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India: After Asean, trade pacts with Japan, Korea on the cards
5-Sep-2008     Business Standard
After successfully sealing the talks for a free trade agreement (FTA) covering goods with the Association of South East Asian nations (Asean), India is pushing on the pedal to wind up negotiations for two Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreements (CEPAs) involving free trade of goods, services and investments with Japan and South Korea.
China-Singapore: Free trade accord reached
5-Sep-2008     ST
The bilateral FTA is broader and deeper than the Asean-China Free Trade Agreement, whose investment component still remains to be settled.
Singapore, China announce successful conclusion of FTA talks
5-Sep-2008     Channel News Asia
Singapore and China have successfully completed negotiations for the China-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (CSFTA). It is the first comprehensive bilateral Free Trade Agreement concluded by China with an Asian country.
Sayonara JPEPA
5-Sep-2008     YouTube
Filipinos say no to the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement
Standing firm and acting together against EPAs!
5-Sep-2008    
The EPAs are not fundamentally concerned about African development but are designed to further the geo-economic aims of the ‘Global Europe' strategy being pushed from Brussels in the interest of European corporations and capital. Declaration from Africa Trade Network.
Free trade or false logic? Exploring the Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement
5-Sep-2008     The Dominion
If the FTA between Canada and Colombia is not so much about lowering tariffs and improving market access for Colombian exporters, what are the benefits of this kind of agreement, and to which economic sectors will these benefits flow?
Indonesia experience debunks claims of JPEPA advocates of increased economic gains
4-Sep-2008     IBON
As proponents of the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) continue to warn against the possibility of being left out if the pact is not ratified, the experience of Indonesia shows that its own bilateral deal with Japan has not resulted in increased economic gains.
The Southern Bank: the result of the struggle of movements
4-Sep-2008     Choike
The Southern Bank is not just a bank, not even a further development bank. It is the expression of the struggle against a model that takes out resources from the poorest nations. If this bank no longer manages to represent such expression and becomes more of the same, the movement will have a new institution to resist.
Central America, the Caribbean and the impact of the European trade agenda
4-Sep-2008     RMR
Latin American businessmen have long been lobbying for free trade agreements with the EU.
Jamaica: EPA debate sparks Opposition walkout of Parliament
4-Sep-2008     Radio Jamaica
A marathon debate on the contentious Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) Bill ended in disarray in Jamaica Tuesday night after Members of the Opposition walked out of Parliament. The walkout was the first of its kind in almost 30 years but it failed to prevent the passage of the Bill which was done before the end of the sitting.