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  • 2-Mar-2009 TVNZ
    Law professor criticises new FTA
    A new 12-member free trade agreement between New Zealand, Australia and the 10 ASEAN countries has not got everybody’s stamp of approval. The agreement has been welcomed by groups such as Federated Farmers of New Zealand. However, Auckland University law professor Jane Kelsey says negative aspects of the agreement are being ignored.
  • 2-Mar-2009 Xinhua
    S Korea, EU to hold talks on inter-session FTA
    South Korea and the European Union (EU) will hold a high-level meeting in Brussels this week to settle controversial issues such as auto trade and rules of origin in their free trade negotiations
  • 1-Mar-2009
    Australia-ASEAN-NZ FTA (2009)
  • 1-Mar-2009 AHN
    ASEAN to forge free trade deal with EU as a group
    The 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations said Sunday it prefers a region to region free trade agreement with the European Union more than bilateral pacts with member countries.
  • 1-Mar-2009 La Prensa San Diego
    Could a sudden collapse of Mexico be Obama’s surprise foreign policy challenge?
    A year-end report by the Pentagon’s Joint Forces Command names two countries as likely candidates for a “rapid and sudden collapse” — Pakistan and Mexico. Arguably, NAFTA is to blame for what could be Mexico’s impending destabilization.
  • 1-Mar-2009 Op-ed News
    Majority oppose Chapter 11 of NAFTA
    A recent binational poll commissioned by the Council of Canadians, found that the majority of Americans and Canadians oppose provisions found in Chapter 11 of NAFTA.
  • 1-Mar-2009 Jamaica Observer
    Jagdeo calls for freeze on EPA in light of global crisis
    Guyana’s President Bharrat Jagdeo believes there should be a delay in implementing the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) trade deal with Europe because of challenges created by the global financial crisis.
  • 1-Mar-2009 EABW
    EAC seeks trade in services with EU
    Business leaders from East Africa have commenced discussions on how best the five member states of East Africa can export services to European markets under the current Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) negotiations.
  • 1-Mar-2009 Dow Jones
    Thailand, Indonesia to sign fishery, food, auto pact by 1st half
    Commerce ministers of Thailand and Indonesia on Saturday agreed to launch a bilateral trade agreement on economic cooperation
  • 1-Mar-2009 Al Jazeera
    Trade deal signed at ASEAN summit
    Australia and New Zealand have signed a free trade agreement with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) — one of Asia’s largest trade arrangements.
  • 28-Feb-2009 Blacklisted News
    Deeper North American Integration Still in the Cards
    There are fears that under an Obama presidency many on the left will go to sleep, now that Bush is out of office. This includes in Canada, where the left have been instrumental in exposing the SPP and fighting deeper integration into a North American Union.
  • 28-Feb-2009 Opednews.com
    Farmers Call For NAFTA Reforms
    NAFTA has produced winners, mostly multinational corporations and a long list of losers, which includes farmers. The trade agreement has been the source of much discontent and has become an easy target.
  • 27-Feb-2009 IHT
    ASEAN to sign trade pact with Australia, NZ
    Southeast Asian economic ministers signed two pacts on trade and investment Thursday and plan to ink a free trade pact with Australia and New Zealand at an annual summit, where they have vowed to resist protectionism amid the global economic slump.
  • 26-Feb-2009
    MNCs Outside Asean Gaining More From Liberalisation
    Multinational corporations (MNCs) from outside Asean are taking better advantage of the region’s trade and investment liberalisation than the companies from within, Secretary General of Asean, Dr Surin Pitsuwan said.
  • 26-Feb-2009
    Sino-Pak Insurance business can flourish after signing of FTA in Services Sector
    China Thursday hoped to see substantial progress for cooperation between Pakistan and China in the area of Insurance.
  • 26-Feb-2009 ASEAN
    ASEAN Comprehensive Investment Agreement (February 2009)
  • 26-Feb-2009 Reuters
    Indonesia details Australia, New Zealand tariff cuts
    Indonesia has agreed to cut import tariffs on range of products from Australia and New Zealand starting this year as part of a wider free-trade agreement with Southeast Asian nations
  • 26-Feb-2009 NUPGE
    Canada-Colombia free trade agreement condemned
    Colombia’s national labour federations and major unions have condemned the free trade agreement (FTA) signed by the governments of Canada and Colombia last year.
  • 26-Feb-2009 AFP
    SKorea lawmakers endorse US FTA bill
    The judiciary subcommittee of South Korea’s parliament Wednesday endorsed a government bill to ratify a free trade pact with the United States. The bill still requires approval by the subcommittees for foreign affairs, trade and unification, before it is submitted to a plenary session of the National Assembly for ratification.
  • 26-Feb-2009 Taipei Times
    Activists demand referendum on CECA proposal
    Alliance of Referendum for Taiwan representative Tsay Ting-kuei said that if Taiwan signs a CECA under the “one China” principle, the agreement would symbolize Taiwan’s surrender to China.