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Caricom hopes to renegotiate EPA
13-Aug-2008     Jamaica Observer
Caribbean Community (Caricom) countries will sign the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with Europe on September 2 as planned, but they are still hoping to renegotiate the deal afterwards, Caricom Chairman Baldwin Spencer has said.
‘EU is getting flexible on EPAs'
13-Aug-2008     New Era
Namibia is ready to put behind the unpleasant treatment it received from European Union negotiators during last year's marathon negotiations on Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), which resulted in the country's refusal to sign until its protests were heard.
Colombia as a Model for Latin America
12-Aug-2008     Dissident Voice
The US free trade agreement and the state and paramilitary violence in Colombia are part of the same project
Jpepa will worsen food crisis - group
12-Aug-2008     GMA News
The food crisis hounding the Philippines today may escalate if the government embarks on a full-scale liberalization of the economy under the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (Jpepa), according to food security advocates.
Overfishing linked to food crisis, migration
12-Aug-2008     AllAfrica.com
According to a recent report by the nongovernmental organisation ActionAid, West African seas are being devastated by legal and illegal overfishing, while local fishing industries decline. Moreover, the economic partnership agreements in their currently proposed form only exacerbate this problem.
Guyanese Government to host public EPA consultations
12-Aug-2008     Barbados Advocate
Weeks ago President of Guyana, Bharrat Jagdeo, announced his scepticism on signing the Economic Partnership Agreement trade deal with the European Community. Now it has been revealed that the Guyanese government will be hosting public consultations on the proposed arrangement come the beginning of September.
Human rights, rule of law sticky issues in RP-EU pact
12-Aug-2008     Business Mirror
THE Philippines is seeking to settle sticky issues in the proposed partnership cooperation agreement (PCA) with the European Union which include government's commitments to uphold human rights and rule of law in the country before the Asia Europe Meeting (Asem) Summit in Beijing in October this year.
Pakistan, US to resume stalled negotiations on BIT soon: US official
11-Aug-2008     APP
Pakistan and the United States have agreed to resume stalled negotiations on Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT), with the objective of deepening their strategic relations in various fields, a senior US official said Monday.
Australia seeks regional free trade deal
11-Aug-2008     The Age
Australia is hopeful of an early conclusion to a regional free trade agreement (FTA) with intensive negotiations underway, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith says. The potential deal between Australia, New Zealand and Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) was discussed at bilateral talks between Smith and his Indonesian counterpart Hassan Wirajuda in Jakarta on Monday.
Labour leaders report back: No to Colombia FTA
11-Aug-2008     rabble
We visited Colombia from July 18-25 on behalf of one million Canadian public sector workers. Our mission was to see for ourselves whether our opposition to the Canada-Colombia free trade agreement was justified. What we saw and learned confirmed that we are right to oppose this deal and to speak out against it on behalf of Colombian workers and their families.