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19-May-2008
Afrique en ligne
Algeria is working on signing free trade agreements with the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) countries, the union said in a statement Monday.
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16-May-2008
New Era
The Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) agenda of the European Commission (EC) clearly illustrates the masquerade of its disdainful approach towards Africa in an accelerated disregard for the EU’s coherence policy.
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16-May-2008
Counter Punch
While the FTA delivers on Lee’s pledge to double South Korea’s wealth if elected and lets the U.S. rebuild its Asian beef trade obliterated by a mad cow scare five years ago—especially exports to China and Japan—many in South Korea are saying, "You want us to import WHAT"?
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16-May-2008
Deccan Herald
The United States, on Wednesday, said prospects of a free trade agreement with India are “too pre-mature” as it depends on opening of market for agricultural products, though progress has been made in manufacturing and services.
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15-May-2008
Bilateral agreements such as New Zealand’s free trade agreement with China threaten the right of democratically-elected governments to regulate to protect the environment or people’s safety, Green Party co-leader Russel Norman told a parliamentary select committee today.
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15-May-2008
This paper examines the investment provisions of the CARIFORUM Economic Partnership Agreement and their implications for development. The paper also clarifies the link between investment provisions in an EPA and existing bilateral investment treaties. It concludes with recommendations for both review of the investment provisions in the CARIFORUM EPA, and for other ACP states that decide to embark on negotiations on investment with the EU.
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15-May-2008
This paper provides an analysis on the significance of changes made to rules of origin during the EPA negotiations
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14-May-2008
Prime Minister Helen Clark will push for closer economic ties when she holds talks today with her Japanese counterpart Yasuo Fukuda today.
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14-May-2008
PCIJ
The Philippines Senate’s ratification of the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) is not likely to push through until, possibly, this August.
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14-May-2008
Stuff
New Zealand and Japan have taken a first step towards free trade negotiations, agreeing today to a study on the benefits of a closer economic partnership.
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13-May-2008
Indonesia has asked Australia and New Zealand to open their textile and textile product markets under a free trade arrangement (FTA) with ASEAN.
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13-May-2008
CIEL
This paper explores the implications of ACP Countries continuing
negotiations for further IPR protection in EPAs by: conducting an
analysis to determine the exact nature of commitments that the ACP
regions have made regarding the basis and scope of future negotiations
on IPRs; examining some of the more significant provisions on IPRs in
the EU-Cariforum EPA; and concluding with recommendations for future
actions that ACP countries can take in their approach to IPRs in future
EPA negotiations.
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13-May-2008
India, Brazil and South Africa (IBSA) is working towards sorting out procedural and infrastructural bottlenecks to increase mutual operation in key areas of energy, tourism and mining, industry body CII said on Monday.
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13-May-2008
The "strategic alliance" that is the India-Brazil-South Africa trilateral axis is now more than simply a dialogue but a "privileged relationship" favouring a world where democracy will prevail not only in its political manifestation but also on social and cultural levels
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13-May-2008
In the first three months this year the country posted a trade deficit with the United States of US$688 million, much higher than the US$426 million in the year earlier period, reports newspaper Hoy.
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13-May-2008
A group of Canadian MPs travelled to Colombia Monday to get a first-hand look at one of the hemisphere’s most volatile countries before Ottawa finalizes a free trade deal with its government.
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13-May-2008
Parliament is currently debating whether to approve the still-undisclosed text of a future free-trade agreement with Colombia. Canada’s expected gains are increased access for agricultural and mining goods, plus better legal protection for Canadian companies investing in Colombia. Colombian gains are rather small, however - concentrated on flowers and textiles, since 80 per cent of what is sold to Canada already enters free of duty.
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13-May-2008
It’s time to get serious about doing a trade deal with Japan, says free trade and business lobbyists, who say we’ve been neglecting our relationship with the world’s second biggest economy.
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13-May-2008
Yonhap
South Korea’s political parties collided over the scheduled import of US beef Tuesday, as opposition parties continued their move to link the beef accord with ratification of a free trade deal with Washington.
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12-May-2008
The second round of negotiations between Srilanka and Pakistan on Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) starts in Islamabad today (Tuesday).
