bilaterals.org» Articles by language
Articles by language
EN ES FR DE NL PT ID JA

Articles by language

  • 5-Nov-2007 Gulfnews
    Israel boycott office ’must be reopened’
    A parliamentarian committee in Bahrain has called for the reopening of the Israel boycott office. Manama shut down the office in 2005 as part of the requirements by the US Congress before it ratified a free trade agreement with Bahrain
  • 5-Nov-2007 Cattle Network
    Colombia: A significant market for US red meat upon FTA ratification
    The US Meat Export Federation estimates that around 50 percent of pork production in Colombia comes from family-owned farms
  • 5-Nov-2007
    Economic growth without social justice: EU-India trade negotiations and their implications for social development and gender justice
    This paper attempts to place the EU-India FTA negotiations in their historical and topical context, and questions the coherence between the development aid agenda on the one hand, and the trade and investment agenda on the other.
  • 5-Nov-2007
    Letter to US Congress requesting rejection of the 7 October referendum
    Letter from Costa Rican citizens to US Congress requesting rejection of the alleged approval of CAFTA through the 7 October referendum
  • 5-Nov-2007 Mindanews
    Landlessness, environmental healh hazards to increase with JPEPA
    The militant peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) Southern Mindanao Region and No Deal! Movement against Unequal Economic Agreements are spearheading today a protest rally against Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) in Davao City as the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs is expected to submit its report on JPEPA in the plenary.
  • 5-Nov-2007 Chosun Ilbo
    Mercosur FTA to boost Korea’s GDP by 2% - study
    A free trade agreement with the South American trade bloc Mercosur could increase Korea’s gross domestic product by up to two percent, a study by the two sides has found. The Foreign Ministry said the joint FTA study was adopted at a Korea-Mercosur policy meeting in Montevideo, Uruguay late last month.
  • 5-Nov-2007 Business Recorder
    FTA with Malaysia finalised
    The Pakistani government’s long-awaited Free Trade Agreement with Malaysia has been finalised. It will be implemented from January 2008, after formal approval of the Cabinet, sources in Commerce Ministry told Business Recorder.
  • 4-Nov-2007 Viet Nam News
    Viet Nam: US set to become top investor, trade leader
    The US is set to become Viet Nam’s number one investor in the next two years, President of the US-ASEAN Trade Council Matthew P Daley said yesterday.
  • 4-Nov-2007 Daily Nation
    Europe charms ‘poor’ Africa in exchange for oil
    It feels great to watch those who once colonised Africa shift and fidget uneasily as they build up a case for “partnership” — if only the rules of the game were clear and genuine. But there is also the nagging thought: Will Africa play it right this time round?
  • 4-Nov-2007 EasyBourse
    Andean trade preferences need to be extended after Feb - USTR
    The trade preferences granted to Andean countries by the US will need to be extended after February 2008 even if free trade agreements with Peru and Colombia designed to replace the preferences are approved, US Trade Representative Susan Schwab said late Saturday in Bogota.
  • 4-Nov-2007 LP
    Costa Rica: CAFTA threatens to turn water into merchandise
    Free trade agreement will make water distribution more unequal for country’s poorest communities. The pact sets the obligation to give a “not less favorable” treatment to US companies, ignoring the deep differences in size and economic power of between these ones and the national sectors.
  • 4-Nov-2007 Daily Times
    Trade with China: Pakistan suffers trade deficit of $2.957bn
    Trading with China has given Pakistan a trade deficit of $2.957 billion during the fiscal year 2006-07. The figures are based on trade under Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) and an Early Harvest Programme leading to Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the two countries.
  • 4-Nov-2007 MCOT
    Only two FTA-affected companies received government financial aid
    Only two of 11 manufacturers severely-affected by free trade area (FTA) agreements with other countries have received financial assistance from the Thai government after their operations were hit by the terms of the trade pacts, a senior Commerce Ministry official said.
  • 4-Nov-2007 Bangkok Post
    Retail revolution on hold
    Indian protests against home-grown conglomerate are a sobering lesson for prospective foreign investors such as Thai retailers
  • 3-Nov-2007 Workers World
    CAFTA referendum heightens social tensions in Costa
    The NO to CAFTA campaign has produced tens of thousands of activists who are using grassroots methods to change the political system in Costa Rica, which has been dominated by a small elite since the founding of the country.
  • 3-Nov-2007 Islands Business
    EU gives Pacific breathing space
    Pacific Islands countries have been given a breathing space after the European Commission decided to extend the deadline for the signing of the Economic Partnership Agreement between the two parties to December next year. However, negotiations will be held this month on an interim agreement on the trading of goods and possibly services.
  • 3-Nov-2007 Islands Business
    China-Pacific: How to tap the growing China market
    An FTA between China and the Pacific will be lopsided in favour of China, says Rohan Ellis, head of the Beijing-based Pacific Islands Forum Trade Office
  • 2-Nov-2007 Huntington News
    Last chance for better agreement between Caribbean and Europe
    Having read the draft EPA, I can now confirm that in much of the document, the development dimension is referenced more in shadow than substance. A huge double standard is at play here and what is sauce for the goose is not sauce for the gander, writes a former Caribbean diplomat.
  • 2-Nov-2007 China Daily
    Industry told to help exporters
    Chinese business associations should help local firms make the most of the China-ASEAN free trade agreement, said Xu Ningning of the China-ASEAN Business Council. "Most Chinese companies are not aware of the FTA, let alone translating it into real benefits."
  • 2-Nov-2007 ITN
    European treaty may revive debate over power to conclude investment agreements
    The debate over who in the European Union holds the legal authority to conclude international investment agreements with non-European countries — the European Community or individual Member States — is set to intensify as the EU Reform Treaty throws dust into an already hazy situation.