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  • 11-Oct-2008 Building Bridges
    Afro-Colombian unionists and farmers fight repression
    Audio interview about the struggles of Colombian workers and farmers against repression, violence, militarisation, biofuels and the US-Colombia FTA.
  • 11-Oct-2008 India PR Wire
    India, China complete FTA feasibility study: Minister
    India and China have completed a feasibility study on their proposed Free Trade Agreement. It now awaits the approval of the leadership of the two countries.
  • 11-Oct-2008 Censored News
    Cauca in Colombia protest free trade and Bush-backed policies
    We do not accept Free Trade Agreements like the ones negotiated behind closed doors with the United States, Canada, the European Union, the European Association of Free Trade, or any other deal that looks to displace us of our rights, our culture, our knowledge and our territory. We want treaties between peoples, for the people, not treaties of the patrons against the people and against Mother Earth.
  • 11-Oct-2008 New Nation
    Bangladesh-Bhutan trade accord in Nov
    Bangladesh and Bhutan are going to sign a free trade agreement in November with a view to boosting trade between the two countries, informed sources said.
  • 11-Oct-2008 Business Mirror
    EU-Asean meeting to tackle trade barriers
    The Philippines has expressed serious concerns on the proposed PCA because it requires commitment to sign the Rome Statute. Manila has not ratified the statute owing to concerns of military and police authorities they may face possible harassment suits from rights groups at the ICC.
  • 10-Oct-2008 GRAIN
    Food exports and free trade agreement
    One of the non-negotiable elements in the flurry of free trade agreements (FTAs) signed over the last decade or currently being negotiated is that the international flow of goods cannot be controlled or restricted in any way.
  • 10-Oct-2008
    Financial crisis top on agenda at IBSA summit
    When leaders of India, Brazil and South Africa meet next week for their annual trilateral summit, the one issue on top of their minds will be the unfolding financial crisis.
  • 10-Oct-2008
    African experts endorse African template for EPAs
    African experts on Friday ended a continental forum on Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) between European and African countries with the endorsement of proposals towards an African template for EPA negotiations.
  • 10-Oct-2008
    Japan trade talks with India hit bottleneck: Official
    Prospects of Japan and India reaching a free-trade deal in time for a leaders’ summit this month have weakened, with a number of areas in dispute, a Japanese negotiator said on Thursday.
  • 10-Oct-2008
    Silence surrounds trade issues
    The trade landscape in Canada could shift rapidly and radically after next week’s election.
  • 10-Oct-2008 Afrik.com
    Zambia-EU: European Union to sign free trade agreement with Zambia after Ghana and La Côte d’Ivoire
    Zambia will soon sign with the European Union (EU) an interim free trade agreement. Zambia is the first country from the Southern Africa region to do so, while waiting to conclude a full Economic Partnership Agreement (APE) with all countries of Southern Africa.
  • 10-Oct-2008 Asia Pulse
    Seoul, Brussels reaffirm pledge to strike free trade deal by year end
    South Korea and the European Union (EU) have reaffirmed that they will strike a free trade deal by the end of the year, a top Seoul trade official said Friday.
  • 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.