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FTA with USA can cause division among Andean Nations
10-Feb-2005 Prensa Latina
Medicine patents are threatening unity among Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru in the negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement with the United States
Labour, environment, IPR left out of TIFA text
9-Feb-2005
The US has agreed to Bangladesh’s proposal for exclusion of issues related to labour laws, environment and intellectual property rights from the main text of a proposed trade and investment framework agreement the two countries are likely to sign some time this year.
Investment: US to claim damages against IPR abuses
3-Feb-2005 Daily Times
The US has asked Pakistan, under a draft proposed Bilateral Investment Treaty, to pay damages to US companies for their future investment in case of the infringement of intellectual property rights and unilateral cancellation of licences.
Council meeting to enhance US-Malaysia trade
2-Feb-2005 The Star
The plan to expand and better manage bilateral trade co-operation between the United States and Malaysia gains ground tomorrow with the first working-level meeting of the joint Trade and Investment Council.
How much is the biodiversity of the Andes worth?
2-Feb-2005 IPS
Washington’s refusal to recognise the right of Andean countries to demand compensation for the commercial use of their biological resources is standing in the way of negotiations for free trade between the United States, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.
US traders seek stronger economic ties with Brunei
27-Jan-2005 Brudirect
Trade representatives from the United States on Tuesday discussed with various governmental stakeholders in Brunei under the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) to seek opportunities for stronger bilateral economic ties.
A world united? The US approach to the protection of regulatory data
12-Jan-2005 Patent World
The US has been using Free Trade Agreements to push a US-style system for data exclusivity.
Trade agreement hits snag on Guatemala law
10-Jan-2005 Houston Chronicle
The USTR’s Office said Friday that Guatemala violated the terms of a pending Central American trade agreement with a new pharmaceutical data law the United States objects to.
IPR: Deprive Doha of all substance
31-Dec-2004
How through bilateral agreements EFTA states restrict access to medicines
IPR: “TRIPS-plus” through EFTA’s back door (updated)
31-Dec-2004
How Free Trade Agreements concluded with EFTA-States impose much stronger rules on Developing Countries for IPRs on life than the WTO
The US-Jordan FTA: Defogging the Myth
31-Dec-2004
The purpose of this article is to give an account of the history and some provisions of the US-Jordan Free Trade Agreement and assess the extent to which the FTA provides a viable “model” to the proposed US-Middle East Free Trade Agreement.
Net giants seek to change FTA rules
6-Dec-2004 The Australian
Australia’s largest internet service providers have made an 11th-hour bid to amend the free trade agreement with the US, claiming it would expose them to an avalanche of litigation.
Andean nations clash with US on patenting life forms
17-Nov-2004 IPS
Access to genetic resources in South America’s Andean region, which holds a quarter of the planet’s biodiversity, is a point of discord in the free trade agreement that the United States has been negotiating with Colombia, Ecuador and Peru since May.
Thailand: Academics call for temporary suspension of FTA talks with US
13-Nov-2004 MCOT
Thai academics called on the government on Friday to temporarily suspend ongoing free trade area (FTA) negotiations with the United States, and suggested it to identify impacts on the country’s intellectual property rights and agricultural products.
EU takes piracy fight to non-EU countries
12-Nov-2004 Out-law.com
The European Commission yesterday launched a new campaign to tackle IPR deficiencies in countries outside the European Union.
Copyright inquiry could save FTA
8-Nov-2004
An inquiry into computer and television piracy could break the impasse threatening to delay the start of the free trade deal with the US.
Central America is Not for Sale
5-Nov-2004
A call for organizational sign-ons from the Central America is Not For Sale Coalition
NGOs request "EFTA countries shall not endanger public health and food security in Southern Africa"
4-Nov-2004 Berne Declaration
Today 57 organizations sent a letter to the trade and foreign ministers of EFTA member states urging them not to include provisions that would restrict access to medicines and farmers rights under the EFTA-SACU FTA
US-Andean talks even worse than feared
3-Nov-2004 Colombia Week
Barring major turns, any deal emerging from the talks will be a disaster for most Colombians.
US, Andean countries fail to make progress in FTA talks
1-Nov-2004 Xinhuanet
The fifth round of negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA) between the United States and Ecuador, Colombia, and Peru ended Friday without progress in the Ecuadorian city of Guayaquil. The controversial issues were agriculture and intellectual property.