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17-Jun-2008 Hankyoreh
KCTU to launch general strike on July 2
Labor movement will lead candlelight protests for renegotiation of US beef agreement, KCTU says -
17-Jun-2008 KCTU
One million South Korean people and workers protested against the Unfair US beef import agreement and the neoliberal government policies!
On June 10th, around one million people and workers gathered to demand renegotiation of US beef import agreement across the country. In case of Seoul, around 500,000 people participated in the candlelight vigil and march. -
17-Jun-2008 AFP
SKorea unions may strike over beef imports, more talks set
South Korean unions on Tuesday threatened a general strike in protest of a US beef import deal, as negotiators in Washington tried to find a way out of the crisis shaking the Seoul government. -
17-Jun-2008 rabble
Bilateral accords quietly push neo-liberal agenda
Right now through the European Union process there is a divide and rule strategy taking place, not only regionally but also within regions where some countries are signing bilateral trade and investment agreements and some aren’t. -
17-Jun-2008 FT
Hard bargains: Bilateral trade pacts draw domestic objections
The fear of having other countries steal a march on Washington by signing their own deals may bring Congress back to the bilateral trade negotiating table. -
17-Jun-2008 AFP
US, China firms sign whopping 13.6 billion dollar deals
American and Chinese firms have signed deals worth 13.6 billion dollars ahead of a high level meeting that could formally endorse talks for a bilateral investment treaty, officials said. -
17-Jun-2008 St Lucia Star
Anti EPA groups protest at White Hall!
On Thursday June 12, organizations from around the region staged a protest against the EU-Caribbean Economic Partnership Agreement in front of White Hall, the prime minister’s office in Trinidad. -
17-Jun-2008 GMANews
Group urges Palace to reveal content of RP-US free trade pact
A militant fisher folk group urged Malacañang on Tuesday to disclose the content of the proposed RP-US Free Trade Agreement (FTA), which it said might be the top agenda of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s state visit to the United States next week. -
17-Jun-2008 Business Daily
FAO urges integration to boost prices in market
To thwart a deepening food crisis on the continent, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation is proposing the creation of a Free Trade Area (FTA) for Africa that will facilitate a seamless flow of strategic commodities across national borders while maintaining high profit margins. -
16-Jun-2008 AIC
Israel seeking an upgrading of its relations with the EU and to obtain "special status"
On Monday June 16th, the EU-Israel Association Council will convene for the eighth time. For Israel the stakes are high. -
16-Jun-2008 EFTA Secretariat
EFTA and Colombia conclude free trade negotiations
The EFTA States (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland) and Colombia on 12 June 2008 finalized negotiations on a comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (FTA). -
16-Jun-2008 IPS
Africa: Concerns over Chinese investment and working conditions
Chinese investment in African countries comes with few strings attached — which is exactly what concerns civil society organisations. -
16-Jun-2008 Xinhua
US-South Korean beef talks fail to reach agreement
Talks between the United States and South Korea over the resumption of American beef imports ended Sunday without any agreement, US Trade Representative spokeswoman Gretchen Hamel said. -
16-Jun-2008 Scoop
Ecuador, ALBA and the FARC
Recent remarks by Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez on the civil war in Colombia and Ecuador’s decision not to join the Alternativa Bolivariana de las Americas (ALBA) solidarity based cooperation initiative shows progressive leaders are taking stock on Latin American integration. -
16-Jun-2008 Financial Express
Ranbaxy deal may help India’s entry into Japan
The Daiichi Sankyo-Ranbaxy Laboratories deal has come as a shot in the arm for India’s Comprehensive Economic Co-operation Agreement (CECA) negotiations with Japan. Indian pharma companies have been unable to break into Japan, the world’s second largest drug market, due to the country’s stringent sanitary and phytosanitary standards, technical barriers to trade (TBT) and environmental norms. -
16-Jun-2008 Korea Times
S. Korea, Europe seek FTA conclusion in 2008
Europe wants to conclude a free trade agreement (FTA) with South Korea by the year’s end to further boost bilateral economic ties -
15-Jun-2008
“Free trade”, neoliberal immigration & the globalization of guestworker programs
An analysis of how free trade and investment agreements affect migrant workers -
15-Jun-2008 The Bullet
Building its ties to Colombia: Canada’s imperial adventure in the Andes
The United States and Canada have chosen to promote Colombia as an aggressive and heavily militarized bulwark against anti-imperialism in the region — an Israel of the Andes. -
15-Jun-2008 OhMyNews
Beef imports to Korea: An open letter to President Bush
Korean middle school student Chae-song Kim asks that the trade agreement be reconsidered -
14-Jun-2008 Jakarta Post
Indonesia, Australia to speed up ASEAN-ANZ free trade
Indonesia, Southeast Asia’s largest economy, and Australia pledged Friday to help accelerate a negotiation to secure a free-trade agreement between the Association of Southeast Asian Nation, Australia and New Zealand (AANZ-FTA).