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8-Jun-2009
Atlantic Community
This article makes recommendations for a template for linking trade and labor rights.
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8-Jun-2009
Al Jazeera
At the heart of the dispute are laws passed last year as Garcia sought to bring Peru’s regulatory framework into compliance with a free-trade agreement with the US. "This has to be seen as one more chapter in the national struggle against the FTA," Mirko Lauer, a political commentator at Peru’s La Republica newspaper, told Al Jazeera.
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8-Jun-2009
ITN
The United States has embarked on a review of its model bilateral investment treaty (BIT). Last updated in 2004, the US closely adheres to the model in its BIT negotiations with other countries.
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6-Jun-2009
NY Times
The indigenous groups in Peru have surprised the authorities with their sudden strength and organization and are now threatening to blunt President Alan García’s efforts to lure foreign investment to the region.
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6-Jun-2009
The Hindu
The proposed ASEAN-India Free Trade Agreement is likely to be signed at the ASEAN Economic Conference in Thailand in August
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6-Jun-2009
Tax-News
The first trade priority for the upcoming Swedish presidency of the European Union is to close the free trade agreement with South Korea
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5-Jun-2009
rabble
The Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA) was withdrawn from the table while being debated for its second reading in Canadian Parliament on May 27, 2009. Stalled for now, the CCFTA will certainly be back: it has not been defeated, and its proponents (the Conservatives and some of the Liberals) await an opportunity to bring it back.
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5-Jun-2009
Palestine Free Voice
Open letter from Hiyam Noir, editor of Palestine Free Voice, to EU-Isral Association Council
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5-Jun-2009
LatinAmerican Press
President says agreement threatens social advances
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5-Jun-2009
TechDirt
The US Trade Representative has finally finished the long overdue task of relaunching its website.
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5-Jun-2009
Caribbean Net News
Barbados and the Belgium-Luxembourg Economic Union (BLEU) now have a Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT).
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5-Jun-2009
Afrik.com
Now, Africans are hitting back at Europe
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5-Jun-2009
Business Day
There has long been talk that the US was preparing to walk away from talks on the proposed agreement, and the speculation finally ended last month when the US government announced that it would not revive negotiations.
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5-Jun-2009
Europa
The European Union signed an interim Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) on 4 June 2009 with Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland. Mozambique has signalled its intention to sign this agreement in the near future, but its trade minister was unable to come to Brussels today.
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5-Jun-2009
Andina
The Lower House of Canada Congress approved this week the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) signed with Peru, which shall come into force in July this year
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4-Jun-2009
CENTAD
The paper broadly examines the core trade interests of the EU and India, the content of the negotiations and outlines some key concerns of a potential deal for India in the areas of goods, services and investments, intellectual property rights and government procurement.
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4-Jun-2009
Women on Air
Conversations on the EU-India FTA
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4-Jun-2009
Reuters
Canada’s agriculture industry is eyeing free-trade talks with the European Union as a rare chance to open a big high-income market, but for the beef sector a major production shift may also be at stake.
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4-Jun-2009
The Nation
The Kenan Institute Asia has begun a 16-month research and communication project to assess the possible impacts in Thailand of the proposed ASEAN-European Union free trade agreement and to provide a factual basis for the public, business and government to discuss ways to mitigate any adverse impacts.
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4-Jun-2009
Colombia News
A free trade agreement between Colombia and the United States will become a reality and is just a matter of time, the President of the US Chamber of Commerce, Thomas J. Donahue, said.
