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  • 15-Jul-2007 New Europe
    What will India gain from the FTA with the EU?
    The negotiations for an EU-India FTA could prove even more difficult to bring to a successful conclusion than the Doha development negotiations.
  • 15-Jul-2007 swissinfo
    Switzerland: China visit yields few tangible results
    Swiss Economics Minister Doris Leuthard will not return home from her four-day visit to China totally empty-handed. Leuthard said she was satisfied with the results of the trip and the signing of a declaration aimed at establishing a free trade accord was the "highpoint".
  • 15-Jul-2007 Fibre2fashion
    Vietnam : EPA talks hang in balance
    Garment and textile manufacturers in Vietnam have shown their disapproval of Japan’s desire to impose origin regulations under the Economic Partnership Agreement negotiations which began in January this year.
  • 14-Jul-2007 Scoop
    Toni Solo: Americanism v. ALBA
    It has taken a while for the US to work out an effective strategy to counteract ALBA.
  • 14-Jul-2007 Granma
    Peruvian trade union protests and strikes continue
    Despite threats of military repression by the government, activists said today they would continue the general strike called by the General Federation of Peruvian Workers, which is demanding a better distribution of wealth. Likewise, the National Agrarian Federation will continue its protest against a free trade agreement with the United States.
  • 14-Jul-2007 AllAfrica.com
    Namibia: Communication industry threatened by EPA talks
    Between 2004 and 2006, the Naimibian government made more than N$200 million in dividends alone from fixed telecommunication lines, provision of bulk communication infrastructures, and on mobile phone services. Liberalising the sector through the EPA with the EU may poke a hole to its bulging purse. Namibia is also worried that the inclusion of a New Generation clause may hamper the country’s expansion programme into SADC market.
  • 14-Jul-2007 CNN
    Canada, Jordan mull free trade agreement
    Canada and Jordan are exploring the possibility of a free trade agreement and could begin negotiations next year, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Friday.
  • 13-Jul-2007 AllAfrica.com
    Southern Africa: EU official ’creating rift’
    A top European Union official has been seeking to create divisions between South Africa and its neighbours in talks aimed at establishing a free trade deal, African diplomats have alleged.
  • 13-Jul-2007
    Is Mexico overlooking the EU ?
    Extract from introduction of dissertation entitled "FTA European Union - Mexico: An overview of the ’Global Agreement’ and impact since the start"
  • 13-Jul-2007 National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA)
    NEMA applauds signing of US free trade agreements with Panama and South Korea
    The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) congratulates US trade negotiators on this week’s signing of two important bilateral free trade agreements (FTAs), and calls upon Congress to ratify the two FTAs as soon as possible.
  • 13-Jul-2007
    Lipenga warns on EPA
    Discussions to prepare Africa’s position on Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) with the European Union (EU) should not be approached as an academic exercise.
  • 13-Jul-2007
    Civic group asks gov’t to disclose FTA text
    Lawyers for Democratic Society on July 12 requested that the government disclose information on the six new or corrected articles of the final protocol of the free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States concluded on June 30.
  • 13-Jul-2007 Ellen Tordesillas
    Faeldon wants to sue officials responsible for JPEPA
    A Philippine Marine captain on trial for the failed 2003 Oakwood mutiny wants to file graft charges against officials involved in the forging of the controversial Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA).
  • 13-Jul-2007 Ohmynews
    Japan eyes FTAs with US, EU
    Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has released an annual report on international trade specifying the nation’s policy of revving up preparations for future talks with the United States and the European Union on concluding free-trade agreements (FTAs).
  • 13-Jul-2007
    APRN strategy workshop on FTAs
    The Asia Pacific Research Network (APRN) and AID/WATCH are pleased to invite you to a strategy workshop on the FTAs entitled: “To Oppose FTAs: Making People Matter”, that will take place on September 4-6, 2007 in Sydney, Australia. The Strategy Workshop on the FTAs is an open and public gathering of trade campaigners within the region specifically timed to coincide with the APEC Leaders’ Meeting in Sydney.
  • 12-Jul-2007
    Trade talks to start soon with Colombia, source says
    A free trade deal likely to be launched between Canada and Colombia next week will go beyond the usual focus on dollars and cents to spell out the ethical responsibilities of Canadian companies seeking to exploit the South American country’s untapped resources.
  • 12-Jul-2007
    US considers investment agreement with Taiwan
    The United States said it is considering forging a bilateral investment agreement with Taiwan but ruled out a free trade pact in the immediate future.
  • 12-Jul-2007 News Channel 7
    Panama ratifies free trade deal with US
    Panama’s legislature ratified a free trade agreement with the United States on Wednesday amid protests by hundreds of leftists and farmers opposed to the deal.
  • 12-Jul-2007 Chosun Ilbo
    Kaeseong goods expected to be problem at EU FTA talks
    Korea’s chief envoy to free trade talks with the European Union is cautioning against being overly optimistic about having products made at an industrial park in North Korea’s Kaeseong included in the bilateral trade deal.
  • 12-Jul-2007 IHT
    Singapore says it expects to conclude free trade agreement with China by 2008: report
    Singapore’s deputy prime minister said the city-state expects to conclude a free trade agreement with China next year, a newspaper reported Thursday.