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  • 4-Oct-2004
    Access to Affordable Drugs: Victims of HIV/AIDS Should Not Suffer From Trade Rules
    Botswana was warned last week by a UN Committee that trade agreements should not undermine Botswana’s ability to ensure access to affordable treatment for children or other people with HIV/AIDS.
  • 4-Oct-2004 FQAEA
    Bilateral & regional negotiations on agriculture: competitive liberalization or protectionist confusion?
    Synoptic review of what is happening with US trade talks on agriculture, outside the WTO
  • 4-Oct-2004
    Alert from Via Campesina Brazil on EU-Mercosur negotiations
    From September 20th to 24th the negotiators for Mercosul [Mercado Común del Sur] met in Brussels. Among them were the negotiators from Brazil and the European Union to make bids on tariffs and integration processes.
  • 4-Oct-2004 IPS
    Deadline for Mercosur-EU talks jeopardised
    No one is admitting it publicly, but there is now little doubt that nine years of negotiations to reach a free trade agreement between South America’s Mercosur trade bloc and the European Union have failed, without even leaving any real hope for the coming year.
  • 4-Oct-2004 US State Department
    USTR outlines importance of US-Andean trade accord
    The entry into force of a U.S. free-trade agreement with Colombia, Ecuador and Peru will open important markets for the United States, bolster the economies and counternarcotics efforts in the Andean nations, and should be concluded in a timely fashion, says Deputy U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Peter Allgeier.
  • 4-Oct-2004 Toronto Star
    How free trade changed us
    Jobs are only one part of the trade equation. As the U.S. chips away at Canada’s economic independence, we’re slowly losing our sovereignty, says David Orchard
  • 4-Oct-2004 Gulf News
    UAE upbeat on trade pact with US
    The UAE is ready to enter negotiations with the United States for a full-fledged free trade agreement that would dramatically boost trade and the flow of investment between both countries.
  • 4-Oct-2004 Zawya
    GCC: Benefits of signing free trade accords
    The GCC states are seeking, both individually and collectively, to rapidly develop their foreign trade and economic relations.
  • 4-Oct-2004 The Nation
    Thailand: Lobbyists needed to guard interests
    Thailand needs more lobbyists in the capitals of its major trading partners to protect its interests in the context of global, regional and bilateral forces, a senior official in the Commerce Ministry has said.
  • 4-Oct-2004 Daily Star
    BGD: Decide fast about free trade deals
    A consultative committee on free trade has suggested the government to make urgent political decision regarding its position on bilateral free trade agreement (FTA).
  • 3-Oct-2004 IHT
    Two-way deals fill free trade gap
    It may seem as though a deal is a deal, but experts in the field differ on the relative merits of bilateral and regional agreements, with each having its friends and foes.
  • 2-Oct-2004 Indian Express
    Indo-Lanka economic partnership soon
    India and Sri Lanka are on the threshold of a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), Sri Lankan Minister of Trade, Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Jeyaraj Fernandopulle said Friday.
  • 2-Oct-2004 NYT
    The secret trade courts - NYT editorial
    In Ecuador, residents of the country’s eastern rainforest are suing Chevron Texaco. They say that the methods Texaco used to drill for oil in the 1970’s and 1980’s caused billions of dollars in environmental damage and health problems that continue today.
  • 2-Oct-2004 EU DG Trade
    EU-Mercosur: EU presents completed offer to Mercosur
    In the on-going negotiations for an EU-Mercosur Association Agreement, the EU has today sent Mercosur a completed offer.
  • 1-Oct-2004
    US-Bahrein FTA: Potential Economywide and Selected Sectoral Effects
    An assessment by the US International Trade Commission of projected impacts of the US-Bahrein FTA on the US.
  • 30-Sep-2004
    FTA Pushes Up India, Lanka Trade By 128%
    Bilateral trade between India and Sri Lanka has grown by 128% after the free trade agreement (FTA) became operational in March 2000.
  • 30-Sep-2004
    ‘IPR laws can expedite investment pact with US’
    The United States has said that the introduction and enforcement of Intellectual Property Right (IPR) laws and the resolution of existing investment disputes in Pakistan can expedite a bilateral investment treaty between the two countries.
  • 29-Sep-2004
    Colombia top priority in Andean trade talks - U.S.
    The United States is prepared to drop Ecuador and Peru from a proposed U.S. free- trade pact with the Andean region if investment disputes with those countries threaten a deal with Colombia, a top U.S. trade official said on Wednesday.
  • 29-Sep-2004
    US investors briefed on economic performance
    Humayun Akhtar Khan, federal commerce minister, who arrived here Monday from New York on a week-long visit said that Pakistan offers lucrative investment and trade opportunities and urged US businessmen to take a full advantage of the country’s conducive environment.
  • 29-Sep-2004
    South Korea seeking trade agreement with Mercosur
    South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun will meet with Latin American leaders next months to seeka free trade agreement, local press reported Tuesday.