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Danger and little democracy in new trade agreement with the US
17-Mar-2010     Online Opinion
Surveys have consistently shown that most Australians consider the Free Trade Agreement the Howard government signed with the US in 2004 was a bad deal. So why would any Australian government want another trade deal with the US?
US-SA free trade deal still on track
16-Mar-2010     Times Live
Negotiations for a free trade deal between the Southern African Customs Union and the US are not "dead and buried", a US Embassy official said yesterday.
Europe losing Caribbean’s support
16-Mar-2010     Fresh Plaza
The European Commission has made new trade concessions to Colombia, Peru and Central America on sugar, rice, bananas and rum that may well provoke a Caribbean protest -- indeed, a turning away
ECOWAS demands EU's commitment to development fund
16-Mar-2010    
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is urging the European Union (EU) to show real monetary commitment to a proposed development fund for the subregion.
Obama not likely to move for Korea FTA's ratification this year: scholar
16-Mar-2010    
The Obama administration will not likely move for ratification of the pending free trade deal with South Korea this year due to health care reform, the economy and other more pressing issues, a scholar said Monday.
Brazilian president in Israel to mark Mercosur FTA
16-Mar-2010     Globes
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio (Lula) da Silva met with President Shimon Peres in Jerusalem today and said that Brazil had given its final approval for a free trade agreement between Israel and the Mercosur bloc (Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay). The FTA will come into effect in April.
NGOs call for human rights protection in Colombia-EU FTA
16-Mar-2010     Colombia Reports
Several South American non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have called on the European Union to put better human rights provisions into its free trade agreement with Colombia
Asian business leaders call for deeper regional economic integration
16-Mar-2010     Kyodo News
Japan's biggest business lobby has been pushing for economic integration within the rapidly growing Asian region, as Japan turns to its neighbors to lift its own economy as it combats deflation.
Imminent EU-S. Korea trade deal will bring £500m benefit to British business
16-Mar-2010     FBT
A new UK government report outlines 100 business opportunities for British firms from the EU-Korea FTA
Trans-Pacific Partnership: A US entry to Asian integration
16-Mar-2010     WPR
The Asia-Pacific is one place where there's room for US exports to increase dramatically, and a growing TPP would certainly help on that score. However, free trade deals are never an easy sell, and they become tougher still when the domestic jobs picture is bleak.