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Investment a likely hotbed in FTA talk
1-Jul-2008
Canberra’s decision — or non-decision — about Sinosteel’s move on Murchison came as less of a surprise within China than it did in Australia.
More than 100 injured in SKorea beef protests
29-Jun-2008 AFP
South Korean police clashed violently with protesters opposing US beef imports in Seoul, leaving more than 100 people injured
S Korea, EU to hold minister-level talks on FTA
29-Jun-2008 Xinhua
Trade ministers from South Korea and the European Union will meet next week to resolve contentious issues such as auto trade and rules of origin in their free trade negotiations
India, Indonesia close to sorting differences in ASEAN FTA
29-Jun-2008 PTI
India is believed to be working out a trade off with Indonesia on palm oil, the last hurdle to a Free Trade Agreement that New Delhi has been negotiating with ASEAN for several years.
Sacu, EU to sign interim economic partnership agreement next week
28-Jun-2008 Engineering News
The Southern African Customs Union plans to sign an interim economic partnership agreement with the European Union next week. At the end of 2007, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and Swaziland had all decided to initiate an Interim EPA with the EU, but South Africa had decided against. The union on Friday said all five of its members were now working together, and that the union intended to sign an interim EPA with the EU by July 1.
Mexico seeks combined FTA with Central American countries
28-Jun-2008 Xinhua
Mexico has begun negotiations with several Central American countries to merge its three individual Free Trade Agreements (FTA) with them into a single one
Japan, Switzerland in last-minute talks on free trade accord
27-Jun-2008 TMC Net
Japan and Switzerland continued last-minute negotiations Friday on a broad agreement to liberalize bilateral trade. They had planned to strike a deal Friday, but some differences apparently remain regarding how to liberalize imports of Swiss agricultural products to Japan.
Opposition parties launch campaigns to nullify beef announcement
27-Jun-2008 Hankyoreh
South Korea’s opposition parties declared the official announcement to resume imports of US beef null and void and launched a series of campaigns to have it withdrawn. Opposition party members have also proposed plans to hold a national referendum on the beef agreement and plan to seek other forms of legal action against it.
New protests as South Korea checks US beef for import
27-Jun-2008 Reuters
Militant protesters blocked trucks from leaving warehouses for a second day on Friday as South Korea resumed quarantine checks on US beef imports, moving to bring the product to market for the first time in nine months.
RI warned of toxic waste from Japan
27-Jun-2008 Jakarta Post
Environmental groups have warned that Japan could "dispose waste" in Indonesia under an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) the countries signed last year.
ASEAN SecGen urges early entry into force of ASEAN-Japan Trade and Economic Pact
27-Jun-2008 PIA
The Secretary-General of ASEAN Dr. Surin Pitsuwan welcomed the ratification of the ASEAN-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership (AJCEP) Agreement by the Japanese Diet on June 21.
EU multi-level trade policy: neither coherent nor development-friendly
26-Jun-2008
The EU is demanding far-reaching trade concessions by developing countries which will help to increase their vulnerability. To merely include some paragraphs that all parties will respect and promote human and worker’s rights is just plain insufficient.
RP fishers buck EU-ASEAN free trade deal
26-Jun-2008
A group of small-scale fishers in the Philippines is against a free trade deal between the European Union (EU) and Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
’Loophole’ revealed in US ban on downer cattle
26-Jun-2008 OhMyNews
On June 25, the Humane Society released a new investigative report showing extremely sick dairy cows being dragged and shocked in order to move them into an auction ring in the United States
USDA signs agreement with Philippines on agricultural cooperation
26-Jun-2008 USDA FAS
The agreement standardizes food safety regulations, rural development, biotechnology, and product distribution and marketing.
Final declaration of International Conference on Peasants’ Rights
26-Jun-2008 Via Campesina
We face patterns of violations of our rights, by the crimes committed by TNCs and by Free-Trade Agreements (FTAs). In order to address these patterns of violations, we need specific provisions and mechanisms to fully protect our rights.
Gov’t announces publication of sanitary conditions for US beef
26-Jun-2008 Hankyoreh
Protests erupt across South Korea with 100 arrests made, potential for clashes at cold storage warehouses increases
US to remain ’absolutely committed’ to BIT with India
26-Jun-2008 Economic Times
Washington has said that it remains "absolutely committed" to a bilateral investment treaty with New Delhi.
Petition: Suspend EU-Israel Association Agreement
26-Jun-2008 Petitionsite
Sign this petition which calls for an immediate suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement and any further trade between Israel and EU Member States in protest against Israel’s continued violation of human rights of the Palestinian people.
Jamaica to sign EPA with Europe
26-Jun-2008 Radio Jamaica
Prime Minister Bruce Golding has announced that Jamaica is to sign the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with Europe on July 15. But he added that the signing could be called off if there is wide scale opposition.