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India, Brazil have reasons to join hands
4-Jun-2007 Economic Times
The India-Brazil strategic partnership formalised in September last year during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s tour of the South American country will be reinforced this week with specific inputs on trade and technology, according to official sources.
JPEPA: Fair trade?
3-Jun-2007 UP Forum
New RP-Japan trade pact may just spell false hopes for Filipino health care workers.
Consolidation of the India-Brazil strategic partnership
3-Jun-2007
The meaning of my visit to India - the second one since my election as the President of Brazil - is to reiterate our readiness to forge a strategic alliance between our countries as I announced during my inaugural address in 2003. The visit of Prime-Minister Manmohan Singh to Brasilia in 2006 has greatly contributed to reinforce this partnership.
Trade facilitation under the SAFTA
3-Jun-2007
Business houses in South Asian region are seeking specific timeframe to remove bottlenecks that hinder trade and investment in the SAARC region. It is sad to note that whatever developments take place in the business and political forums; those are not implemented at the operation level.
Greater discussion needed with civil society on EPAs
3-Jun-2007
While the labour movement supports the negotiation of Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) between the Caribbean and the European Union (EU), there must be greater discussion with trade unions and civil society, and specially included treatment for women.
Trade challenges for Dominican Republic
3-Jun-2007
On paper, the Dominican Republic is one of most dynamic countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. Last year the economy of this country of 9 million people, which shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti, expanded at 10 percent. Politically the Dominican Republic is seen as one of the region’s most stable democracies.
India`s ASEAN offer alive to concerns of plantation sector`
3-Jun-2007
India’s latest offer on duty cuts under the proposed FTA with ASEAN addresses long-term concerns of tea, coffee and pepper producers who are embarking on a major replantation drive, government has said.
Iraq, Jordan to sign free-trade agreement
3-Jun-2007 Azzaman
Iraq and Jordan are in talks for a free-trade agreement to boost commercial ties between the countries.
Congress weighs future of Andean trade scheme
2-Jun-2007
U.S. lawmakers have begun talks on whether to extend a 15-year-old trade preference program for Andean countries while free trade deals with Colombia and Peru remain up in the air, congressional aides said on Wednesday.
Mercosur, “an illusion of integration”; Brazil no longer leads
2-Jun-2007
Latinamerica has never been so divided, Mercosur is but an illusion of integration and Brazil has lost its leadership and convergence capacity according to former Brazilian president Fernando Henrique Cardoso who ruled from 1995 to 2000.
Dominican car buyers still await Free Trade’s lower prices
2-Jun-2007
The local automotive market hasn’t benefited in the 3 months of the since the Dr-Cafta trade pact took effect, said the ex-president of Acofave, which groups the auto maker’s representatives.
Washington not trying to re-negotiate US-S Korea FTA: Cutler
2-Jun-2007
A senior US trade official said Friday that putting Washington’s new trade policies into a tentatively-reached free trade agreement (FTA) with South Korea does not constitute "re-negotiations."
Interview: Singapore’s Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew hails China-ASEAN ties
1-Jun-2007
Singapore’s founding leader Lee Kuan Yew said Thursday that the China-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) reached in 2002 offers ASEAN countries an opportunity to ride on China’s fast economic growth.
SADC and Comesa move closer on trade deals
1-Jun-2007
Three African trade blocs from southern and East Africa are moving closer to align and harmonise trade rules for increased integration, a conference resolved on Monday.
Manila militants urge incoming senators to reject Philippine-Japan trade pact
31-May-2007
Manila-based militant group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamalakay ng Pilipinas on Tuesday urged incoming senators to reject the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement, which they described as the "second Japanese occupation of the Philippines."
India, Sri Lanka negotiating CEPA
31-May-2007
India and Sri Lanka are working on upgrading their economic relations through a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement that would expand the existing FTA to include trade in services and encourage investment.
The help of a free-trade agreement
31-May-2007
For the next 10 months, the US and China will be following Taiwanese politics closely. Economic differences between political parties will be an issue — most importantly how they affect Taiwan’s political future. At the same time, Taiwan and China will be watching how the US pursues its geopolitical interests in relation to both of them.
Bilateral trade between Algeria, EU registers huge imbalance
31-May-2007 People’s Daily
Algeria has experienced a rapid increase of imports from, and low exports to, the other side of the Mediterranean after signing the Algeria-European Union (EU) association agreement in September 2005.
EU-Brazil: Commission proposes Strategic Partnership
31-May-2007 EUROPA
The European Commission proposes to address trade and investment issues of specific bilateral relevance between the EU and Brazil that complement EU-Mercosur FTA discussions.
Korean trade agreement: Threat to public health
31-May-2007 News Release Wire
The US-Korea Free Trade Agreement (KORUS) continues the practice of corporate hijacking global trade negotiations to the benefit of transnational drug and tobacco companies, and at the expense of people’s health. It threatens core protections for public health, long under fire from NAFTA’s notorious Chapter 11.