait accorder des quotas régionaux pour l’exportation de sucre. Ce qui placerait le Maurice et d’autres pays d’Afrique, des Caraïbes et du Pacifique en situation de concurrence face aux gros producteurs dont le Cuba et le Brésil.
S. Korea set to speed up efforts for free trade pacts with Latin American nations
17-Sep-2007 Yonhap
South Korea is ready to accelerate its efforts to sign free trade agreements with Mexico and Mercosur, the country’s top economic policymaker said Monday.
ASEAN-China trade to hit $200b in 2008
17-Sep-2007 MENAFN
The value of trade between China and ASEAN may hit $200 billion next year in advance of the targeted ASEAN-China Free Trade Area in 2010 as tariff cuts take effect. China’s exports to ASEAN surged 34 percent between January and July this year, while imports grew 22.4 percent.
Deal signed to export 8 million pieces of apparels to India
17-Sep-2007 People’s Daily
Bangladesh signed a deal with India to export 8 million pieces of readymade garments to the neighboring country with zero tariffs under the South Asia Free Trade Agreement.
Korea-US FTA to cut customs revenues by W860b [$925m] annually
17-Sep-2007 Korea Herald
The free trade agreement between Korea and the United States would reduce the Korean government’s customs-related tax revenues by an estimated 860 billion won ($925 million) annually for 10 years after the pact is implemented, the National Assembly’s Finance and Economy Committee said yesterday.
Honda to source parts from India plant
17-Sep-2007 Economic Times
India is likely to become an important sourcing hub for global auto maker Honda once the Indo-Asean free trade agreement (FTA) comes into operation
Colombia trade deal a work in progress: US lawmaker
16-Sep-2007 Washington Post
Colombia’s free trade accord with the United States is still a "work in progress" and President Uribe could persuade US Democrats to approve the deal by showing sustained success in tackling violence, a US lawmaker said on Saturday.
Flab grab
15-Sep-2007 The Guardian
Raj Patel illuminates the failures of the global food system in "Stuffed and Starved"
S. Korea has two-track FTA plan for entering advanced, developing markets: official
15-Sep-2007 Yonhap
South Korea has a two-track free trade promotion plan aimed at winning market access in both advanced and developing economies.
India FTA likely by December
15-Sep-2007 Bangkok Post
India and Thailand plan to finally sign a free-trade agreement by the end of this year, which could bring an end to talks that have dragged on for years
Peru free trade agreement set to move in House after delays
15-Sep-2007 Bloomberg
The long-delayed free trade agreement between the US and Peru is heading for approval in US Congress next month. AFL-CIO, the country’s largest labor federation, testified this week that it won’t support the agreement, but won’t work to defeat it, either.
Bosnia faces tough choices over free trade
15-Sep-2007 BIRN
Bosnian opponents of CEFTA — the Central European Free Trade Agreement — argue that the country’s agriculture and food industries are not yet ready to compete with their neighbors.
Differing motives propel India and US to finalize nuclear agreement
15-Sep-2007 World Socialist Web Site
India and the United States simultaneously released the text of a 22-page treaty that stipulates the terms under which the two countries will trade civilian nuclear fuel and technology. The fact is that the two sides are approaching the agreement with differing and even contradictory strategic agendas.
Senators slam ‘fuzzy’ gov’t presentation of JPEPA
15-Sep-2007 INQUIRER.net
Philippine government officials are having a hard time justifying the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement to the Senate
Roux still in limbo
15-Sep-2007 Namibia Economist
The fate of the Meatco researcher, who got suspended for expressing a sceptical opinion on the EU-SADC Economic Partnership Agreement negotiations in May, is yet to be decided.
Mass mobilizations mark the first Senate hearing on JPEPA
15-Sep-2007 APL
A crowd of more than 300 laborers, farmers, fishers, and environmentalists from the Magkaisa Junk JPEPA Coalition today called on the Senators of the 14th Congress to look beyond the rosy projections and government hype surrounding the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA), and to carefully assess its short-term and long-term implications.
South Korea, EU to hold 3rd round of free trade talks in Brussels
14-Sep-2007 Yonhap
South Korean officials say they hope to reach a deal by the end of this year.
US wants Panama Congress chair out
13-Sep-2007 Prensa Latina
The US is stepping up pressure to remove the president of Panama’s National Assembly, who it claims killed a US marine, so that the case will not block passage of the US-Panama FTA.
EU waiting for right political climate to seal Syria accord
13-Sep-2007 AFP
A senior European Parliament official said on Wednesday that the EU and Syria were waiting for the political climate to improve to allow the signing of an association agreement. The accord, on which the two sides completed negotiations in October 2004 but which needs ratification, aims to set up a free-trade zone by 2010.