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  • 23-Oct-2007
    Central America’s poor and the environment will be hit by free trade with the EU
    Non-governmental organisations have criticised the EU for its aggressive position in the bi-regional trade and political negotiations with Central America on the day the first official round of negotiations between the European Union and Central American countries begins in San José
  • 23-Oct-2007 IHT
    Costa Rican court confirms approval of US free trade pact
    Costa Rica’s top electoral court confirmed the results of an Oct. 7 referendum on a free trade agreement with the United States, saying a recount showed the ’yes’ votes only slightly lower than preliminary results had indicated.
  • 22-Oct-2007 AFP
    SKorea, China to start initial free trade talks
    South Korea and China will hold a third round of preliminary talks this week on a possible free trade agreement, the foreign ministry said Monday.
  • 22-Oct-2007 People’s Daily
    EU, Mediterranean nations renew commitment to establish free trade zone by 2010
    Trade ministers of the European Union (EU) and the southern Mediterranean countries on Sunday renewed their commitment to establish a free trade area in the region by 2010 and to enhance bilateral ties.
  • 22-Oct-2007 Fiji Times
    When colonies come of age
    As the deadline for a new trade deal with the European Union approaches, the question on people’s minds is: Are developing countries in the Pacific still willing to play?
  • 22-Oct-2007 Economic Times
    Farmers get a shield in India-EU FTA
    The free trade agreement (FTA) component of the India-European Union comprehensive economic cooperation agreement (CECA) is likely to exclude nearly 150 farm products to shield Indian farmers from increased competition posed by subsidised goods.
  • 21-Oct-2007 Hankyoreh
    Seoul not to link rewriting of US beef import rules to FTA: agriculture minister
    South Korea’s top agriculture policymaker said that there will be no linkage between plans to rewrite US beef import rules with the ratification of the free trade agreement that was signed in late June.
  • 21-Oct-2007 AllAfrica.com
    IBSA summit a "political endorsement" for future plans
    Certain analysts were critical of the summit’s achievements, saying it failed to make real headway with matters central to trade between the three regional powers — such as tariffs.
  • 20-Oct-2007 Korea Times
    Widening inequality: IMF acknowledges downsides of globalization
    Korean government officials are trying to downplay concerns by anti-globalization and anti-FTA protesters including farmers that the Korea-US trade deal may lead to subjugation of the Korean economy to the United States. But a recent IMF report says that technology and foreign investment are worsening income inequality around the world.
  • 20-Oct-2007 AllAfrica.com
    ’No postponement of EPA deadline’ - EU
    The European Union has rejected calls by West African states to postpone the end-of-year deadline for concluding a free trade agreement.
  • 20-Oct-2007 AllAfrica.com
    South Africa: trade talks
    South Africa has been negotiating a slew of bilateral trade agreements for a long time. Yet we don’t seem to be able to dot the i’s and cross the t’s on any of these.
  • 20-Oct-2007 South Africa government
    Joint declaration of second IBSA summit
    The declaration issued after the Tshwane India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) Summit on 17 October 2007.
  • 19-Oct-2007 IHT
    US trade negotiator says Japan not ready for free trade deal
    Japan is not yet ready to commit to economic reforms and other "bold steps" needed to launch negotiations for a free trade agreement with the United States, a senior American official said Friday.
  • 19-Oct-2007 Bernama
    Activists urge govt to stop unfair trade deal with EU
    Activists held protests Friday and urged the South Korean government to stop "unfair" trade deals with the European Union, as the fourth round of talks on a free trade agreement (FTA) between South Korea and the EU was due to end in Seoul.
  • 19-Oct-2007 AFP
    EU says SKorea must do more for trade deal
    The European Union on Friday said it was disappointed with South Korea’s offer in talks on a free-trade agreement.
  • 19-Oct-2007 IPS
    ’EU undermining agriculture in Africa’
    Europe is undermining its own efforts to strengthen African agriculture by foisting free trade on the continent, a Ghanaian farm leader has complained.
  • 18-Oct-2007 PTI
    India should not rush into FTA with China: FICCI
    India’s apex business chamber FICCI said India should not rush into a Free Trade Agreement with China, warning that ambitious tariff cuts can derail the growth momentum in bilateral trade.
  • 18-Oct-2007 Reuters
    Guatemala union heads killed despite US trade deal
    Masked gunmen dumped a Guatemalan banana picker’s bullet-ridden corpse yards from fields of fruit bound for the United States, a grim reminder of the risks of organizing labor in the Central American country.
  • 18-Oct-2007 Earth Times
    India, Brazil, South Africa aim for free trade, sign seven accords
    India, Brazil and South Africa cemented their trilateral cooperation by signing seven agreements here Wednesday and resolved to push for a free trade area, with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh calling for considerably enhancing trade among the three.
  • 18-Oct-2007 Toward Freedom
    Free trade under fire in Canada
    Plans to deepen Canada’s embrace of trade liberalization and deregulation are running into new pockets of resistance. Following a flurry of news coverage and public debate around the Security and Prosperity Partnership, another wave of protest has risen over a new trade deal between British Columbia and Alberta: TILMA.