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19-Sep-2007
Global Research
A review of the first six months of the new Sandinista government and the support from allies through ALBA.
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19-Sep-2007
The Hill
A coalition of US labor groups that split from the AFL-CIO several years ago is urging Congress to oppose the Peru free trade agreement while AFL-CIO will not.
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19-Sep-2007
El Universal
US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte warned Tuesday that Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez would win and Latin American democracies would lose if the US Congress does not pass the Free Trade Agreements with Peru, Panama and "especially with Colombia."
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19-Sep-2007
Ghana News
The Ghanian government will lose 1.8 trillion cedis annually from import duties as result of withdrawal of tariffs after joining the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) of European Union next year.
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18-Sep-2007
Prensa Latina
The Bolivian Deputy Minister of Economic Relations and Foreign Trade Pablo Guzman said that his country will demand sovereignty of natural resources, public services and intellectual property in its negotiations with the European Union.
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18-Sep-2007
AllAfrica.com
Some commercial farmers in The Gambia have raised objection to the Economic Partnership Agreements presently being negotiated between the European Union and the African Caribbean and Pacific countries.
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18-Sep-2007
Trading Markets
A large number of Indian companies like Tata, Wipro, Ranbaxy and Reliance are dreaming to expand their presence in the US and vast Latin American market by investing in Mexico, through NAFTA and other trade pacts.
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18-Sep-2007
People’s Daily
Negotiators from the four CAN nations — Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia — and from the EU will meet all week in Bogota to talk about goals, procedures, timetables and negotiation terms.
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18-Sep-2007
Xinhua
The next round of talks on a joint study of a free trade area between China and the Republic of Korea will take place next month in Beijing, the ROK deputy prime minister and minister of finance and economy has told China Daily.
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18-Sep-2007
Donga
Interview with US Congressman Charles B. Rangel
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18-Sep-2007
AllAfrica.com
L’Europe pourrait accorder des quotas régionaux pour l’exportation de sucre. Ce qui placerait le Maurice et d’autres pays d’Afrique, des Caraïbes et du Pacifique en situation de concurrence face aux gros producteurs dont le Cuba et le Brésil.
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17-Sep-2007
Yonhap
South Korea is ready to accelerate its efforts to sign free trade agreements with Mexico and Mercosur, the country’s top economic policymaker said Monday.
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17-Sep-2007
MENAFN
The value of trade between China and ASEAN may hit $200 billion next year in advance of the targeted ASEAN-China Free Trade Area in 2010 as tariff cuts take effect. China’s exports to ASEAN surged 34 percent between January and July this year, while imports grew 22.4 percent.
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17-Sep-2007
People’s Daily
Bangladesh signed a deal with India to export 8 million pieces of readymade garments to the neighboring country with zero tariffs under the South Asia Free Trade Agreement.
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17-Sep-2007
Korea Herald
The free trade agreement between Korea and the United States would reduce the Korean government’s customs-related tax revenues by an estimated 860 billion won ($925 million) annually for 10 years after the pact is implemented, the National Assembly’s Finance and Economy Committee said yesterday.
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17-Sep-2007
Economic Times
India is likely to become an important sourcing hub for global auto maker Honda once the Indo-Asean free trade agreement (FTA) comes into operation
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16-Sep-2007
Washington Post
Colombia’s free trade accord with the United States is still a "work in progress" and President Uribe could persuade US Democrats to approve the deal by showing sustained success in tackling violence, a US lawmaker said on Saturday.
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15-Sep-2007
The Guardian
Raj Patel illuminates the failures of the global food system in "Stuffed and Starved"
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15-Sep-2007
Yonhap
South Korea has a two-track free trade promotion plan aimed at winning market access in both advanced and developing economies.
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15-Sep-2007
Bangkok Post
India and Thailand plan to finally sign a free-trade agreement by the end of this year, which could bring an end to talks that have dragged on for years