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23-Jun-2009
COHA
Alan Garcia has gotten Peru into an incredibly difficult situation. It is only too likely that governments of nearby countries, like Colombia, will soon find themselves in similarly frustrating situations, whereby foreign investors’ intrinsic power would be equal to, or even greater than, the host government’s ability to legislate on the behalf of the population.
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23-Jun-2009
Jordan Times
"This is the fastest FTA we have ever negotiated," says Canada’s ambassador in Amman.
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22-Jun-2009
Business Mirror
While not part of the official AANZFTA negotiations, the Philippine government is preparing to ratify the free-trade agreement it signed as a member of ASEAN with the governments of Australia and New Zealand.
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22-Jun-2009
Panama Star
US congressmen are pressuring Panama to reduce the number of people who can form a union from 40 to 20 and to give foreigners the right to head union organizations in Panama.
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22-Jun-2009
Rights & Democracy
Investment treaties and free trade agreements offer few instructions as to how such agreements should be reconciled with human rights obligations of the state.
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22-Jun-2009
This Day
The European Union may have bowed to pressure from Nigeria and other African Caribbean and Pacific countries by shifting the commencement of the controversial Economic Partnership Agreement from the June 30 deadline to October 2009.
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22-Jun-2009
In the first half of 2009, bilaterals.org invited submissions for a new logo for the website.
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21-Jun-2009
Today we are relaunching bilaterals.org with new features and a new design.
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21-Jun-2009
Reuters
After months of little US action on trade, there are signs the issue could become more important for President Barack Obama
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21-Jun-2009
Workers World
Indigenous peoples, solidarity movement activists and environmentalists filled the sidewalks outside the Peruvian Consulate in New York June 10. It was New York’s turn to join the international solidarity movement that has sprung up since Peruvian President Alan Garcia ordered police to attack a demonstration of 5,000 Indigenous people in Peru’s Amazon region.
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21-Jun-2009
Workers World
Indigenous uprisings in both Bolivia and Ecuador led to the removal of right-wing neoliberal governments and the installation of progressive presidents who then, together with the input of the people, created new constitutions. Will it happen in Peru?
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20-Jun-2009
LA Times
Peru’s Congress voted Thursday to revoke two laws enacted last year to open the Amazon to mining, oil and timber development, measures that enraged many indigenous groups and led to a bloody confrontation this month.
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20-Jun-2009
Wanderlust
Indigenous people in Peru’s Amazon are celebrating after the government revoked two land laws out of the 11 new laws passed to implement the US-Peru FTA
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19-Jun-2009
Semana
The IV negotiating round between Colombia, Perú, Ecuador and the EU will conclude today, Friday. Important topics include bananas, sugar and intellectual property, which have faced some obstacles during the discussion.
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19-Jun-2009
Grainews.com
Canadian ag exports such as wheat, barley, lentils, peas and some boneless beef could get "immediate duty-free access" to the Peruvian market as early as July 1.
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19-Jun-2009
Emirates 24/7
Urgent talks should be held to help reach a free trade agreement (FTA) between Gulf Cooperation Council member states and China, said a new GCC study.
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19-Jun-2009
FPIF
The recent clash between indigenous peoples and Peruvian national police sends a powerful message from the Amazon jungle straight to Washington: The enormous social, political, and environmental costs of the free-trade model are no longer acceptable.
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19-Jun-2009
Business Mirror
Pamalakaya’s Hicap believes the EU wants the ban on foreign ownership abolished because it would soon enter into a bilateral economic agreement with the Philippine government under the EU-RP Free Trade Agreement, where one of the major provisions is the removal of the ban on foreign ownership of land.
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18-Jun-2009
The Declaration was signed by more than 200 social movements, civil society organizations and networks members of OWINFS, S2B and Europe-Latin America Bi-regional network Enlazando Alternativas. Full list of signatures at: http://www.ourworldisnotforsale.org/en/signon/perufta
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18-Jun-2009
DTE
A free-trade pact with EU will weaken India’s stance at WTO