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  • 6-Oct-2007 Prensa Latina
    LatAm notables against CAFTA-DR
    Renowned Latin American figures have expressed their solidarity with the Costa Rican people, who are expected to go to the polls Sunday to decide in a referendum whether their country signs a free trade agreement with the US.
  • 6-Oct-2007 Reuters
    West Africa to miss EU trade partnership deadline
    West Africa will miss a Dec. 31 deadline to sign a new trade partnership with the European Union and hopes to keep its preferential commercial privileges for up to two years while it negotiates, a West African official said.
  • 6-Oct-2007 Financial Express
    India, Philippines sign 9 bilateral deals
    The Philippines signed nine bilateral agreements with India on Friday, including a framework agreement for bilateral trade.
  • 5-Oct-2007 Inquirer
    JPEPA makes working in Japan tougher for health workers
    Filipino health workers hoping to work in Japan or migrate to that country may find it more difficult if the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) is approved, said a national organization of health professionals.
  • 5-Oct-2007 Reuters
    EU, Pacific countries to seek interim trade deal
    The European Union and Pacific countries agreed on Tuesday to seek an interim new trade deal, to enter into force on 1 January, while they continue negotiating an EPA by end of 2008.
  • 5-Oct-2007 The Hindu
    EU, India to make major offers on duty cut
    EU sees a new readiness on the part of the Indian side which, for the first time, has put poverty reduction, labour standards and environmental protection under the bilateral trade framework.
  • 5-Oct-2007 Jamaica Gleaner
    The gloves are off — Europe dismisses sugar, insults tourism ahead of ’make-or-break’ trade talks
    Tempers flare as Caricom trade negotiators and the European Commission work with an October 15 deadline to initial an EU-Caribbean EPA
  • 5-Oct-2007 WSJ
    Republicans grow skeptical on free trade
    By a nearly two-to-one margin, US Republican voters believe free trade is bad for the US economy, a shift in opinion that mirrors Democratic views and suggests trade deals could face high hurdles under a new president.
  • 5-Oct-2007 Alainet
    More than a dilemma, the trilemma of globalizacion
    While the defenders of conventional globalization proclaim its benefits, economic as much as political, in Latin America the conflicts generated by openness to trade and international finance are mounting concerning democracy and national autonomy.
  • 5-Oct-2007 ABS-CBN
    Roxas on JPEPA: No deal better than bad deal
    Philippines Sen. Mar Roxas said senators remain unconvinced on ratifying the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) even as the executive branch had created an inter-agency task force to explain the benefits of the bilateral economic agreement.
  • 5-Oct-2007 AP
    Poll predicts Costa Ricans will vote against free trade agreement with US, Central America
    Costa Ricans are poised to reject the U.S.-Central American free trade agreement in a referendum Sunday, according to a poll published Thursday.
  • 5-Oct-2007 Thanh Nien
    EU group urges Vietnam to speed ASEAN trade deal
    European parliamentarians urged Vietnam on Wednesday to fast-track negotiations for an EU-ASEAN free trade agreement as European businesses worry about competition from the United States and elsewhere.
  • 4-Oct-2007 INQUIRER.net
    Anti-JPEPA advocates ask RP to renegotiate treaty
    The multisectoral Fair Trade Alliance calls for a renegotiation of JPEPA
  • 4-Oct-2007 IRC Americas Program
    Opposition gains strength as pro-CAFTA forces caught in manipulation scheme
    The remarkable coalition of public employees, farmers, small business owners, intellectuals, and assorted citizens has already changed Costa Rican politics regardless of the outcome of the referendum vote.
  • 4-Oct-2007 Prensa Latina
    Costa Ricans oppose FTA
    Four days before a referendum in Costa Rica on CAFTA, a poll carried out by the company Demoscopia for the newspaper Al Dia shows that 50.8 percent of voters oppose the FTA.
  • 4-Oct-2007 Stuff
    Clark pushes free trade deal in Europe
    New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark has made a renewed push for a free trade deal between New Zealand and the European Union, though she admits it is likely to be five years before real negotiations begin.
  • 4-Oct-2007 Times of India
    India to start FTA talks with Brazil, S Africa this week
    Bilateral trade agreement with Asean and European Union are passe. The stage is set for the first trans-continental treaty with India, South Africa and Mercosur — comprising Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay — launching negotiations on a preferential trade agreement later this week.India will also start technical negotiations on Saturday for a PTA with the Southern African Customs Union, which consists of South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho and Swaziland.
  • 3-Oct-2007 Reuters
    Singapore bank secrecy threatens EU trade talks - MEP
    Singapore’s refusal to soften its strict bank secrecy laws could scupper talks with Europe about a trade agreement, a European politician said on Tuesday.
  • 3-Oct-2007 CNN
    Sempra Energy awarded $172 million in Argentine arbitration
    The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes in Washington DC has awarded Sempra Energy approximately $172 million, including interest, to settle a 2002 dispute involving the company’s 43-percent ownership in two Argentine natural gas holding companies, Sodigas Pampeana and Sodigas Sur.
  • 3-Oct-2007 AFP
    Philippine Senators ’could reject’ Japan free trade deal
    Philippine lawmakers are unlikely to ratify a free trade agreement with Japan in the deal’s present form, the president of the Southeast Asian nation’s Senate said Tuesday.