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26-Jun-2008
OhMyNews
On June 25, the Humane Society released a new investigative report showing extremely sick dairy cows being dragged and shocked in order to move them into an auction ring in the United States
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26-Jun-2008
USDA FAS
The agreement standardizes food safety regulations, rural development, biotechnology, and product distribution and marketing.
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26-Jun-2008
Via Campesina
We face patterns of violations of our rights, by the crimes committed by TNCs and by Free-Trade Agreements (FTAs). In order to address these patterns of violations, we need specific provisions and mechanisms to fully protect our rights.
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26-Jun-2008
Hankyoreh
Protests erupt across South Korea with 100 arrests made, potential for clashes at cold storage warehouses increases
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26-Jun-2008
Economic Times
Washington has said that it remains "absolutely committed" to a bilateral investment treaty with New Delhi.
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26-Jun-2008
Petitionsite
Sign this petition which calls for an immediate suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement and any further trade between Israel and EU Member States in protest against Israel’s continued violation of human rights of the Palestinian people.
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26-Jun-2008
Radio Jamaica
Prime Minister Bruce Golding has announced that Jamaica is to sign the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with Europe on July 15. But he added that the signing could be called off if there is wide scale opposition.
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26-Jun-2008
Germanwatch
This brochure by Germanwatch and FIAN describes the negative impacts of european exports of poultry and tomato puree on the right to food of Ghanaian smallholder farmers and refers to the further threats by the new economic partnership agreement.
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25-Jun-2008
Scoop
Less than one week after the latest ITUC protest to President Uribe about the violence and repression against trade unions in Colombia, two more trade unionists have been murdered.
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25-Jun-2008
Maghrebia
Trade ministers from Africa and Latin America met last week in Marrakesh to discuss the state of South-South trade. Despite recent advancements, trade between developing countries remains low.
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25-Jun-2008
EU Observer
Ecuador’s president, Rafael Correa, has warned that trade talks between the European Union and the Andean Community could be suspended if the 27-member bloc pushes ahead with its new immigration law.
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25-Jun-2008
Senior Trade Union Leaders in the region are upset that the Caribbean Labour Movement was not afforded enough imput in shaping the European Union CARIFORUM Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) initialled last December.
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25-Jun-2008
AFP
The United States and Vietnam have agreed to launch talks for a bilateral investment treaty as their companies signed several deals during a visit by Vietnamese Premier Nguyen Tan Dung.
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25-Jun-2008
Economic Times
South Korea will resume US beef imports from Thursday after securing extra safeguards, officials said, prompting calls for fresh anti-mad cow rallies which have brought thousands on to the streets.
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25-Jun-2008
Embassy Magazine
A sharply divided Commons’ trade committee has taken a hard line on the Canada-Colombia free trade pact, but supports an eventual agreement.
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24-Jun-2008
Thompson Financial
Thailand plans to resume free trade talks with the United States, which were put on hold after a military coup in 2006, a Thai government spokesperson said today.
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24-Jun-2008
Bernama
Free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations between Malaysia and the United States are expected to resume next month from July 14 to 18.
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24-Jun-2008
Chosun Ilbo
US Senator Max Baucus says there’s no scientific proof for Korea’s claim that beef from older cattle pose a health risk. Other senators echoed his words adding that the latest moves could bring difficulties to passing the bilateral free trade deal.
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24-Jun-2008
Emirates Business
A UAE-Japan FTA should focus on bridging the gap in trade between the two sides and encourage Japan to pump more investment into the UAE to enable it to acquire technology, which is needed for its economic diversification programme, said the Emirates Centre for Strategic Studies and Research.
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24-Jun-2008
ABS-CBN
A regional coalition of civil-society organizations in Southeast Asia has criticized the European Parliament decision mandating the forcible deportation of undocumented workers in Europe. The decision negates the goals of the proposed EU free-trade deal with members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), seeking to open trade and investments including the seamless entry of Asean workers to Europe.
