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FTA between EU and New Zealand called for
New Zealand’s High Commissioner has called for a free trade agreement between his country and the European Union so there can be increased trade in meat.
Free trade: Bilateral and multilateral negotiations dangerous for financial regulation and taxation
Financial services -- both in terms of market access and how they are regulated -- are a critical issue in the EU-US FTA (TTIP) talks. Analysis from WEED and SOMO.
Inversiones, transnacionales y desarrollo: el caso de Uruguay
El contexto actual, pasados ocho años de gobierno del Frente Amplio en Uruguay, es particularmente propicio para reflexionar acerca de las diversas condicionantes para la aplicación de estrategias de desarrollo económico, productivo y social.
Farmers’ strike in Colombia highlights impact of free trade deal on local communities
Radio interview with Julia Duranti, with Witness for Peace. The group works in some of the hardest-hit regions for farmers in Colombia.
US Pacific Island Country trade and development agreement being explored
In July 2013, Pacific Island Country Trade Ministers called on the Pacific Forum Secretariat to give priority to trade and economic cooperation discussions with the United States.
Seoul, Beijing agree on basic guidelines for FTA negotiations
South Korea and China have reached an agreement on the modality or basic guidelines for their negotiations on a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA), the Seoul government said Friday.
Colombian workers and farmers take on global neoliberalism
The wave of strikes and demonstrations is not only the most significant social movement in decades in Colombia. It is currently the most broadly based challenge to the global neo-liberal project.
Transatlantic alliance to cost Turkey ‘$20 billion’
Turkey’s exclusion from the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) of the US and the EU would cause 2.5 percent of its national income to melt, a recently published study shows
Dhaka keen to join a free-trade move
The government of Bangladesh has already taken up its desire to join the Trans Pacific Partnership talks through its embassy in Washington