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1-May-2009
Engineering News
South Africa’s Department of Trade and Industry intends to embark on a study into the potential for a free-trade agreement between the Southern African Customs Union and Turkey.
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1-May-2009
Columbia Reports
Colombian, American, and European union workers pressed the European Parliament not to sign a free trade agreement with Colombia if human rights don’t improve here.
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30-Apr-2009
Bangkok Post
The free trade agreement the EU has proposed to Asean deliberately undermines the Doha Declaration on patents and public health.
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30-Apr-2009
Xinhua
Trade negotiators from the European Union and the Central American nations met in Brussels last week and agreed to renew negotiations for an Association Agreement
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30-Apr-2009
Business Standard
India and Russia, two of the four most important emerging economies in the world, will not be able to enter into a free trade agreement for expanding their trade ties unless Moscow becomes a member of the World Trade Organisation.
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29-Apr-2009
Asia Times
A new investment fund and loan package to help alleviate the impact of the global financial crisis for Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) represents the latest overture of China’s "soft power" campaign towards the region.
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29-Apr-2009
Reuters
A proposed trade deal between Canada and the European Union puts pressure on the United States to begin thinking about its own trade pact with Europe, U.S. manufacturers said on Tuesday.
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29-Apr-2009
Gulf News
The European Union and the Gulf Cooperation Council’s Joint Council meet today at the Al Bustan Palace Hotel to put on track the Free Trade Agreement talks that were derailed by the GCC last December.
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29-Apr-2009
PTI
India and Thailand are reviewing their progress on signing a bilateral free trade agreement.
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29-Apr-2009
Earth Times
China and Peru on Tuesday signed a free trade agreement (FTA) that the Chinese government hailed as an "important signal" of closer international cooperation amid the global financial crisis.
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29-Apr-2009
Upside Down World
United States foreign trade policies should insist on seeking more ethical economic practices which do not rely on the exploitation of lives and environmental resources, but which thrive off of sustainable relationships of production. Additionally, the United States should recognize the role it has historically played in protracting violence in Colombia, and the influence it has on Colombian forms of governance and economic policy
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28-Apr-2009
Ratio Magazine
Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi all qualify for free EU market access under the Everything But Arms (EBA) scheme, but chose to sign a joint EPA with Kenya to preserve the EAC customs union. As the conclusion of the EPA negotiations approaches and the global economic crisis continues, the debate over how an EPA will affect East Africa has produced few clear answers.
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28-Apr-2009
Xinhua
China and Switzerland will study the feasibility of a bilateral free trade agreement in the second half of this year, said Chinese Vice Commerce Minister Yi Xiaozhun Monday.
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28-Apr-2009
The Canadian Press
The European Union endorsed plans Monday to open negotiations with Canada on a new free-trade pact. The negotiations, which could last two years, are to be officially launched on May 6 in Prague.
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28-Apr-2009
Bangkok Post
Thailand’s parliament has endorsed a framework for broadening the scope of cooperation and trade with China. But Democrat MP Kraisak Choonhavan said the new framework would only further affect farmers in the North who are already suffering under the FTA deal.
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27-Apr-2009
Guatemala Times
There is a commitment to conclude the negotiation of the three pillars of the agreement in the month of July 2009.
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27-Apr-2009
PANG
The Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG) has prepared a fact-sheet (10 Reasons to Challenge PACER-Plus) outlining concerns about a potential free trade agreement between Australia/New Zealand and the Pacific Island countries. Concerns include dramatic losses in government revenue, an undermining of public services, potential threats to indigenous land-rights, business closures and job losses.
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25-Apr-2009
The Hindu
India and Oman are in the final stages of setting up a $100-million fund that will be utilised in development and infrastructure projects in both nations. To boost trade relations with Oman and other Gulf nations, Oman has urged India to sign a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).
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25-Apr-2009
LIP
The first round of negotiations for the upcoming Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Peru and Japan will take place from May 25th to 29th in Lima. However, based on the previous agreements signed by Japan, Peru cannot negotiate all products.
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25-Apr-2009
Made in China.com
The India-Asean Free Trade Agreement (FTA) has suffered so many disasters that some observers fear a jinx.
