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  • 20-Nov-2007 Hankyoreh
    S. Korea seeks breakthrough in free trade talks with EU
    South Korea’s chief negotiator in free trade talks with the European Union (EU) said on Monday that Seoul will redouble its efforts to make a breakthrough on some sticky issues, including a dispute over auto trade, and called for an "equal" effort from Brussels.
  • 20-Nov-2007 Farm Futures
    Beef market opens wider to Philippines
    Recent bilateral negotiations have led to an agreement giving US beef complete access to the Philippine market.
  • 20-Nov-2007 WFN
    Church World Service urging citizen action on Peru Free Trade Agreement
    As a result of the Nov. 8 House of Representatives passage of a trade agreement that would harm resource-poor Peruvians, humanitarian agency Church World Service is urging people to Contact their Senators and ask them to oppose the US-Peru Free Trade Agreement (Peru FTA).
  • 20-Nov-2007 Bloomberg
    Asean steps up China free-trade talks as deal with India stalls
    The Association of Southeast Asian Nations is stepping up talks on free trade agreements with China after a similar accord with India was put on hold because of disagreements on tariff cuts.
  • 20-Nov-2007 Bangkok Post
    No US-Asean free trade with Burma present
    Current political conditions in Burma make a free-trade deal between the United States and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations impossible in the near term, US Trade Representative Susan Schwab said.
  • 20-Nov-2007 Xinhua
    Chinese premier proposes four priority fields for cooperation with Singapore
    The two sides should jointly promote the building of bilateral free trade area (FTA) says Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao.
  • 20-Nov-2007 Khaleej Times
    US not keen to sign free trade agreement with Pakistan: BoI
    The United States has expressed its serious concern over the continuation of emergency rule in Pakistan and said Washington was no more interested to sign the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Islamabad.
  • 20-Nov-2007 Reuters
    US, Malaysia plan to resume trade talks early 2008
    The United States and Malaysia are planning to resume formal negotiations on a free trade agreement early next year, after failing to reach a deal in early 2007
  • 19-Nov-2007 AllAfrica.com
    EPA - Reasons why Nigeria is a sitting ’elephant’
    The European Union Commissioner for Trade, Mr. Peter Mandelson was quoted recently as saying that Nigeria is "sitting like an elephant in the middle of the road."
  • 17-Nov-2007 KBC
    Kenya is exempted from ACP-EU treaty
    Kenya has been exempted from signing the Economic Partnership Agreement for another year. Economic analysts say the deal is good for Kenya in the short term but could become oppressive in the future.
  • 17-Nov-2007 AllAfrica.com
    Zimbabwe admits breach of law against Dutch farmers
    The Zimbabwe government has admitted that it wronged white commercial farmers when it violently evicted them from their farms at the height of Zanu PF-instigated land invasions in 2000.
  • 17-Nov-2007 Forbes
    EU makes interim trade deal with East Africa
    The European Union has made an interim trade deal with east African countries, which will replace preferential tariff agreements which are due to expire this year, Kenya announced.
  • 17-Nov-2007 Inquirer
    DFA, Japanese envoy in talks to save JPEPA—Santiago
    “It will be declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. That is my prediction," Philippine Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago said.
  • 17-Nov-2007 AllAfrica.com
    ACP group wins major trade battle with EU
    The EU has agreed to establish a framework that will ensure trade is not interrupted between January and December next year, thus giving a one-year extension before a new pact has to be reached.
  • 16-Nov-2007 Jamaica Observer
    Call to change ’deadline’ on EPA deal with Europe
    Leading Caribbean nationals have made a stirring plea to Caribbean Community Heads of Government to speedily move for postponement of the year-end deadline given by the European Union for this region to sign an Economic Partnership Agreement.
  • 16-Nov-2007 Middle East Times
    Lessons from Morocco
    Bilateral trade accords are driven by politics more than economics, and the US-Morocco free trade agreement, or FTA, is no exception.
  • 16-Nov-2007 Asia Pulse
    South Korea aims to retain agriculture tariffs at EU FTA talks
    The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry said that rice will be exempted from free trade agreement talks altogether, while Seoul will stress the need to hold onto some protection for grain, vegetables and fruits.
  • 16-Nov-2007
    What jobs?
    No Deal! Movement Against Unequal Economic Agreements on the questionable employment benefits of the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA)
  • 15-Nov-2007 FIRE
    Referendum about CAFTA: Declaration of “Mujeres del NO”
    As feminists we have always said NO to rape and therefore we cannot but say NO to this gang rape of our collective freedom to choose what treaties we accept.
  • 15-Nov-2007 Chatham House
    EU-ASEAN: The beginning of a beautiful friendship?
    At present, the economic relationship is asymmetrical, with the EU market much more important to ASEAN than the reverse. But in the long run, the size and growth of the ASEAN market will make it a key source of growth and profitability for EU firms.