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EU-Ghana interim EPA (2008)
19-Jul-2008    
ASEAN to push for free trade deals: document
18-Jul-2008     AFP
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations is expected to endorse a continued push for free trade agreements with Australia & New Zealand, the EU and India during talks this weekend, a draft document said Friday.
US-EAC TIFA (2008)
18-Jul-2008    
Guyana asks for more time on EPA
17-Jul-2008     Caribbean World News
The Guyana government wants more time to consider "troubling" aspects of the Economic Partnership Agreement with the EU. "No Government can be deaf to the outcry of important groups in its society," Guyana's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carolyn Rodrigues, said. "We are democracies, not command economies. If our populations do not believe the agreement is in their interest, if they believe it has been imposed upon them, it will not work."
'SC ruling on JPEPA may lead to one-sided trade deals'
17-Jul-2008     ABS-CBN
The No Deal! Movement, which has actively campaigned against the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement said that the Supreme Court decision to uphold secrecy of Philippine government negotiations over trade deals "will set a dangerous precedent, legitimizing the marginalization of ordinary Filipinos from having access to pertinent information on economic treaties such as JPEPA that will have a deep impact on their interest and livelihood"
US signs trade pacts with African countries
17-Jul-2008     Reuters
The United States signed a pair of agreements on Wednesday to boost trade and investment ties with countries in southern and eastern Africa, the US Trade Representative's office said.
US, African countries sign first trade agreement
17-Jul-2008     Xinhua
Trade ministers from the United States and the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) signed Wednesday their first Trade, Investment and Development Cooperation Agreement (TIDCA).
Intellectual property in the EPA: Broad scope huge impact - Part II
17-Jul-2008     Jamaica Observer
Jamaica enacted legislation for the protection of GIs through the Protection of Geographical Indications Act of 2004. However, protection under the law strictly complies with the standards laid out in the TRIPS Agreement and does not contemplate the "TRIPS plus" and "TRIPS extra" elements incorporated in the EPA.
EU-CAN negotiations: Biodiversity in the crosshairs
16-Jul-2008     Radio Mundo Real
Bolivia's position on intellectual property rights, on the one hand, and biodiversity, on the other, had earlier put a damper on Colombia and Peru's drive to sign a trade deal with the US and is now affecting that to reach one with "the 27".
Palestine in the Middle East: Opposing neoliberalism and US power
16-Jul-2008     The Bullet
It is not merely the depth of suffering or length of exile that makes the Palestinian struggle an imperative of international solidarity in the current period. It is also the central location of the struggle within the broader context of global resistance to imperialism and neoliberalism. At the heart of this regional framework is the intrinsic relationship between the development of neoliberal capitalism in the Middle East and normalization of relations with Israel. All of the efforts of the US and their client regimes in the region are aimed at promoting these.