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Farmers of La Via Campesina mobilize in Madrid against EU's neoliberal trade agenda!
18-May-2010    
The only beneficiaries of Europe's free trade agreements are the same transnational corporations and international financial investors which have caused the current economic, social, environmental and political crisis.
EU, C. America reach free trade deal: EU
18-May-2010     AFP
Central American countries and the European Union have reached a free trade agreement in talks in the Spanish capital, an EU official told AFP on Tuesday.
EU, Mercosur agree to resume free trade talks
18-May-2010     AFP
The EU and South America trading bloc Mercosur agreed Monday to resume talks aimed at reaching a free trade agreement which were suspended in 2004, despite opposition from key European nations including France.
Trade chief says RP needs to catch up in talks with Europe
18-May-2010     Business World
The Philippines' next round of PCA negotiations with the EU in June may be the last, giving rise to FTA negotiations afterward.
Meat and Wool NZ want free trade deal with Korea
17-May-2010     Radio NZ
Meat & Wool New Zealand is anxious to see a free trade agreement with South Korea completed as soon as possible so that this country's beef trade can compete on an equal footing there.
The Korea-US FTA and the Trans-Pacific Partnership
17-May-2010     Chosun Ilbo
While the Korea-US Free Trade Agreement continues to languish, US President Barack Obama is energetically pursuing a new US trade agreement with Asia -- the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Notes on the Association Agreements with the European Union
17-May-2010    
The EU proposes that the parties be empowered to collaborate on the practical implementation of domestic rules regulating access to genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge, innovations, and practices on their territories, so as to guarantee compliance with those provisions. This is a case of interference with national sovereignty, unquestionably for the benefit of European pharmaceutical corporations.
Biodiversity in the FTAs with the USA and Europe: the crisis of the Andean integration process
17-May-2010     Revista Semillas
While the Andean countries initially called for a balance to be struck between IPRs and the Andean countries’ interests – in particular education, culture, research, access to medicines, public health, food security, environmental protection, access to information, and technology transfer – Europe has insisted on measures to further entrench the intellectual property protection aspects of regional integration.
EU, Latam to talk trade, boycott threat looms
17-May-2010     Reuters
The European Union will seek to conclude trade agreements with several Latin American countries and revive stalled negotiations with others when 60 European and Latin America countries meet this week in Madrid.
Canada free trade agreement with Panama signed
16-May-2010     Suite 101
A key benefit of the agreement is that Canadian businesses will now be able to bid on projects that the Panamanian government finances.