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  • 23-Aug-2007 Tico Times
    University students protest tribunal resolution on CAFTA campaigns
    Students from the University of Costa Rica and National University organized the protest against a Supreme Elections Tribunal resolution of July 12 which said that university personnel, like other public officials, cannot use public resources to campaign for or against the Central American Free-Trade Agreement with the United States (CAFTA).
  • 22-Aug-2007 LIP
    Peru-Mexico to negotiate free trade agreement (FTA) in September
    Peru and Mexico will begin negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on September 17. Because Peru’s agricultural products do not directly compete with Mexican products, it is hoped that agreements will be reached.
  • 21-Aug-2007 Bernama
    Japan aims to ink free trade deal with ASEAN in November: Abe
    Abe expects Japan and the 10-nation bloc to wrap up their negotiations during the Japan-ASEAN economic ministers’ meeting Saturday in the Philippines, paving the way for a signing by their leaders at a November summit. The FTA is expected to take effect sometime next year following approval by the parliaments of Japan and ASEAN member states.
  • 21-Aug-2007 MOFA
    Japan-Indonesia FTA (2007)
  • 21-Aug-2007 Manila Bulletin
    ASEAN stops new intra-reg’l FTAs
    ASEAN countries have agreed to a moratorium on forging intra-regional free trade agreements saying they would have to focus first on the completion of FTA negotiations with China, Japan, Korea, and the Australia-New Zealand.
  • 20-Aug-2007 Jakarta Post
    EPA offers opportunities and challenges
    According to Indonesian Employers Association chairman Sofyan Wanandi, there is no guarantee of an increase in Japanese investment as a result of the Indonesia-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement signed today
  • 20-Aug-2007 Kyodo
    Abe, Yudhoyono sign FTA, agree to tackle climate change
    Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Monday signed a bilateral free trade agreement and confirmed a shared commitment to tackling global warming beyond 2012.
  • 20-Aug-2007 News.com.au
    Canberra pushes hard for fresh deal with India
    Australia will attempt to negotiate a free trade agreement with India as part of a historic shift in relations with the emerging economic powerhouse of South Asia.
  • 20-Aug-2007 The Nation
    EU-ASEAN: EU upbeat on prospects
    Asean and the EU started unofficial talks on the free-trade agreement in Vietnam in July. They are scheduled to draw up a modality framework of the free-trade talks in the Philippines next month. This preparation is before Asean holds official negotiations with the EU early next year.
  • 20-Aug-2007 East African
    EAC states avert major dispute over trade agreements with EU
    A major dispute between partner states of the East African Community has been averted after the parties agreed that all the five members will now collectively sign one Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union
  • 20-Aug-2007 East African
    Tanzania will rue the cost of starting with SADC
    With the partner states of the East African Community having agreed to negotiate an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with Europe under one roof, Tanzania may be forced to count the cost of forgoing a relatively successful regional grouping in East Africa against political solidarity with Southern Africa’s regional power base — South Africa.
  • 19-Aug-2007 AllAfrica.com
    Africa: Lobbies want talks on EU trade pacts held up for three years
    Civil society groups in Africa have called for the suspension of the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) negotiations between the European Union (EU) and the 77 African, Caribbean and Pacific countries for at least three years to allow African governments to critically look through other regional initiatives they are already engaged in.
  • 19-Aug-2007 East African
    Free trade is a prison
    As the world prepares to celebrate the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition on August 23, a new book on the lessons learnt from that trade and how its “successor,” free trade is undermining democracy and justice in Africa has just been published.
  • 19-Aug-2007 Jakarta Post
    Indonesia likely to be the loser in Japan agreement
    Analysts say an economic partnership agreement due to be signed next week between Indonesia and Japan will do more to benefit Japanese companies than domestic Indonesian businesses.
  • 19-Aug-2007 Haaretz
    Berlin protesters demonstrate against Israeli products
    Protesters held signs reading "No to settlement products" and "Stop the Israel-EU Association Agreement."
  • 19-Aug-2007 PDI
    WB junks Fraport’s Naia 3 claim
    The World Bank has dismissed the claim for compensation from the Philippine government over the Naia Terminal 3 project of Germany’s Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide (Fraport)
  • 18-Aug-2007 AllAfrica.com
    Scramble on for African resources - experts
    Both the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) and the fast-tracked Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) seem to reflect less a genuine desire in fairer trade for the true benefits of the African economies than securing access to relevant markets and mainly the exploitation of relevant natural resources in the interest of the European Union and the USA, said Executive Director of the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation, Dr Henning Melber.
  • 18-Aug-2007 Pakistan Times
    Negotiations on China, Pakistan FTA in services sector conclude
    China has expressed interest in Islamic banking and the development of industrial zones in Pakistan during the second round of China-Pakistan negotiations on FTA in Services chapter
  • 17-Aug-2007 The Guardian
    The water margin
    Tanzania was glad to secure the services of a British-led consortium to run the newly privatised water system in its capital Dar es Salaam. But then the price of water started to rise
  • 17-Aug-2007 The Nation
    Fine-tooth comb needed for clauses
    Article 190 of Thailand’s junta-sponsored draft constitution deals with six paragraphs on FTAs. On the surface, they appear to be a triumph for anti-FTA groups such as FTA Watch. There’s a catch, however.