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AU brushes aside colonialism under its nose
24-Nov-2008 Daily Nation
The European Union is veering toward condoning colonialism. Worse, the African Union hardly notices. Meanwhile, the United Nations limps in pursuit of Morocco-occupied Western Sahara’s de-colonisation.
Andean indigenous reject FTA with Europe
24-Nov-2008 Prensa Latina
The Andean Coordination of Indigenous Organizations (CAOI) ratified rejection of a free trade agreement that governments of Colombia and Peru want to sign with the European Union. This reiteration is contained in a letter CAOI representative Miguel Palacin addressed to Peruvian Foreign Minister Jose Garcia Belaunde, referring to the latter’s threats to expel Bolivian social leaders allegedly in Peru to take part in protests against the agreement.
Sign on: "We demand the European Union and the Governments of Peru and Colombia not to desintegrate the Andean Community of Nations (CAN)"
23-Nov-2008 Enlanzando alternativas
Sign-on declaration demanding the European Union and the Governments of Peru and Colombia not to desintegrate the Andean Community of Nations.
Swedish MPs demands stopping EU agreement with Morocco
23-Nov-2008 Estatuto Advancado Nao!
Several Swedish parliamentarians from one of the parties in the Swedish government, have motioned that the Swedish Government should work to prevent the EU from signing any new agreements or agreements of advanced status with Morocco "as long as the country occupies Western Sahara".
Indigenous resolution on the CAN-EU FTA
22-Nov-2008 ALAINET
The Andean Community is in crisis as a result of the attitude of the European Union and the governments of Colombia and Peru, who in a meeting of foreign ministers held in Europe proposed to negotiate the FTA bilaterally, breaking with the Guayaquil Agreement, which ratified block by block negotiation. This attitude undermines Andean integration.
Israeli gunboats kidnap Gaza fisherman, peaceworkers
22-Nov-2008 Electronic Intifada
"The EU-Israel Association Agreement should be suspended until Israel complies with international law. It was only last week that I personally met with the fishermen whose boats were illegally water-cannoned and fired upon by Israeli gunboats as they peacefully fish in Gaza waters."
EAC ties future trade talks to funds for development
20-Nov-2008
Trade negotiations between the East African Community (EAC) and the European Union (EU) must include a development agenda, a senior trade official has said.
’Partnership Agreement Must Be Rooted in Devt’
20-Nov-2008
Coalition of West African Regional Civil Society, made up of Trade World Network (TWN), based in Accra , Ghana, National Association of Nigerian Traders, Abuja, Labour Unions, farmers’ groups, etc, has stressed that the region’s development should be the sole purpose of the EU-ACP Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA).
Expert calls for establishment of services coalition
20-Nov-2008
As the Economic Partnership Agreement “EPA Implementation Brainstorming Meeting”, continued yesterday, it was made clear that Antigua and Barbuda needed to establish a “services coalition”.
Bolivian union leaders to protest Peru’s FTA with European Union
20-Nov-2008 LIP
This week, Bolivians are in Lima to help organize a protest against Peru and Colombia for agreeing to sign a Free-Trade Agreement with the European Union.
Ministry clears stand on EPAs
19-Nov-2008
Malawi’s Ministry of Industry and Trade says it did not sign the Economic Partnership Agreement with European Union because it requested for capacity resources before committing to the paper.
EU pushes for speedier FTA with Asean
19-Nov-2008 Bernama
The European Union has called on members of the Association of South-East Asian Nations to speed up efforts in negotiating for the free trade agreement between the two blocks.
Divide to conquer
18-Nov-2008 RMR
The constant pression exerted by the European Union on the countries of the Andean Community of Nations to reach an FTA under an Association Agreement caused that, while Peru and Colombia decided to follow that path, Ecuador and Bolivia are excluded from the negotiations, similarly to the US imposition of FTAs.
European Parliament gets active in the EU-India FTA talks
18-Nov-2008 New Europe
The European Parliament’s International Trade Committee is to visit India shortly to discuss the progress of ongoing negotiations between the European Union and India on a free trade agreement
Ecuador seeks EU trade talks as neighbors move on
13-Nov-2008
Ecuador wants to negotiate a trade deal with the European Union, reversing its preference for group talks a day after neighboring Colombia and Peru abandoned efforts at a regional partnership in favor of their own deals with the European bloc.
Bahrain calls for stepping up free trade deal talks
13-Nov-2008
Bahrain yesterday called for GCC-EU member states to fast-track the Free Trade Agreement. "Such a deal would send GCC-EU economic co-operation to new heights," Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry chairman Dr Essam Fakhro yesterday said.
Trade talks derail between EU, Andean bloc
12-Nov-2008 Dow Jones News
Talks for a trade agreement between the European Union and the Andean Community trade bloc have derailed, a top European Commission official said Tuesday.
Africans Should Confront ’’Blind Governments’’ on EPAs
11-Nov-2008
African governments came under fire for ‘‘blindly’’ negotiating the controversial economic partnership agreements (EPAs) and not making an effort to educate ‘‘ordinary people’’ on what they were negotiating.
Mandelson’s trade legacy puts forests and livelihoods at risk - new report
8-Nov-2008
African countries will be locked into an economic model based on the export of raw materials that could have a devastating impact on forests and wildlife, if new EU trade deals shaped by former trade commissioner Peter Mandelson are signed - according to a new report published by Friends of the Earth today (Monday 20 October 2008).
Tread carefully on trade talk with the EU
7-Nov-2008
An interesting new report on the trade and investment deals currently being negotiated between the European Union and the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries reiterates the need to revisit the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs).