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  • 27-Aug-2007 LVC
    Forum on food sovereignty in Korea
    Jose Bove said that the fight against EPA (Economic Partnership Agreements) is more difficult than the one against WTO because this only involves a few countries.
  • 27-Aug-2007 Prensa Latina
    Repression on FTA opponents denounced
    The Costa Rican Human Rights Association denounced the increase of the police repression against local citizens, students and social leaders opposed to the Free Trade Agreement with US in their Sunday statement.
  • 27-Aug-2007 Chosun Ilbo
    Korea to send draft proposal on FTA with EU
    It will specify when and how much Korea is willing to open its agricultural sector, the most sensitive area in free trade talks.
  • 27-Aug-2007 Nasdaq.com
    Asean eyes completion of FTA talks with Australia, New Zealand in ’08
    Asean economic ministers said while "considerable progress" has been made on the proposed comprehensive FTA with Australia-New Zealand, concluding talks this year is unlikely because the next phase of the negotiations "would be critical and intense."
  • 27-Aug-2007 Taipei Times
    El Salvador approves FTA with Taiwan
    Under the FTA, El Salvador could export up to 60,000 tonnes of sugar tariff-free to Taiwan each year
  • 27-Aug-2007 IntelliBriefs
    The elephant and the rising sun: Alliance for the future
    India is prime "real estate" for Japan, both in economic and defense terms. Most importantly, India is a large consumer market with the potential to increase profits for Japanese corporations.
  • 26-Aug-2007 AllAfrica.com
    Tanzania hindering regional trade talks with Europe
    The East African Community (EAC) is set to sign an economic pact with the European Union ahead of a December 31 deadline to avoid losing the lucrative export markets in Europe, but Tanzania is yet to agree to the plan, Kenyan official has disclosed.
  • 26-Aug-2007 Sinchew-i
    Malaysia: EU hopes to complete FTA in two years: Ambassador
    “Malaysia has too many regulations and guidelines which hinders its competitiveness, free market and fair competition" EU ambassador to Malaysia said.
  • 26-Aug-2007 Japan Today
    Japan, ASEAN reach FTA, but rice excluded
    Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations reached a free trade agreement Saturday, under which Tokyo will immediately repeal tariffs on 90% of imports from ASEAN by value to catch up with China and South Korea in intensifying regional FTA races.
  • 26-Aug-2007 Japan Times
    Arroyo on FTA promo blitz but environmentalists worry
    Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s team has begun a high-profile public relations blitz to urge the Senate to ratify a free-trade pact with Japan.
  • 26-Aug-2007 AP
    ASEAN-India FTA faces roadblock
    Southeast Asia and India remain far apart in their 4-year-old efforts to forge a free trade agreement, differing on the speed and range of liberalization, officials said Friday.
  • 26-Aug-2007 FPIF
    US-Korean food fight
    The US government is working to deny South Koreans the right to local food and to undermine their domestic food safety laws through the Korea-US Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
  • 25-Aug-2007 ABS-CBN
    ASEAN and Japan near agreement on free trade
    The draft on trade in goods has been completed and they will now discuss the agreement on services and investment.
  • 24-Aug-2007 UNI Telecom
    UNI solidarity mission urges Costa Rica to reject the proposed Free Trade Agreement
    UNI Telecom Americas President told the Minister of Labour and Deputies from the Costa Rica National Assembly that the country should look to lessons from other free trade agreements, including from his country Mexico, where poverty had not decreased and the minimum wage was in effect lower than before the 43 trade agreements signed by Mexico.
  • 24-Aug-2007 UPI
    Japan eyes tuna in trade pact with Philippines
    What the Japanese government and its transnational fishing clients are really after are the Philippines’ precious tunas.
  • 24-Aug-2007 GMA News
    JPEPA reduces RP into an insurance firm for Japanese investors
    JPEPA is said to harbor “highly anomalous" arrangements, one of which is reducing the Philippines government to an insurance company for Japanese investors
  • 24-Aug-2007 Monthly Review
    A new dawn in Latin America
    The Bolivarian Alternative for Latin America (ALBA) has deepened its roots. While others were talking about the “end of history,” new protagonists emerged all over Latin America.
  • 24-Aug-2007 Malaysia Sun
    Pakistan seeking parity with India surprises EU envoy
    The European Union Ambassador to Pakistan has said that there is a huge difference between India and Pakistan economically, and he is surprised by Islamabad’s demand to be treated equally with New Delhi when asked about the possibility of Pak-EU FTA talks.
  • 24-Aug-2007 Polaris Institute
    Vivendi wins decade-long Argentina legal battle
    French media and telecoms group Vivendi said on Tuesday it had been awarded $105 million in compensation at the end of a decade-long dispute with Argentinian authorities about a former water concession.
  • 23-Aug-2007 IHT
    Thailand finds formula to settle rice dispute with SKorea, officials say
    Thailand has found a way to settle a dispute over rice with South Korea, allowing it to eventually join a free-trade deal between fellow Southeast Asian countries and Seoul, officials said Thursday.