bilaterals.org» Articles by language
Articles by language
EN ES FR DE NL PT ID JA

Articles by language

  • 2-Nov-2010 The Canadian
    New Economic and Trade Agreement sells Canada out further to European Union elites
    The EU-Canada FTA really is a recolonization of Canada. However, it is not just a recolonization by Europeans, but colonization by international business interests via the European Commission.
  • 2-Nov-2010 AP
    SKorea, US presidents seek to finalize trade deal
    The leaders of South Korea and the United States agreed to try and finalize a long-stalled free trade deal ahead of a summit of major economies set for next week, the office of South Korea’s president said Tuesday.
  • 2-Nov-2010 The Star
    KL and Canberra to sign free trade agreement by next year
    Malaysia and Australia have agreed to sign a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) by next year to further improve trade and investment opportunities between the two countries.
  • 1-Nov-2010 Ria Novosti
    Vietnam mulls free trade zone with post-Soviet customs union
    Vietnam is considering creating a free trade zone with the post-Soviet customs union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, Vietnam’s President Nguyen Minh Triet said on Sunday.
  • 1-Nov-2010 Japan Times
    Bill in works to woo foreign firms to Japan
    The Japanese government will submit a bill to the Diet next year that would give foreign firms preferential treatment if they establish headquarters or research centers in Japan.
  • 1-Nov-2010 Global Times
    China-Norway FTA on track
    Forward momentum on a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between China and Norway appears to be on track, despite the recent spat over awarding of the Nobel Prize.
  • 1-Nov-2010 NZ Herald
    NZ and Russia talk FTA
    New Zealand and Russia have had basic initial talks about a possible free trade agreement (FTA), Prime Minister John Key says.
  • 1-Nov-2010 GLW
    Mexico: Drug wars fuelled by free trade
    In Mexico, a war involving rival drug gangs, law enforcement agencies and the national army has officially claimed 23,000 lives since 2006. The violence can be directly attributed to the corrosive impact of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
  • 29-Oct-2010 The Post
    European trade agreement could impact Canadian agriculture
    Not many farmers may know that there are trade negotiations under way with the European Union that may severely impact agriculture in Canada. Items such as food inspection, supply management, local food, Canadian Wheat Board and Plant Breeders Rights are all on the negotiating table.
  • 29-Oct-2010 Reuters
    EAC likely to miss November EU trade deadline
    The five-nation East African Community will likely miss a November deadline to sign a trade deal with the European Union, the economic bloc’s secretary general said on Thursday.
  • 29-Oct-2010 ANI
    India to negotiate free trade agreements with Indonesia, Thailand soon
    In a move that can change the dynamics of trade in East Asia and also throw a challenge to China’s economic dominance in its own backyard, India is looking forward to negotiate comprehensive free trade agreements with Indonesia and Thailand.
  • 29-Oct-2010 The Star
    FTA with Australia possible by mid-2011
    The free trade agreement (FTA) talks between Australia and Malaysia are likely to be concluded by mid-2011.
  • 29-Oct-2010 Mainichi
    Farm leader opposed to Japan participating in trans-pacific FTA
    Mamoru Moteki, president of the Central Union of Agricultural Co-operatives, told a press conference that government subsidies to farming families alone cannot prompt farmers to accept Japan’s participation in the FTA.
  • 28-Oct-2010 National Post
    Trade deal would include increased protection for brand-name drugs
    Canada’s pharmaceutical industry and the European Union have been quietly lobbying for changes that could give brand-name drugs several years more patent protection here — and potentially add hundreds of millions of dollars to Canadian medication costs annually.
  • 28-Oct-2010 Economic Times
    No clarity on proposed India-EU trade pact yet
    The proposed India-EU free trade agreement continues to hang in balance as there is still no clarity on whether the European Parliament will ratify it without inclusion of non-trade issues such as child labour and environment.
  • 28-Oct-2010 Asahi Shimbun
    US demands complicate Japan’s plans for regional trade pact
    Concerns and demands from Japan’s closest trade partner, the United States, have complicated Tokyo’s increasingly contentious plan to enter negotiations for the creation of an Asia-Pacific free trade zone.
  • 28-Oct-2010 Xinhua
    Cabbage crisis cries out for FTA
    South Korea is facing a cabbage crisis that the Chinese government thinks could have been avoided if the two countries had signed an FTA together.
  • 28-Oct-2010 Focus on the Global South-Philippines
    Regional and national CSOs push for right to information, fourth pillar on environment and accountability in trade agreements in ASEAN
    As ASEAN advances towards its goal of becoming an economic community in 2015, it has to confront urgent issues relating to the people’s right to information, trade and economic agreements, and the environmental concerns resulting from this integration into the regional and global economy.
  • 27-Oct-2010 Globe & Mail
    Free-trade deal with EU could cost thousands of Canadian factory jobs
    A free-trade agreement between Canada and the European Union would deal another blow to Canada’s already battered manufacturing sector, wiping out thousands of jobs in food processing, apparel making and the auto industry, according to an analysis of a potential agreement that will be released Wednesday.
  • 27-Oct-2010 Yomiuri Shimbun
    India EPA gives firms fighting chance
    With Japan and India having finally signed an economic partnership agreement Monday, Japanese companies are expected to go on the offensive in emerging markets where they face fierce competition from South Korean and other rivals.