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Southern Africa: Angola to join free trade in two years
15-Aug-2008     AllAfrica.com
Angola will join the Free Trade Area (FTA) of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) in two to three years time.
Cameroon regrets economic agreement with EU Commission
15-Aug-2008     Africa News
In what looks like crying over spilt milk, Cameroon's economic experts are spending sleepless nights seriously reflecting on the budgetary impact of the economic partnership agreement, EPA signed with the European Commission last December.
US family farmers applaud demise of Doha negotiations
15-Aug-2008     Common Dreams
"Farmers don't export. Archer Daniels Midland and Cargill do. The corporate commodity groups are continuing to push for bilateral FTAs with South Korea, Colombia and pushed for the recent Peru FTA. Meanwhile they also scheme to keep in place a broken US subsidy system that allows US farmers to be paid below cost of production and agribusiness to dump cheap commodities into overseas markets, displacing farmers from Mexico to Indonesia to Ghana to Haiti, with no benefit to US farmers."
Petrocaribe: New regional food firm
15-Aug-2008     Prensa Latina
The PetroCaribe meeting on agriculture held Tuesday adopted several accords to face the international food crisis, among them the creation of a regional foodstuff enterprise. The company named Alba Alimentos (Alba Foods, after Venezuela's integration initiative Alternativa Bolivariana de las Americas (ALBA)) will operate in member countries.
Andean Community approves reform without Bolivia - Peru-US free trade deal to move forward
14-Aug-2008     LIP
Peru's minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism, Mercedes Aráoz, announced on Thursday that the Andean Community of Nations (CAN) approved to modify the norm regarding intellectual property, which will allow Peru to implement the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States.
Reject JPEPA, leaders of 66 NGOs appeal
14-Aug-2008     PDI
In a letter to Philippine Senate President Manuel Villar, 66 NGO leaders from around the world joined calls from local NGOs urging the Senate not to approve what they describe as a “flawed treaty” that promotes trade of toxic wastes.
Uruguay: After Doha, FTA with the EU and NAFTA fails once again
13-Aug-2008     Radio Mundo Real
Trade agreements with big blocs like the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) or with the European Union have experienced a recent boost in Uruguay.
Group welcomes move to suspend Jpepa deliberations
13-Aug-2008     GMANews
A Filipino movement against “unfair" economic treaties on Wednesday welcomed Sen. Mar Roxas III's move to suspend deliberations on the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (Jpepa).
EU Parliament head discusses EU-Syria pact with Syrian president
13-Aug-2008     EJP
The President of the European Parliament, Hans-Gert Poettering, discussed the future signature of a EU-Syria Association Agreement, during a meeting on Sunday in Damascus with Syrian President Bashar Al Assad.
Labor to pursue bilateral FTAs
13-Aug-2008     The Australian
Kevin Rudd has vowed to "vigorously pursue" bilateral trade agreements on his latest swing through Asia following the collapse of the world free trade talks in Geneva.