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  • 13-May-2009
    Thailand presses SA for free trade deal
    Thailand is eager to engage SA on a fully fledged free trade agreement (FTA) with the Southern African Customs Union (Sacu).
  • 12-May-2009
    Dominican Republic to join CARICOM?
    The Dominican Republic, which is already linked to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) as a part of the CARIFORUM which recently signed an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with Europe, has resubmitted its application to join the 15-member grouping and regional leaders seem willing to welcome the country into the fold.
  • 12-May-2009
    Canada-EU trade negotiations could signal significant new opportunities for Canadian agriculture and agri-food sector: CAFTA
    The Canadian Agri-food Trade Alliance (CAFTA) welcomes the news that Canada and the European Union will begin negotiating a new economic partnership agreement aimed at liberalizing trade and expanding market access between Canada and the EU.
  • 12-May-2009
    EU Keen on Namibian EPA
    The European Union says it looks forward to concluding an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with Namibia and other countries in the SADC-EPA region.
  • 12-May-2009
    Mills criticises Economic Partnership Agreement
    The President, John Evans Atta Mills has criticised certain clauses in the Draft Economic Partnership Agreement claiming it is meant to allow European countries dump their cheap and highly subsidised goods and services on Ghana.
  • 12-May-2009
    MITI: Business Community Should Help Govt On FTAs
    The business community is encouraged to work together with the government in ensuring that free trade agreements (FTAs) will provide the best benefits for the country.
  • 12-May-2009 Solomon Times
    Pacific ACP leaders want EU to address "contentious issues" in EPA
    In the Pacific region, only Papua New Guinea and Fiji initialled an Interim EPA mainly to protect their exports of fish and sugar, respectively, into the EU markets.
  • 12-May-2009 Andina
    Chinese mining giants to invest $7.4 billion in Peru over next 5 years
    Chinese mining giants Minmetals, Chinalco, Shougang and Zijin plan to invest over 7.4 billion dollars in Peru during the next five years, Peruvian Vice President Luis Giampietri said. Giampietri met in late April with the CEOs of these mining groups after attending the signing ceremony of Peru-China Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in Beijing.
  • 12-May-2009 Economic Times
    Chile to sign trade agreement with India
    Chile which favours free trade agreements with as many countries as possible to boost its overall trade volume, does not see any problem if a similar kind of trade agreement is signed with India.
  • 12-May-2009 LAHT
    China, Peru sign trade agreement
    China and Peru signed a free trade agreement on Tuesday aimed at promoting investment by the Asian giant in the South American country, as well as bilateral trade.
  • 12-May-2009 Reuters
    The Middle Kingdom meets the Middle East
    With markets and media riveted by China’s hunt for natural resources in Australia, Africa and Latin America, the Middle East story has perhaps been underplayed.
  • 11-May-2009
    Crean looks for new way as China trade negotiator quits
    Canberra has executed a major shift on strategy with Beijing after Australia’s senior negotiator quit stalled free trade agreement talks with China.
  • 11-May-2009 LA Times
    US gets tough on Canadian border
    The Obama administration says security should be as stringent as on the Mexican frontier. Border residents and Canadian officials disagree, saying the terrorism threat is exaggerated.
  • 11-May-2009 Taipei Times
    Ma calls for fresh talks on FTA with Singapore
    President Ma Ying-jeou says he expects Taiwan to sign a free-trade agreement (FTA) with Singapore.
  • 11-May-2009 Prism Webcast News
    Indigenous leaders declare hunger strike in Peruvian Congress to protest FTA decrees
    As the Peruvian government declared a state of emergency in the face of one month long indigenous protests, 42 indigenous leaders have entered the Peruvian Congress to announce a hunger strike until the issue of a repeal of decrees affecting the territorial rights of indigenous peoples in the Amazon is debated by the full legislature. The decrees, which were passed to facilitate the Free Trade Agreement with the United States, facilitate the transfer of Amazon land and resource rights to oil, mining, logging and agricultural companies to the detriment of indigenous and campesino inhabitants. They also set the stage for the privatization of water resources.
  • 11-May-2009 Excess Copyright
    Some possible Canada EU FTA IP issues
    The Canada/EU FTA negotation process is underway. From an intellectual property standpoint, there are many clear opportunities and pitfalls for Canadian interests depending on point of view.
  • 11-May-2009 WSJ
    China to offer more concessions to Hong Kong companies
    Under new supplements to their Closer Economic Partnership Agreement, China will further open banking and securities services to Hong Kong companies
  • 9-May-2009 Hour
    Activists oppose Igantieff’s support of CCFTA
    Despite calls from labour and human rights organizations across Canada, on May 1 Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff announced that the party would support the ratification of a proposed Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA).
  • 9-May-2009 AFP
    EU agrees to final push in South Korea trade talks
    EU governments renewed on Friday their support for wrapping up floundering free trade talks with South Korea, a European Commission spokesman said.
  • 8-May-2009
    Swine flu highlights the problem of accepting the intellectual property protections promoted by the European Union
    Confronted by a potential pandemic, negotiations for FTAs with the European Union are taking place in Brussels this week, where more extensive protections for intellectual property will be discussed.