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    andrew:
    28-Feb-2010
    Trading places: Quebec leads charge for Canada-EU free trade agreement

    Actually, I hate to burst your bubble, but the free movement of labour will only be temporary, not permanent. Canada will NOT be in a political union with the EU.

    yuri:
    25-Feb-2010
    Israel signs free-trade accord with South American bloc

    Israel signed a free-trade agreement with the Mercosur trade bloc yesterday, making it the first country outside Latin America to do so.

    The agreement, which was signed in Montevideo, Uruguay, is expected to double bilateral trade within three years, Eli Yishai, Israel’s minister of trade, industry and labor, said in a statement on the ministry’s Web site. Trade between Israel and the Mercosur countries, which include Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, is currently about $1.1 billion ccda.

    ``I see the agreement as a tool that will allow access to important markets with high potential for Israeli industry,’’ Yishai said.


    18-Feb-2010
    ALBA: Venezuela’s answer to free trade — an Unsustainable strategy.

    The free market is a shame to penetrate markets, destroy competing industry and gamble on markets, while depreciating living standards, and hence long-term markets.
    S. America has been "developing" for two hundred years. It is obvious the market will fail to develop these countries to the level of what was considered the first world.

    Kamila:
    16-Feb-2010
    Central America and the European Union resume negotiations for an Association Agreement

    An Association Agreement is the most advanced type of agreement that the EU can engage in with a country or a region in the world. It is proposed to partners with which the EU intends to deepen a strong relationship, based on mutual trust and on common values and principals. The future Agreement will give a legal framework to all aspects of EU’s relations with Central America. It is organized in three chapters, namely Political Dialogue, Cooperation and Trade ccip.

    The European Commission negotiates on behalf of the EU Member States a “region-to-region” Association Agreement with Central America. Central America is represented by one of its countries acting as a spokesperson on a rotating basis.

    gloria martinez:
    16-Feb-2010
    México importa ya 50% de alimentos que consume, advierten campesinos

    en serio que no se que piensa el gobierno que no ayuda a los agricuultores, los deja en mano de los coyotes para que sean estos malbaraten sus productos y su trabajo, los agricultores hacen su trabajo y los senadores diputads y los altos mandos que hacen? gastarse el dienro del pueblo en restaurantes caros autos y casas lujosisimaa vacacionws pagadas y mil cosas innecesarias mas. de vdd que no se vale los agricultores y sus familias tmbn comen y visten bueno mal visten no es justo tanta indiferen cia a los problemas del pueblo. les deberia dar vreguenza estar robando dinero porque ni siquiera lo ganan lo roban y con eso nos roban las oportunidades a los que menos tenemos.


    12-Feb-2010
    Costa Rica, China reach preliminary free-trade accord

    Short of that, you can click on the Costa Rica keyword to pull up all articles and links that are tagged Costa Rica. There are over 800.
    You can also subscribe to that keyword as an RSS feed.
    Just in case this helps.

    David:
    11-Feb-2010
    Costa Rica, China reach preliminary free-trade accord

    Costa Rica seems to have made multiple free trade agreements recently. They have now finished this agreement with China, and just recently finished another with Singapore.

    They’re also part of multiple operating agreements, including DR-CAFTA with the US and a Central American FTA with Chile and Panama, and has bilateral free trade agreements with Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).

    They are also part of the Central American negotiations for a trade agreement with the EU. That’s quite a lot for a small country.

    As an aside, doesn’t such a large number of agreements make a country notable enough to appear on the side menu to the left.

    saarjana:
    7-Feb-2010
    Trade treaties and challenging US hegemony in the Americas

    this is a good article.
    I use this article for my references.

    Oudebji Mohamed:
    28-Jan-2010
    Chevron files motion to hold government of Ecuador accountable under international law

    Dear Sir/madam

    First of all, I wish you all the best for a very Happy, Healthy and prosperous New year.

    I am a Professor of International Economic Law of Development at the Faculty of Law/University of Marrakech in MOROCCO.

    Let me mention that I am an expert of UNCTAD, since 2003 untill now, in the field of International Investment Agreements. Moreover I was an expert, between 2003 and 2006, of the « World Trade Organization’s Institute on Technical Assistance » in the field of Trade and Investment.

    By the way, I appreciate reading some of your short articles which I downloaded from your interesting Website:

    I would like in the next future to comment about your Articles especially those dealing with Bilateral Investment Agreements. Notamment les Accords bilatéraux de promotion et protection de l’investissement. Ce que je peux dire, pour le moment, au sujet de la justice arbitrale internationale (CIRDI, Tribunal du NAFTA/ALENA etc...) c’est que cette justice a surtout garanti aux investisseurs étrangers une grande protection juridique de leurs investissements établis, entre autres, dans les pays en développement comme les pays de l’Amérique Latine. C’est ce qui a conduit, par exemple, tout récemment au Retrait de certains de ces derniers pays du CIRDI.

    Special Regards

    Mr.Oudebji Mohamed
    Prof. Faculty of law, University of
    Marrakech-MOROCCO
    Email : oudebji@hotmail.com


    26-Jan-2010
    Les éléments du nouvel axe trilatéral Haïti-Vénézuéla-Cuba

    Haiti à adhérer à l’ALBA, car le président prévale fut (convoquer) invité peu de temps après par le président Bush, à la maison Blanche, à ce sujet.Haiti est un pays qui n’a jamais fait passer ses intérêt avant sa digne et sa fière, c’est ce que démontre son histoire. Haiti a tout intérêt à assumer l’axe trilatéral, car aujourd’hui la contre partie est quasiment inexistante, comme l’a dis P.preval "on s’adresse à eux, ils ceux sentes eux aussi, redevable à Haiti". Cuba: en pleine guerre froide, Haiti a rejeté la proposition des Etat-Unis d’installation d’une base militaire sur sont territoire en échange de gros investi ment dans l’infrastructure du pays.(Porto rico accepta elle est en bénéfice encore) et pour le Venezuela: l’indépendance vénézuélienne fut obtenue par le soutien des troupes de Simon Bolivar, qui a organisé une expédition militaire vers le Venezuela en 1815 et 1816 contre les Espagnols. Vive HAITI

    Does not matter:
    24-Jan-2010
    CPM gets set to protest FTA with a human chain

    M M Mani is an ignorant fool,he is causing Munnar to be a victim of Ecological Disaster,he is on the side of the land mafia and encroachers and is challenging the Govt. on evictions.


    16-Jan-2010
    Chinese exports to India rising fast

    this will let some indian business to bankrupt and no chance to new businesses and addiction for chainess goods.

    Ben:
    15-Jan-2010
    China and ASEAN launch world’s 3rd biggest trade zone

    How about the timber business like logs and plywood?

    okta man:
    4-Jan-2010
    US preparing to revisit trade pact with South Korea

    "Perverted market?" Then, what about the auto manufacturers such as Ford and their effort and sensitivity toward the U.S. buyers in the past? Analze the kind of automobiles U.S. auto manufacturers produced in comparison to their Asian countries. I’ve driven Ford brands since 1978 for 3 decades, pinto, T-bird, Aviator Continental. What a shame! U.S auto makers and union employees CAN do better job by learning from this small country like Korea and their automobiles but failed so far; not just finger pointed with filty mouth. At least Korea took hard ways to learn and reach where they are now. Any markets will open for better products with accountability, revealing desing and beauty of automobiles.

    chris:
    3-Jan-2010
    US preparing to revisit trade pact with South Korea

    Ford suck big time!!! In the early 80’s, I drove a Ford and it was a terrible, big piece of junk that I swore I’ll never drive a Ford ever again. I would either purchase Hyundai or Toyota. And American auto makers wonder why they need government assistance to slow down going belly-up, LOL.

    JP:
    22-Dec-2009
    Asean-Japan FTA will enhance JTEPA

    I’m very happy for your support.
    Thank you.

    Patrik Willot www.willot.com:
    18-Dec-2009
    Hervé Gaymard: «Les APE sont morts nés»

    Je suis content car j’avais fait une étude en ce sens (clauses d’investissement, garanties, règles d’origine, propriété intellectuelle, politique nationale), très critique des APE. Elle fut refusée par la Commission comme étant "anti-européenne".

    Mahmoud Babili:
    17-Dec-2009
    Matrix of FTAs in the world

    Many thanks indeed. i highly appreciate your great efforts.


    17-Dec-2009
    Matrix of FTAs in the world

    The FTA is not yet ratified/in-force between Pakistan and India (I don’t know if Pakistan, India or both have not ratified/enforced; someone got info?), so it is only "s" (signed) between them.
    For the other states it is in force (including Bangladesh-India trade), albeit with some transition periods for LDCs.

    lebinh:
    14-Dec-2009
    Thailand set to sign Asean-S Korea free trade pact

    can you sen the form ak signed for me now?