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India: FTA concerns
10-Oct-2007 Sify
With elections likely to be held earlier than scheduled, the prospects for progress on the free trade agreements with Thailand and Asean have weakened further.
Uruguay union staves off US pillage
9-Oct-2007 Prensa Latina
Feet firmly planted, Juan Castillo, coordinator of Uruguay’s PIT-CNT central union plugged his nose at the visit of US Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez here Monday.
New FTAs could worsen Canadian auto deficit: CAW
9-Oct-2007 CTV
"A free trade deal with Korea will take a bad situation and make it worse...The government should cancel these talks," said Canadian Auto Workers president Buzz Hargrove.
Egypt, Israel to amend trade agreement
8-Oct-2007 IHT
Egypt and Israel have agreed to reduce the percentage of Israeli components that must be included in Egyptian-made products that receive duty-free status when exported to the United States
Costa Rica referendum on CAFTA outcome questioned
8-Oct-2007
US intervention, corruption, and an internationally financed fear campaign provoke questions about referendum process
Venezuela mulls return to CAN
8-Oct-2007 Forbes
President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that Venezuela may return to the Andean Community, or CAN, because leftist leaders in Bolivia and Ecuador who have resisted free trade deals with the United States could help to transform the regional trade bloc.
Militant groups ask senators to scrap RP-Japan accord
8-Oct-2007 Inquirer
The jobs of at least 77,000 as well as tens of thousands of iron and steel workers whose livelihoods depend, directly or indirectly, on the automotive industry are imperiled as the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) threatens to destroy the country’s automotive industry, said Frank Mero, national president of the Philippine Metalworkers’ Alliance and of the Automotive Industry Workers’ Alliance.
JPEPA unconstitutional, legal luminaries say
8-Oct-2007 GMA
Legal luminaries insist on the unconstitutionality of the proposed Japan Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA), presently under scrutiny by the Philippine Senate
S. Korea, ASEAN agree on free trade deal on services
8-Oct-2007 Yonhap
South Korea and Southeast Asian nations have reached a free trade deal on services, raising the possibility of finalizing free trade talks by the end of this year.
Costa Ricans narrowly back free trade with US
8-Oct-2007
Costa Ricans narrowly approved — 52% said yes, 48% said no — a free trade deal with the United States in a referendum on Sunday that has split the Central American nation like no other issue in decades.
Costa Rica: ITUC supports "No" to DR-CAFTA in referendum
8-Oct-2007 Scoop
Despite the overwhelming evidence of workers’ rights being routinely abused, DR-CAFTA offers no solution.
Threats, dirty tricks, fake polls: Costa Rica votes under duress on ’free trade’
7-Oct-2007 HuffPost
It is politically inconceivable that the Democratic majority in Congress — which voted against CAFTA when it was approved here — would move to punish Costa Rica for its voters having rejected the same agreement.
Quiet day in Costa Rican referendum
7-Oct-2007 Prensa Latina
Nearly 2.7 million people will vote today to decide whether CAFTA is to be ratified or not, an unprecedented happening in the political history of Costa Rica.
No deal reached in EU-Caribbean trade talks
7-Oct-2007 Reuters
The European Union and countries in the Caribbean failed to agree on a new trade and investment deal in two days of talks that ended on Friday. EU officials had expected the Caribbean to become the first of the ACP regions to agree to a new deal.
Seoul, Ottawa to focus on barley, bean in free trade agreement talks
7-Oct-2007 Yonhap
South Korea and Canada will focus on barley, bean, potato and other farm products in free trade agreement talks that reopen in Ottawa this week
EU to recognise Vietnam having market economy if...
6-Oct-2007 VietNamNet Bridge
"I want to make clear that the EU-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement that we are building is with only seven member nations of ASEAN. Laos and Cambodia have their own trade deals with the EU while we plan to put an embargo on Myanmar," says a member of the European Parliament.
LatAm notables against CAFTA-DR
6-Oct-2007 Prensa Latina
Renowned Latin American figures have expressed their solidarity with the Costa Rican people, who are expected to go to the polls Sunday to decide in a referendum whether their country signs a free trade agreement with the US.
West Africa to miss EU trade partnership deadline
6-Oct-2007 Reuters
West Africa will miss a Dec. 31 deadline to sign a new trade partnership with the European Union and hopes to keep its preferential commercial privileges for up to two years while it negotiates, a West African official said.
India, Philippines sign 9 bilateral deals
6-Oct-2007 Financial Express
The Philippines signed nine bilateral agreements with India on Friday, including a framework agreement for bilateral trade.
JPEPA makes working in Japan tougher for health workers
5-Oct-2007 Inquirer
Filipino health workers hoping to work in Japan or migrate to that country may find it more difficult if the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) is approved, said a national organization of health professionals.