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10-Dec-2008
FTAs often include intellectual property protection that is stronger than the World Trade Organisation requires (known as ‘TRIPS-plus’ protection). This book highlights the likely effects on developing countries of agreeing to these TRIPS-plus provisions, particularly those in US FTAs.
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10-Dec-2008
This book argues that the comprehensive and strict obligations these FTAs impose will seriously constrain the developing-country party’s policy-making capacity to pursue national socioeconomic and development goals.
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10-Dec-2008
In 2009, bilaterals.org will turn five years old. Major changes are underway to expand and improve the website, which currently houses over 13,000 articles that are consulted by 6,000 different people a day.
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10-Dec-2008
Americas Program
Broad sectors in Colombian society are beginning to understand that accusations by human rights organizations against the Uribe government were not exaggerated.
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10-Dec-2008
Easy Bourse
Brazil and the United States are closer than ever to signing a bilateral tax treaty, although a similar accord to protect investments in the two countries is a bit further off, officials of both countries said Tuesday.
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10-Dec-2008
Joong Ang Ilbo
Korea wants to offset the expected slowdown in growth next year by expanding free trade pacts with Russia and South America’s Mercosur members, a government official said yesterday.
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9-Dec-2008
ALAI Net
Barack Obama’s electoral victory represents hope for change in the US relations with Latin America, but he will have to work against time to showcase the new policy direction at the Fifth Summit of the Americas, to be held in Trinidad and Tobago in April next year, write Rick Arnold and Manuel Pérez-Rocha.
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9-Dec-2008
VietnamNet Bridge
“We are trying to promote negotiations on a free trade area (FTA) agreement with the US. This would be a long-term task,” said Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Le Cong Phung on the sideline of the 16th diplomatic sector conference, which opened in Hanoi on December 2.
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9-Dec-2008
World Bulletin
Turkey and Korea have decided to initiate Free Trade Agreement between the two countries soon.
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9-Dec-2008
Balita
The Supreme Court of the Philippines will include in its agenda for next week’s en banc session the petition filed Thursday by a multisectoral group seeking the nullification of the implementation of the recently ratified Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA).
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9-Dec-2008
rabble.ca
The Harper government pretends that the Colombian Free Trade agreement will advance the human rights agenda in Colombia. But essentially, here is what would happen: in case of abuse, a small fine would be levied by the Canadian government which the Colombian government would then pay to itself.
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9-Dec-2008
People’s Daily
Panama and Canada on Monday began a second round of talks in their effort to reach a free trade agreement (FTA).
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8-Dec-2008
Pakistan is trying hard to sign Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Gulf countries to give boost to its ailing economy, said a senior official.
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8-Dec-2008
Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean Bi-regional Network Enlazando Alternativas
We, social movements and civil society organisations of Europe, Latin America and elsewhere in the world, express our profound concern at the decision of the European Commission — on behalf of the European Union (EU) and its 27 member states, Colombia and Peru, to negotiate bilateral trade agreements, which we fear will prompt a de facto split of the Andean Community (CAN).
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8-Dec-2008
Red Birregional Europa America Latina y el Caribe Enlazando Alternativas
Los movimientos sociales y organizaciones de la sociedad civil de Europa, América Latina y el mundo, expresamos nuestra profunda preocupación ante la decisión de la Comisión Europea, así como Colombia y Perú de negociar Acuerdos comerciales bilaterales entre ellos, provocando así una ruptura de facto de la Comunidad Andina de Naciones.
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8-Dec-2008
Kaieteur News
Canadian High Commissioner, Charles Court, has said that the Canada-CARICOM Foreign Trade Agreement (FTA) process has been sideswiped by the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA).
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8-Dec-2008
MENAFN
Qatar and Singapore will sign a free trade agreement covering areas like trade in goods and services, e-commerce, investment, government procurement, customs and media cooperation on 15 December.
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8-Dec-2008
MEP
According to Mr. Hugues Mingarelli, officer in charge of the European Commission’s external relations, negotiations between the European Union and Libya in regards to an economic partnership agreement have “got off to a good start”.
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8-Dec-2008
IPS
Ecuador’s president has ruled out a separate free trade agreement with the European Union, outside of the Andean Community trade bloc, as Peru and Colombia are seeking. However, negotiators at the Foreign Ministry say that if it is necessary to seek a free trade deal separately from the rest of the bloc, they will do so.
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8-Dec-2008
IPS
The European Union has decided to push ahead with plans to secure a free trade agreement with Colombia despite the widespread abuse of labour rights in that country.
