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  • 30-Jun-2004
    Big FTA stoush brewing on copyright
    A full-scale political stoush is brewing over intellectual property provisions in the Australia-US free trade agreement following the passage of enabling legislation last week.
  • 29-Jun-2004
    Letter to Bush from FTA Watch (Thailand)
    We, the undersigned, farmers, people living with HIV/AIDS, academics, environmentalists, consumers, labor unionists, pro-democracy and anti-corruption activists and members of many non-governmental organizations that represent those who will be affected by the policies that are likely to come into force as a result of the proposed Free Trade Agreement between your government and the Royal Thai Government.
  • 29-Jun-2004 Critics to ask Bush to halt FTA talks as public not consulted
    Critics to ask Bush to halt FTA talks
    Opponents of free trade agreements will submit a letter to President George W Bush through the United States embassy today, urging Washington to halt ongoing trade negotiations between the two countries because the Thai process was not transparent without public participation and in violation of the Constitution.
  • 28-Jun-2004
    Kamal Nath to review FTAs, may change stance on rules of origin
    Commerce Minister Kamal Nath has put the proposed free trade agreements (FTAs) under the scanner amid fears that in many of the upcoming FTAs India might give away more than it would take, unless the country repositions its stance in many cases.
  • 28-Jun-2004
    300 Thais protest against FTAs
    Hundreds of Thai activists today demonstrated against free trade agreements (FTAs) the government is negotiating with the US and Australia, saying they would adversely affect millions of Thais.
  • 28-Jun-2004 Reports highlight costs of free trade deal
    Reports highlight costs of free trade deal
    Politicians from Australia’s opposition party could try to derail the Australian-US Free Trade Agreement (AUSFTA) after a Senate select committee claimed the deal could push up drugs prices and give copyright owners in Australia even more protection than they enjoy in the US.
  • 28-Jun-2004 The Economic Colonization of Iraq: Illegal and Immoral
    The Economic Colonization of Iraq: Illegal and Immoral
    The Bush Administration is using the military invasion and occupation of Iraq to advance a corporate globalization agenda that is illegal under international law, has not been chosen by the Iraqi people and may ultimately prove to be even more devastating than twelve years of economic sanctions, two U.S.-led wars and one occupation. The Administration’s ultimate goal is to take the agenda to the entire region.
  • 28-Jun-2004 Indigenous Resistance to Globalization
    Indigenous Resistance to Globalization
    “Negotiating a free-trade agreement with the U.S. is not something one has a right to - it’s a privilege."
  • 28-Jun-2004 Jeyaraj holds discussions on moving forward Sri Lanka-US trade and investment
    Jeyaraj holds discussions on Sri Lanka-US trade & investment agenda
    Sri Lankan Minister of Trade and Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Jeyaraj Fernandopulle concluded his four day visit to the US moving forward the bilateral trade and investment agenda.
  • 23-Jun-2004 http://www.lankabusinessonline.com/...
    US ready to pursue FTA with Sri Lanka
    The United States says it is keen to pursue a trade pact with Sri Lanka and agreed to meet in October to iron out issues.
  • 23-Jun-2004
    Via Campesina totally rejects bilateral FTAs
    We, members of Via Campesina, a world-wide organization of rural women, peasants, small farmers, rural workers, indigenous people and afro-descendants, from Asia, Europe, America and Africa, met in Itaici, Brazil, from 14-19 June 2004, for our 4th International Conference. We were welcomed warmly, fraternally and in a combative spirit by our hosts, the member organizations of Via Campesina in Brazil.
  • 23-Jun-2004
    Berne Declaration media statement on bilateral trade agreements
    It is not widely known that Switzerland will sign two more bilateral free trade agreements (with Lebanon and Tunisia) on the occasion of the meeting of ministers of EFTA states (Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Iceland) taking place in Montreux (Switzerland) on June 24.
  • 22-Jun-2004 El TLC como marco regulatorio supraconstitucional y supra-democratico
    The FTA: A regulatory framework transcending the constitution and democracy
    Contrary to the widespread notion, fundamental aspects of the FTA with the US include a number of areas that are highly comprehensive and have ramifications and implications that go way beyond simply regulating cross-border trade in goods.
  • 21-Jun-2004
    Indonesia hopes FTA will boost export to China
    The government said on Thursday that Indonesian exports to China could double in three years following the gradual implementation of a free trade agreement (FTA).
  • 21-Jun-2004
    Doctors urge US to oppose FTA
    A doctors group has written to American lawmakers urging them to oppose the Australia-United States free trade agreement (FTA).
  • 21-Jun-2004
    Proliferation of Bilateral Agreements Subject to Criticism
    The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (Cepal) and the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) criticized the US strategy of multiplying bilateral trade agreements before multilateral negotiations collapsed.
  • 21-Jun-2004
    US-Colombia: FTA without biopiracy?
    Biopiracy could be a sticking point in the free trade negotiations that the United States is pursuing with three of the countries with greatest biodiversity in the world: Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.
  • 21-Jun-2004
    Investment and Sustainable Development: A Guide to the Use and Potential of IIAs
    The International Institute for Sustainable Development has just released a new book: Investment and Sustainable Development: A Guide to the Use and Potential of International Investment Agreements.
  • 18-Jun-2004
    FTA With Mercosur group shouldn’t hit domestic veg oil, food industries
    Ahead of India preparing to sign a free trade agreement (FTA) with the Mercosur group of countries, the vegetable oil and food industries have cautioned the government to work out the arrangement keeping in mind the interests of domestic industry.
  • 17-Jun-2004
    THAI-AUSTRALIA FTA: 1,500 dairy farmers to protest
    Around 1,500 farmers from 10 dairy co-operatives will gather at Kasetsart University today to repeat their call for the government to withdraw dairy products from the free-trade agreement with Australia.