EU
European Union
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14-Sep-2004 ABS-CBN News
EU puts on hold free-trade deal with ASEAN bloc
The proposed free-trade agreement (FTA) between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the European Union (EU) have temporarily been placed on the back burner after European countries have made it clear that they would father pursue a multilateral trade scheme under the auspices of the World Trade Organization (WTO).
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14-Sep-2004 Indymedia Paris / Ile de France
European Imperialism and Free Trade
The European Union is on the verge of implementing a series of free trade agreements and is leading a trade policy that can hold its own against the American policy.
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14-Sep-2004 Indymedia Paris / Ile de France
L’impérialisme européen et le libre-échange
L’Union européenne est sur le point de mettre en place une série d’ accords de libre-échange et mène une politique commerciale offensive qui n’a rien à envier à la politique américaine.
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12-Sep-2004
Our negotiators in the EPA with EU have to stand their ground
Negotiators in the expected Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA) with European Union (EU) will have to stand their ground if they are to give Namibia a better deal from the EU, -more especially if they do not want to give the country a replica of the Free Trade Area (FTA) component, to which the country is already subjected, under the Trade Development and Cooperation Agreement (TDCA) that the EU has with South Africa.
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11-Sep-2004 Jakarta Post
’Singapore issues’ part of EU’s trade agenda: Lamy
Investment, competition policies, and transparency in government procurement emerged during a recent meeting between trade ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the European Union aimed at seeking ways to boost trade and economic cooperation between the two regions.
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11-Sep-2004 Fiji Broadcasting Corporation Limited
Fiji: NGOs want more consultation
Non-Governmental Organisation’s and regional civil society organizations are concerned that not enough thought is being given to trade agreements, says coordinator Stanley Simpson.
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9-Sep-2004
EU to open trade negotiations with Pacific region
The European Union will open talks this week to try to reach an economic agreement with the Pacific region, a big producer of sugar, the bloc’s executive said on Wednesday.
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9-Sep-2004
Civil Society statement on EPA between Pacific ACP states and EU
Statement of civil society organizations from workshop on negotiations for an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the Pacific ACP states and the European Union, 7 September 2004, Suva.
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8-Sep-2004
Singapore Fast Track To EU Trade Pact
SINGAPORE businesses could soon see improved access to markets in the 25-nation European Union (EU) whose 450 million consumers account for more than a quarter of world trade.
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7-Sep-2004
Enforcement of international trade regimes between the European Union (EU) and the Common Market of the South (MERCOSUR)?
Since the end of 1999 the Common Market of the South (MERCOSUR) and the European Union (EU) have been negotiating a biregional free trade agreement. Apart from the two initial negotiation pillars, “political dialogue” and “cooperation,” the negotiations are about the liberalization of market access.
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3-Sep-2004
Megawati urges SE Asia to embrace FTA
Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri has urged ASEAN to move ahead in forging free-trade agreements with non-members, including Australia.
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1-Sep-2004 EU-SA Trade Deal Set for a Tune-Up, Not an Overhaul
EU-SA trade deal set for a tune-up
It has been almost five years since SA and the European Union (EU) last sealed a bilateral trade agreement and the current deal comes up for review in November.
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28-Aug-2004 EU insists on WMD clause in Syria accord -Fischer
EU insists on WMD clause in Syria accord -Fischer
The European Union wants to sign a trade and aid pact that may ease Syria’s diplomatic isolation, but only if Damascus agrees to renounce weapons of mass destruction, Germany’s foreign minister said on Saturday.
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27-Aug-2004 EU, Israel resolve trade dispute over settlements
EU, Israel resolve trade dispute over settlements
Goods produced in Israeli settlements in the West Bank and Gaza Strip will no longer be allowed to enter the European Union tariff-free under an agreement initialed on Thursday.
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26-Aug-2004
Infected by the bilateral bug
On the long trek to a fairer world for New Zealand exporters, 2003 was a year of one step forward, two steps back.
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24-Aug-2004 Le Seco étudie la création d’une zone de libre-échange avec les Etats-Unis
Suisse: La Seco étudie la création d’une ZLE avec les Etats-Unis
Le Secrétariat d’Etat à l’économie réfléchit aux différentes possibilités d’intensifier les échanges américano-suisses, dont un accord commercial global.
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17-Aug-2004 Al-Ahram Weekly
Hold your breath
Arabs have been trying for decades to establish some sort of economic cooperation between them, but without much luck.
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11-Aug-2004 UE-Mercosur: reinician negociaciones para acuerdo de libre comercio
UE-Mercosur: reinician negociaciones para acuerdo de libre comercio
La Unión Europea y el Mercosur inician hoy en Brasilia el último tramo de negociaciones técnicas con el objetivo de destrabar las diferencias y alcanzar un acuerdo bilateral de libre comercio antes del 30 de octubre, plazo fijado por el cronograma.
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7-Aug-2004 EU deal in ’Made in Israel’ row
EU deal in ’Made in Israel’ row
Agreement has been reached in a wrangle between the European Commission and Israel over goods made in Palestinian territories in the West Bank and Gaza.
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7-Aug-2004 EU, Syria compromise on strength of WMD clause
EU, Syria compromise on strength of WMD clause
The European Union has "somewhat diluted" a clause calling on Syria to revoke its alleged weapons of mass destruction (WMD) program which has been blocking the signing of a joint political and economic pact, a European diplomat said Tuesday.
