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12-May-2014
Xinhua
The fifth round of Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) talks is set to commence in June, barely two months after the last round, a sign that the efforts by 16 Asian countries to create the world’s biggest free trade area are gaining momentum.
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12-May-2014
Irish Times
The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership would subject higher education “to the commercial rules of trade agreements for the first time”, said David Robinson, consultant to Education International, the global federation of teachers’ associations and unions.
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12-May-2014
Zambia Daily Mail
Zambia, as chair of the Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) states negotiating with the EU, has commissioned an impact study of the EPA in ESA countries to be ready in July. Then, each ESA state will decide whether to sign or not.
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12-May-2014
Global Research
The deep integration of the continent makes a continental labour response necessary and possible. However, the prospects of such a response depend on the political evolution in the Mexican working-class on both sides of the border, the political evolution of unions in North America, and more general developments in the politics and economy of each country.
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11-May-2014
While Uruguay has been celebrated by liberals around the world for its bold steps to regulate cannabis, with new rules taking effect this week, its similarly pioneering attempts to control smoking of another, legal plant – tobacco – has earned it powerful enemies.
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11-May-2014
Colombia is set to gain a foothold in East Asia after a free trade agreement is signed with Korea.
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10-May-2014
Canadian Press
The EU’s De Gucht said "technical problems’’ in 3-4 areas prevented him and Fast from sealing the deal while a senior Canadian official says even if a text is released, the deal is still a long way off because both sides would still need to consult with member states, provinces and lawyers.
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10-May-2014
Reuters
Colombian farmers agreed on Friday to halt an 11-day strike that had threatened to damage President Juan Manuel Santos’s re-election campaign with just over two weeks left before the election.
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9-May-2014
Emphasising the need for enhanced trade relations between Pakistan and Indonesia, the Chairman Senate Syed Nayyer Hussain Bokhari on Thursday observed that the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the two needs to be implemented in letter and spirit for mutual growth and prosperity.
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9-May-2014
Embassy
Besides dealing with final technical issues, the EU Commission is also fighting with member states over who has the competence over the deal.
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9-May-2014
ETUC
The EU-Canada trade agreement – which may be concluded on May 8 at the Foreign Affairs Council – should not be used as a ‘Trojan horse’ to smuggle in a controversial Investor-to-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) warned the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC).
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9-May-2014
US proposals for free flow of information across borders and a ban on local server requirements could hamper other governments’ ability to uphold national privacy laws and regulations for off-shored personal data
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9-May-2014
Japan Times
The European Union is insisting on a human rights clause linked to a proposed economic partnership agreement (EPA) with Japan. It allows Brussels to suspend the trade deal if Japan engages in human rights violations
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9-May-2014
Common Dreams
Hundreds of protesters rallied outside of the Capitol building in Washington DC on Wednesday to declare to the US government that "the entire progressive movement is united" in the call to reject unjust trade deals.
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8-May-2014
GNA
Food Sovereignty Ghana (FSG), a body against genetically modified foods, has called on the Mahama Administration to reject the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) as it stands.
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8-May-2014
Live Mint
Vodafone Group Plc has abandoned the conciliation process and started international investment arbitration against the Indian government over its long-running tax dispute.
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8-May-2014
Colombia Reports
Colombian authorities have announced that 61 policemen and 66 farmers have been injured as a result of recent confrontations during the ongoing nationwide agrarian strikes adding that they do not know who is using weapons.
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8-May-2014
Press TV
Under the motto: "Civil society against the corporate-deal," members of more than 60 non governmental organizations demonstrate in Berlin against the free trade agreement between the European Union and the United States.
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8-May-2014
Stabroek News
Less than two months remain to the agreed deadline for the conclusion of talks on a free-trade agreement between CARICOM and Canada, and the tensions are showing.
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7-May-2014
Colombia Reports
One of Colombia’s largest leftist collective, farmers, indigenous people and Afro-Colombians, united in the so-called Agrarian Summit (Cumbre Agraria Campesina Etnica y Popular) has joined ongoing strikes carried out by farmers, miners and truckers in Colombia’s countryside.
