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CEMAC, whither to with EPAs?
21-Jul-2007
"These are not free trade agreements in the way anyone understand them. They are development tools, trade and Aid working together to deliver sustainable growth" Peter Mandelson, EU Trade Commissioner. The above is one of the high profiled empty speeches, characteristic feature of EU trade diplomacy. When Mandelson made the above speech, I came to the conclusion that I have witnessed the highest degree of hypocrisy since I came into this planet earth.
Korea-EU FTA talks see differences over IPR & cars
21-Jul-2007 Chosun Ilbo
Already, the EU has shunned Korea’s request to include goods made in the inter-Korean industrial park in North Korea’s border city of Kaeseong in their potential FTA and requested Korea to introduce a system in which cafes and restaurants pay royalties to music producers and performers.
Philippines-Japan trade deal opposed
21-Jul-2007 AHN
A multi-sectoral group has renewed its opposition to a bilateral trade agreement between the Philippines and Japan by calling on the Philippine Senate not to ratify the deal when it opens session on Monday.
EPAs may stifle struggling flower industry
20-Jul-2007
Uganda’s flower industry needs government incentives and preferential European Union (EU) access to succeed, say members of the east African nation’s floricultural sector.
India-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce & Industry to be launched
20-Jul-2007
This Chamber is being launched by the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce & Industry and the Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry to provide a high-level forum for accelerating economic partnerships between the two countries.
Taiwan, US hold ’productive’ talks
20-Jul-2007
Taiwan and the United States completed bilateral talks under the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement in Washington, DC July 11. They agreed to launch the Consultative Committee on Agriculture, a new mechanism for dealing with bilateral food and agricultural issues.
Can biofuels become sustainable?
20-Jul-2007 European Voice
Sustainability and trade barriers in biofuels could be addressed through new economic partnership agreements (EPAs), which are currently being negotiated with countries from the African, Caribbean and Pacific bloc. “New EPAs and the EDF will provide a framework for action on trade in biofuels,” a spokesman for the European development commissioner said. “From 2008 onwards this issue will become much more visible.”
Oppose the US-Colombia FTA petition
20-Jul-2007 http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/...
The following letter was sent to members of the US Congress on April 23, 2007, with the signatures that appear to the right, under Petition Sponsor. Now it is your turn to add your signature to express your support of this letter and your opposition to the US-Colombia Free Trade Agreement. The petition with fresh signatures will be sent to members of the US Congress before the final ratification vote.
The militarization and annexation of North America
20-Jul-2007 OpEdNews
Besides the Bush administration’s imperial aims and permanent war on the world, add the one at home below the radar. It has a name: Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America.
Why they migrate
20-Jul-2007 PWW
In 2002 alone, 600 Mexican farmers per day were forced off the land due to NAFTA, by US agribusiness dumping subsidized food exports on Mexico. And in the past five years, more than 1,600 Mexican migrants have lost their lives in their attempts to find jobs in the US.
New Danish strategy targets free trade with emerging markets in Asia
20-Jul-2007 Ministry of Foreign Affairs
A new trade policy strategy from the Government of Denmark aims at supporting ambitious EU bilateral and regional free trade and investment agreements — especially with new growth markets in Asia.
Google’s free trade agenda
20-Jul-2007 Forbes
For the past several months, Google has been quietly lobbying the US government to include restrictions against Internet censorship as a stipulation in free trade agreements with other countries.
EPA threatens the Human Right to Food of peasant farmers in Ghana
20-Jul-2007
Import surges of tomato paste and chicken parts already have severe impact on the ability of Ghanaian peasant farmers to feed their families. Cuts in the levels of import tariffs on these products, through an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the EU, are likely to cause further violations of their Human Right to adequate Food.
Discord among delegations in EU trade negotiations
19-Jul-2007
With the European Union and South Korea starting their talks on a proposed free trade agreement (FTA) in Brussels, Korean negotiators remain divided over how to open the country’s market to one of the world’s largest economic blocks. The cacophony represents the fact that the government has not put in enough effort to gather consensus before negotiations began and only pushes for the conclusion of the economic deal in a hasty way.
Canada to negotiate free-trade deal with Caribbean
19-Jul-2007
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is expected to announce that Canada will begin negotiating a free-trade agreement with the 15 countries of the Caribbean Community.
Guatemala and Costa Rica: in and out of CAFTA
19-Jul-2007 IRC Americas Program
The growth in exports being celebrated by the Bank of Guatemala has nothing to do with CAFTA.
Guatemalans say US free trade costly
19-Jul-2007 Prensa Latina
One year after CAFTA-DR took effect in Guatemala, the Guatemalan Social Organizations Collective (COS) presented evidence on Wednesday that its alleged benefits are deceptive and false.
FTA push moves to top of Bush agenda
18-Jul-2007 The Gate
With the president’s top domestic priority — immigration overhaul — in tatters, the Bush administration is intensifying efforts to move its trade agenda on Capitol Hill, using national security as an argument for four free-trade deals it wants Congress to pass as quickly as possible.
Canadian and Colombian labour jointly reject trade talks
18-Jul-2007
In a joint statement, the largest labour federations in Canada and Colombia reject the announced trade negotiations between Canada, Colombia and Peru as “an extreme free-market trade and investment model which guarantees the rights of investors over the human, social, economic, cultural and labour rights of its citizens.”
EC grants Ecowas 44.8m Euros
18-Jul-2007
The European Commission has approved a total of 44.8 million Euros to support regional integration in West Africa over a period of five years, from 2007 to 2011.