22-Oct-2010
MercoPress
Members of the European Parliament expressed strong support for expanding trade with Mercosur but subject to clear “red lines” to ensure food security and prevent further environmental damage, said a resolution adopted on Thursday.
22-Oct-2010
Epoch Times
With the fifth round of talks in the proposed Canada-EU free trade agreement taking place this week in Ottawa, the National Farmers Union has launched a campaign against the deal, saying it threatens the democratic rights of Canadians.
21-Oct-2010
Le Devoir
English version of a letter published in Le Devoir on October 20, 2010, cosigned by Naomi Klein, José Bové, Maude Barlow, Susan George, etc.
21-Oct-2010
Yonhap
Business leaders from Korea and China agreed yesterday to cooperate for an early launch of free trade negotiations between the two countries, the Federation of Korean Industries said yesterday.
21-Oct-2010
PDI
"I believe that the time is ripe for the Philippines and the EU to look seriously at a possible bilateral FTA, not as an alternative to an EU-Asean FTA, but as an important building block towards that goal," says EU Ambassador Alistair MacDonald
20-Oct-2010
Messenger
On October 15 Georgian law enforcers detained Israeli businessmen offering Deputy Minister of Finance, Avtandil Kharadze USD 7 million for him to convince the Georgian Government not to challenge a decision of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID).
20-Oct-2010
Reuters
"This [deal] opens the door for Bolivians to have an international port, to the use of the ocean for global trade and for Bolivian products to have better access to global markets," Evo Morales said after signing the agreement.
20-Oct-2010
PCT
Despite much controversy, the Ma administration proceeded to sign an
Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement with China effective September 12, 2010, and Taiwanese people woke up to find themselves plunged into a post-ECFA era.
20-Oct-2010
AFP
An influential European business group on Tuesday called for a free trade pact with Taiwan, bolstered by the signing of a sweeping trade agreement between the island and China.
20-Oct-2010
LIP
Yesterday, Peruvian President Alan García said he wrote letters to the presidents of Panama, Chile, Colombia and Ecuador, proposing the regional integration of the five Pacific rim countries.
