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Trade experts opt for liberal trade regime...reject EPA’s and opts for GSP
27-Apr-2007
Advocacy groups in the country have recommended to the country’s negotiating team in the new trade agreement with the European Union to opt for a more liberal trade pact known as the Generalised System of Preferences plus-scheme.
Woolf lobbies Brussels on Asian liberalisation
27-Apr-2007
Law Society president Fiona Woolf is visiting Brussels today to lobby the European Commission on the liberalisation of legal services in Asia.
EPAs Should Be Subjected to Electoral Test
27-Apr-2007
"Here is a free trade agreement between rich and poor countries in which the former is trying to impose a reciprocal system of trade on the latter, with major consequences for poor people."
Rudd and the art of war
27-Apr-2007
In an age when the new superpower will be China, much has been written about Kevin Rudd becoming Australia’s first Sinophile prime minister.
Trade policy for five years suggested
27-Apr-2007
Trade bodies and associations have asked the government to pursue trade policy for at least three to five years and implement it in letter and spirit.
India seeks Canada’s help in early conclusion of FTA
27-Apr-2007
India has sought Canada’s help in early conclusion of a Free Trade Agreement with it and said the pact would bring a new era of economic relations between the two countries.
Unions back ALP to negotiate China FTA
27-Apr-2007
Unions have given Labor the go ahead to negotiate a free trade deal with China after the ALP agreed to address fears about potential job losses in Australia.
Businesses in Costa Rica opine on trade agreement with European Union
27-Apr-2007 Tico Times
Costa Rican business leaders are being given a chance to opine on an association agreement between Central American and the European Union before these two regions begin negotiating the agreement in Brussels, Belgium, in June.
Union solidarity forces new look at Colombia trade deal
27-Apr-2007 People’s Weekly World
Prospects for passage of Bush’s free trade agreement (FTA) with Colombia are dwindling in the face of pressure on Congress from U.S. and Colombian unions coupled with widespread reports of anti-labor atrocities, and new evidence of Colombian paramilitary and government collusion with the violent union repression.
Uruguay/US trade and investment talks in Washington
27-Apr-2007 MercoPress
Uruguay and United States resumed on Thursday trade and investment talks in Washington with the purpose of increasing bilateral exchanges.
EPA may "destroy" Malawi’s manufacturing potential
27-Apr-2007 IPS
Economic circles in eastern and southern Africa are abuzz with discussions about the advantages and disadvantages of the economic partnership agreement (EPA) which governments of these countries are negotiating with the European Union (EU).
A matter of political will: How the European Union can maintain market access for African, Caribbean and Pacific countries in the absence of Economic Partnership Agreements
27-Apr-2007
The European Commission has threatened 76 of the world’s poorest countries with lower access to the EU market if they fail to sign new trade deals known as Economic Partnerhip Agreements (EPAs) by the end of 2007. But the threats are not justified.
South Africa: EU agreement has "not been beneficial"
26-Apr-2007 IPS
A senior member of parliament of the ruling African National Congress (ANC), Ben Turok, says the existing trade agreement between South Africa and the European Union (EU) has not benefited his country.
Primer on RP-China Agreements: Legal Objections and Remedies
26-Apr-2007
Presents a brief summary of RP-CHINA Agreements, the legal objections and the Legal Remedies available.
AMWU warns China free trade deal risks 170,000 jobs
26-Apr-2007 Queenland Business Review
The Australian Manufacturing Workers Union’s analysis of a potential free trade agreement between Australia and China predicts around 170,000 job losses in manufacturing if the agreement goes ahead. Since implementing previous agreements with the US, Thailand and Singapore, AMWU says an estimated 26,000 jobs have been lost as a result, almost all in the manufacturing sector.
S. Korea to make quick decision on free trade talks with China
25-Apr-2007
South Korea will quickly decide whether or not to launch negotiations for free trade agreements (FTA) with China, Australia and Gulf states, the nation’s top economic policymaker said Wednesday.
Free trade agreements come in for criticism
25-Apr-2007
Bahrain yesterday said it was a “shame” to allow agricultural issues to upstage the WTO negotiations, while Iran held that the increasing free trade pacts have undermined inter-regional dialogues and called for a regional economic and security council.
Corporate accountability: Is self regulation the answer?
25-Apr-2007 countercurrents.org
The globalization of trade and investment flows has been paralleled by the emergence of Codes of Conduct. Although the first corporate code of conduct was created by the International Chamber of Commerce in 1949, the 1990s witnessed a plethora of voluntary codes and corporate social responsibility guidelines.
Malaysian trade talks stall on GM labelling
25-Apr-2007 FoodNavigator.com
The labelling of genetically modified (GM) goods within Malaysia has come further under the spotlight this week as the industry remains torn between its proposed bio-safety laws and free trade agreements between the US.
Japan, Middle Eastern states seek to end FTA talks by early 2008
25-Apr-2007 Kyodo
Japan and a group of six Middle Eastern oil producers, including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, will aim at concluding their negotiations on a free trade agreement by early 2008, Japanese officials said Tuesday.