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  • 10-Oct-2008 Political Affairs Magazine
    Guatemala forum decries FTA with US
    The free trade agreement between Central American and the US has failed to accomplish all the supposed fairness and pledges advocated by its promoters, participants at the Social Forum of the Americas stated here this week.
  • 9-Oct-2008
    JPEPA ratification puts RP in more danger vs global crisis
    Bilateral deals like JPEPA enables beleaguered countries like Japan to pass their crisis to other economies in the region through more liberalization.
  • 9-Oct-2008 PhilStar
    JPEPA: The Romulo-Koumora exchange of notes
    The basic norm of international law is that a party to a treaty cannot invoke its internal law, including its Constitution, as a justification for failure to perform its obligation under the treaty. Therefore, JPEPA will prevail over the Philippine Constitution.
  • 9-Oct-2008 RNZ
    Defence industry wants US free trade deal
    The New Zealand defence industry is renewing calls for a free trade agreement with the United States, which would allow New Zealand companies to compete for a slice of US military contracts.
  • 9-Oct-2008 GDN
    Japan-GCC: Free trade deal on the way
    The Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) is on the verge of signing a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Japan, it was revealed yesterday.
  • 9-Oct-2008 APA
    L’UA s’inquiète des conséquences des accords commerciaux avec l’Europe
    L’Union Africaine s’inquiète beaucoup des effets pervers des Accords de partenariat économique (APE) entre les pays africains et l’Union Européenne sur le calendrier de l’intégration régionale en Afrique.
  • 9-Oct-2008 AllAfrica.com
    OATUU opposes EPA
    The Organisation of African Trade Unions Unity (OATUU) has joined in the crusade against the signing of the EPA, stating several claims which it believed would cripple the economies of member countries, if they go ahead to sign the agreement.
  • 9-Oct-2008 Business World
    RP-Japan free trade pact approved
    The Philippine Senate finally gave its concurrence to the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA), heeding to Palace appeals for the approval of the country’s first-ever bilateral free trade deal before the congressional break.
  • 9-Oct-2008 Bayan
    By railroading JPEPA, Senate has compromised the country’s sovereignty and patrimony
    Today is a dark day for the Philippines’ sovereignty and patrimony but we vow to continue our struggle against the JPEPA, say the NO DEAL! Movement and Bayan. We will use all available means — from mass protests to the Supreme Court — to stop its implementation.
  • 8-Oct-2008 IPS
    Little scope for Europe-Asia FTAs
    Plans to conclude free trade agreements (FTAs) between the European Union and several Asian economies are unlikely to be realised in the near future, a senior Brussels official has conceded.
  • 8-Oct-2008 The Star
    Food safety, free trade and the election
    What does food safety have to do with free trade? A great deal, argues Common Frontiers, a Canadian group critical of the trend towards economic integration — harmonization, as it’s politely put — of standards under the North American Free Trade Agreement.
  • 8-Oct-2008 Dominican Republic Lawyer
    Dominican Government loses court round in US$680M suit
    An arbitration tribunal constituted under the France-Dominican Republic Bilateral Investment Treaty released an award last week ruling on the jurisdictional objections raised by the Dominican Republic in a claim brought by TCW and its parent company.
  • 8-Oct-2008 Farm Radio Weekly
    Ghana: Farmers say EPAs would destroy livelihoods
    Instead of signing the EPAs, Mr. Amoak would like to see his government implement measures to keep foreign rice out of the country.
  • 8-Oct-2008 The Star
    FTA with Australia by next year
    Malaysia and Australia hope to conclude free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations by 2009, said International Trade and Industry Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.
  • 8-Oct-2008
    NGO wants Mauritius to stop EPA negotiations with EU
    The Mauritian NGO, Rezistans ek Alternativ, has asked the government to stop the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) process with the European Union (EU) in the midst of the financial, food and energy crisis.
  • 8-Oct-2008
    Congress Approves Extension Of Andean Trade Agreement
    Congress has approved an extension of the Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA), covering trade with Colombia, Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia in a move supported by the Bush administration, US textile manufacturers and importers of textiles and apparel.
  • 8-Oct-2008
    Saved by Diversification
    South America’s tendency towards trade diversification over the past few years may spare the region the worst repercussions from the U.S. financial crisis, unlike Mexico, which will definitely feel the effects, as its northern neighbour absorbs a majority of its exports, say experts.
  • 8-Oct-2008
    IBSA meet to talk trade on Oct 13
    Business leaders from India, Brazil and South Africa are meeting here on October 13 to deliberate on trilateral trade co-operation and will also discuss issues related to tourism and student exchange programme.
  • 7-Oct-2008
    ACP Group Risks Disintegration Over EPAs
    The Prime Minister of the United Republic of Tanzania, Mizengo Peter Pinda, has said that the formation and negotiations of Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) are a clear indication that the cohesiveness of the African, Carribean and Pacific Group is being threatened to the "forces of disintegration".
  • 7-Oct-2008
    Cabinet paves way for Afghanistan’s entry into SAFTA
    The Union Cabinet on Friday paved the way for the formal entry of Afghanistan into the South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA).