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    fernando sesma:
    25-Oct-2009
    Principios Fundamentales del Tratado de Comercio de los Pueblos - TCP

    Excelente reflexión de todos los pueblos que han sufrido durante siglos las "bondades" del mundo "civlizado", y que pese al paso del tiempo los países desarrollados siguen con sus afanes de conquista y dominio. Aunque para este siglo nada a cambiado continúan con su afán de enriquecimiento desmedido sin comprender que ya no son esos años de mostrarnos como se puede llegarse a convertir en potencia del mundo a base de: asesinatos, masacres, acabar con otras culturas y otros paises. Esperemos por el bien de grandes sectores que vivimos en estas regiones no continúen con sus avances "científicos" que ya ni ellos se las creen.

    rajesh:
    25-Oct-2009
    Look East policy comes of age

    Dear Sir,

    Indian Agriculturalists, Oil producers loby, Tea and Rubber Planters loby are doing more harm than good to Indian Economy.

    Millions of Indians are being deprived of fresh vegetabls and fruits at cheaper rates, there is lots to be learnt from making a Free trade Pact work with Asean members.

    It is notable to remember that Thailand was much below India about 30 years from now, and is growing steadily, while India is stagnating.

    We should also remember that India needs to send its millions abroad to earn their lively hood, which can be possible if services are opened up after the trade pact????????

    Polititians loose nothing, it is only the common people who loose every thing by not opening up the trade wqith Aseans.

    Lida Swan:
    24-Oct-2009
    UAE and Egypt aim to increase trade

    A wonderful decision on the part of PAFTA. Let’s hope Egypt’s road building project provides an ancillary portal of commerce with Palestine and Isreal.
    Dah, Lidia Swan


    24-Oct-2009
    Asean-Korea FTA on Investment signed

    1Asean.
    Together as one.

    Ileana:
    23-Oct-2009
    Mercosur y Unasur necesitan de México: presidente de Uruguay

    Considero que parte del conflicto mundial se sigue debiendo a el pensamiento extremista, se pide a México la renuncia al TLCAN como prueba de fidelidad hacia el sur, pero no se contempla que no es necesario interponer barreras nuevas entre EU y México, sencillamente porque la economía-sociedad mexicana está unida a ella. Se debería actuar en pro de la unión americana y dejarse de "pavonear" con divisiones entre el mismo continente, recordando que ambos extremos siguen siendo parte de América y que aunque no se recuerde, han tenido una historia similar. Con esto, quiero llegar a que, tal como dijo Luciano, México debería de considerar ciertas facilidades al Sur tal como lo hace con el norte, porque al fin y al cabo es el punto medio de las negociaciones. Sólo que para que esto suceda, primero debe de considerarse eliminar el conflicto interno mexicano, suprimiendo la prioridad centralista-sureña a base del crecimiento norteño. Unificar las culturas, no separar.

    manzur ahmed:
    23-Oct-2009
    US presses for TIFA

    1. The proposed TIFA provision on labour issues shall entitle Bangladesh to comply only with its domestic laws on the respective labour issues and its ILO obligation. This obligation is applicable irrespective of whether Bangladesh is a party of TIFA or not. Moreover without TIFA US will be free to impose its own labour laws on imports from Bangladesh as is the case now in the export processing zones.]

    2. Under the WTO agreement, the LDCs, have the luxury of not implementing the TRIPS obligations until the end of 2013, not 2016 as reported, with the provision of extensions until required compliance capacities are developed and also patenting of plants, plant varieties and animals are optional. Besides, in the TRIPS agreement, there is nothing on the patenting of biotechnological innovations. On the other hand under TIFA terms Bangladesh will be able to promote its offensive interests in areas of transfer of technology, compulsory licensing, GI protection and technical assistance for capacity building under the terms of the TRIPS Agreement which the US need to comply as an obligation under WTO.]

    Manzur Ahmed
    Chairman FBCCI Standing Committee on WTO and RTAs

    Anita Kelles-Viitanen:
    23-Oct-2009
    Lack of transparency and debate in India-EU free trade agreement

    This in general is the weakness of Europe and its societies: a general disdain of people and as
    a result belief that there is no need to consult people because they know nothing and have
    no value. Where other organisations like the World Bank and the Asian Development have
    improved their processes Europe is still a continuing on the road of arrogant colonial
    master. Of course WTO is marching on similarly.

    LUIS HUGO LEQUIZAMON A.:
    17-Oct-2009
    México: Alarma entre organizaciones campesinas

    Muy importante para nosotros, los informes que de Mexico, recibimos, por medio de ustedes, adelantamos en colombia, siete proyectos Agroindustriales Zofra, en siete Zonas para la integracion inicial de mas de 2800 cooperativas y Organizaciones campesinas, es nuestro proposito, que en el futuro, todo campesino, participe en todo el proceso de produccion y se beneficie en cada paso, en la Simbra, en la Industrializacion y en la comercializacion de sus propios productos, unica forma de garantizar la estavilidad en el campo y unica forma de garantizar la reactivacion de la economia Solidaria, en el mundo entero.
    gracias y felicidades por tan importante actividad que realizan.como nos suscribimos.
    que la Gracia Divina siempre los acompañe.

    Luis Hugo Lequizamon Acosta
    Presidente
    Grupo Mutual
    Agroindustrial Zofra.
    Bogota Colombia.
    grupomutual@hotmail.com

    maria soares:
    14-Oct-2009
    Costa Rica: El apogeo de la dictadura neoliberal

    este articuculo esta muy preciso en sus analisis y definiciones.
    como lo que pasa en Costa Rica esta latente para que pase en todo el pais que tenga condiciones para eso creo que deberia ser publicado (quizas adaptado por el autor como un analisis de advertencia universal)en sites de todo el emisferio sur... principalmente argentina que tiene un gobierno de lujo pero una clase media golpista dispuesta a alinearse con cualquier "coalision" con tal de derrumbar el fenomeno de gobierno que tiene. venezuela, ecuador y bolivia no tienen tanta necesidad, sus pueblos ya estan despiertos.

    Marc Maes, 11.11.11:
    13-Oct-2009
    NGOs welcome EU’s vow not to push Africa into EPAs

    A better title for this article would have been: "NGOs remain sceptical about EU’s vow not to push Africa into EPAs".

    Although it is interesting to see that the Commission finds itself indeed more and more compelled to state that it will not put pressure on the ACP countries; there has always been a gap between what the Commission says and does.

    The fact that the Commission always keeps coming back (= "stalking") with its proposals to negotiate services, investments, intellectual property rights, competition and government procurement; and does not seem to be willing to take "no" as an answer, already puts a lot of pressure on aid dependend countries that do not want to jeopardise their relations with Europe.
    This is why on StopEPA Day, more than 80 organistions in 30 countries in Europe, Africa and the Pacific said that "the European approach to EPAs remains unacceptable and must be turned around". See: http://www.epawatch.eu

    The statement by the EU Commission to which the IPS article refers can be found here:
    http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/2009_2014/documents/acp/dv/jpa_resolution/jpa_resolutionen.pdf
    (Follow-up by the European Commission to the Resolution of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (Prague, Czech Republic, 4-9 April 2009) on Economic Partnership Agreements and their impact on ACP States)

    miguel saavedra v.:
    11-Oct-2009
    Congreso colombiano aprobó Tratado de Libre Comercio con Chile

    como poder enviar productos comestibles chilenos para colombia atraves (tlc) en forma individual ya que no soy empresario gracias.

    Ian M.:
    9-Oct-2009
    Dealing with a bad deal: Two years of DR-CAFTA in Central America

    Re: David K.: the article cleary states that farmers in the CACM were hurt badly by U.S. subsidies on agricultural products and competing with major agro-exporting companies that had far larger resources and greater advantages over small farmers (which make up 80% of Nicarauguan agriculture). Furthermore, Central Americans are more than just consumers. They are people first and formost, who have been hurt by lower labour standards and a "race to the bottom".


    27-Sep-2009
    Sempra Energy awarded $172 million in Argentine arbitration

    Why is this company doing It’s million dollar business in Argentina? Obviously they where passed concessions by the very corrupt government of Carlos Menem, who is the one responsible for making Argentina a smaller and poorer country.

    Argentina used to have it’s OWN Natural Gas and Oil company and was SELF SUFFICIENT, now we have to pay in Dollars to an super powerful and rich American company so that they can provide the same if not worst service??

    This is just but another case of the very powerful and rich’s explotation of millions of poor people.

    Thanks,

    Martin

    Bobo:
    25-Sep-2009
    S. Korea to build farming infrastructure in Tanzania

    And the overexploitation continues...

    Karl:
    22-Sep-2009
    Turkey in the middle east

    what do peoplel think of this article

    http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_56999.shtml

    a pipe dream maybe but who knows

    terry:
    17-Sep-2009
    Colombia to reopen to Canadian beef

    Wednesday, August 19, 2009

    CFIA Enhances Animal Disease Reporting

    http://madcowtesting.blogspot.com/2009/08/cfia-enhances-animal-disease-reporting.html

    USA

    Sunday, September 6, 2009

    MAD COW USA 1997 SECRET VIDEO

    SEE ANOTHER VIDEO THAT SHOWED IN CANADA, BUT NOT USA, ABOUT ANOTHER USA TSE COVER-UP MORE BRAINS NOT TESTED PROPERLY, key brain parts missing. ...

    http://madcowusda.blogspot.com/2009/09/mad-cow-usa-1997-video.html

    SEE THIS DAMNING VIDEO AT BOTTOM OF ;

    Monday, July 27, 2009

    U.S.A. HIDING MAD COW DISEASE VICTIMS AS SPORADIC CJD ?

    http://creutzfeldt-jakob-disease.blogspot.com/2009/07/usa-hiding-mad-cow-disease-victims-as.html

    DAMNING TESTIMONY FROM STANLEY PRUSINER THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNER ON PRIONS SPEAKING ABOUT ANN VENEMAN

    ’’nobody has ever ask’’

    ’’they dont want our comment’’

    ’’they don’t want to know, the don’t care’’

    ’’i have tried repeatedly’’

    ’’level of absolute ignorance’’

    ’’Entire policy was driven...heard from mr. laycraft, so now, after time has passed, it’s ok for Canada, cattle under 30 month, to the USA, THAT’S ALL THAT MATTERED!

    PRUSINER ASKED : IF FROM YOUR TESTIMONY, A DEMONSTRATED THREAT TO PUBLIC HEATH ?

    ’’yes, i think prions are bad to eat, and you can die from them’’

    http://maddeer.org/video/embedded/prusinerclip.html

    Wednesday, September 9, 2009

    Co-existence of scrapie prion protein types 1 and 2 in sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: its effect on the phenotype and prion-type characteristics

    sCJDMM1-2 should be considered as a separate entity at this time.

    Thank you very much !

    SEE FULL TEXT ;

    http://cjdusa.blogspot.com/2009/09/co-existence-of-scrapie-prion-protein.html

    Friday, September 4, 2009

    FOIA REQUEST ON FEED RECALL PRODUCT 429,128 lbs. feed for ruminant animals may have been contaminated with prohibited material Recall # V-258-2009

    http://madcowfeed.blogspot.com/2009/09/foia-request-on-feed-recall-product.html

    Saturday, August 29, 2009

    FOIA REQUEST FEED RECALL 2009 Product may have contained prohibited materials Bulk Whole Barley, Recall # V-256-2009

    http://madcowfeed.blogspot.com/2009/08/foia-request-feed-recall-2009-product.html

    10,000,000+ LBS. of PROHIBITED BANNED MAD COW FEED I.E. BLOOD LACED MBM IN COMMERCE USA 2007

    Date: March 21, 2007 at 2:27 pm PST

    RECALLS AND FIELD CORRECTIONS: VETERINARY MEDICINES — CLASS II

    PRODUCT

    Bulk cattle feed made with recalled Darling’s 85% Blood Meal, Flash Dried, Recall # V-024-2007

    CODE

    Cattle feed delivered between 01/12/2007 and 01/26/2007

    RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER

    Pfeiffer, Arno, Inc, Greenbush, WI. by conversation on February 5, 2007.

    Firm initiated recall is ongoing.

    REASON

    Blood meal used to make cattle feed was recalled because it was cross- contaminated with prohibited bovine meat and bone meal that had been manufactured on common equipment and labeling did not bear cautionary BSE statement.

    VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE

    42,090 lbs.

    DISTRIBUTION

    WI

    PRODUCT

    Custom dairy premix products: MNM ALL PURPOSE Pellet, HILLSIDE/CDL Prot- Buffer Meal, LEE, M.-CLOSE UP PX Pellet, HIGH DESERT/ GHC LACT Meal, TATARKA, M CUST PROT Meal, SUNRIDGE/CDL PROTEIN Blend, LOURENZO, K PVM DAIRY Meal, DOUBLE B DAIRY/GHC LAC Mineral, WEST PIONT/GHC CLOSEUP Mineral, WEST POINT/GHC LACT Meal, JENKS, J/COMPASS PROTEIN Meal, COPPINI - 8# SPECIAL DAIRY Mix, GULICK, L-LACT Meal (Bulk), TRIPLE J - PROTEIN/LACTATION, ROCK CREEK/GHC MILK Mineral, BETTENCOURT/GHC S.SIDE MK-MN, BETTENCOURT #1/GHC MILK MINR, V&C DAIRY/GHC LACT Meal, VEENSTRA, F/GHC LACT Meal, SMUTNY, A- BYPASS ML W/SMARTA, Recall # V-025-2007

    CODE

    The firm does not utilize a code - only shipping documentation with commodity and weights identified.

    RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER

    Rangen, Inc, Buhl, ID, by letters on February 13 and 14, 2007. Firm initiated recall is complete.

    REASON

    Products manufactured from bulk feed containing blood meal that was cross contaminated with prohibited meat and bone meal and the labeling did not bear cautionary BSE statement.

    VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE

    9,997,976 lbs.

    DISTRIBUTION

    ID and NV

    END OF ENFORCEMENT REPORT FOR MARCH 21, 2007

    http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/enforce/2007/ENF00996.html

    NEW URL

    http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/EnforcementReports/2007/ucm120446.htm

    Thursday, March 19, 2009

    MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF POUNDS OF MAD COW FEED IN COMMERCE USA WITH ONGOING 12 YEARS OF DENIAL NOW, WHY IN THE WORLD DO WE TO TALK ABOUT THIS ANYMORE $$$

    http://madcowfeed.blogspot.com/2009/03/millions-and-millions-of-pounds-of-mad.html

    TSS


    3-Sep-2009
    Stalled but not dead: Update on the Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement

    It is easy to talk about a country problem when you are outside. Only when you live in Colombia for long time, you can understand how it works. Most of the people in Colombia like actual government; that’s why Uribe got popularity over 80%. The Rebels and The union people know how to persuade some people and they know how to cover all bad things that they have done, so It’s easy from outside to judge the government and to support Rebels ideas. Although Canadian people don’t want the FTA with Colombia, we know it is a good way to go on with our lives because the people that really want to take this Country ahead are going to have more opportunities to work. So, please, not only think on those people that belong to "Guerrilla" or "Union groups", think on people who everyday weak up in the morning to work in a company that, If you close this door, soon it’s going to get lay off, because we don’t have enough market to sell our products. And for sure.. We are majority. Thanks.


    1-Sep-2009
    Sindicalistas colombianos: TLC favorece a narcos

    hablemos de CHAVES:
    el dice que el problema de los narcos, las farc, estan aqui en colombia. Puede que el tenga la razon pero lo que pasa es que CHAVES no se da cuanta que ellos no entran alla por que no tienen que robarles pero como Colombia si tiene una gran riqueza de humildad por eso es que ellos deciden estar en Colombia para robarnos eso pero quiero decirles que pór ellos es que no se respetan los derechos humanos..............
    la humildad en Colombia es la primordial ya que en Venezuela la humildad la dejan a un lado y por eso es que nunca les va bien!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Los principales violadores de derechos humanos en México son los narcotraficantes, dijo el lunes el presidente de Estados Unidos, Barack Obama, en un gesto de respaldo a su homólogo mexicano, Felipe Calderón.

    Parte de los fondos de ayuda prometidos por Estados Unidos a México para la lucha contra los violentos cárteles de la droga podrían estar en riesgo, ante dudas de un senador clave en el Congreso estadounidense acerca del historial de respeto a los derechos humanos de la policía y soldados mexicanos.

    México rechaza las acusaciones y Calderón asegura que su Gobierno está "comprometido" con la defensa de los derechos humanos, pese a que las fuerzas de seguridad son frecuentemente blanco de acusaciones sobre abusos.

    Pero durante una cumbre norteamericana en la ciudad de Guadalajara, el mandatario estadounidense dio un espaldarazo a Calderón y dijo que las violaciones ocurren principalmente a manos de los criminales.


    1-Sep-2009
    Sindicalistas colombianos: TLC favorece a narcos

    por los narcos y los politicos torsidos por eso es que hay tanta inhumanidad en todos los paises y por falta de lealtad con los derechos de todos los humanos no se puede llegar nunca a un acuerdo


    1-Sep-2009
    Sindicalistas colombianos: TLC favorece a narcos

    Una cronología de las operaciones
    y de las políticas
    El narcotráfico en Bolivia contó con el respaldo estatal, lo que le permitió
    expanderse y fortalecerse y se puso de manifi esto la corrupción y la
    impunidad en el sistema. Debido a esto, se diseñaron varias operaciones
    y planes con el fi n de debilitar la industria ilegal, que en algunos casos
    vulneraron los derechos humanos. Además, la declaración de Ronald Reagan
    de la guerra contra las drogas en 1981, marcó el énfasis que tendrían
    las políticas a seguir y defi nió los objetivos que condicionarían la ayuda
    fi nanciera de Estados Unidos hacia Bolivia. Los campesinos han rechazado
    contundentemente las actividades de erradicación, promulgando su
    derecho a cultivar. La erradicación produjo frecuentemente enfrentamientos
    entre los campesinos y las fuerzas estatales.