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Vanaspati cools after edible oil import duty cut
25-Mar-2008    
The government move on lowering customs duty on edible oils for pushing down its prices has started yielding positive results. On the heels of getting a huge relief from reduced import duty on crude palm oil (CPO) from 45% to 20%, which serves as raw material of vanaspati, vegetable fat producers have slashed their product prices by Rs 4-5/kg.
Declaration: UNASUR Seminar: conflicting interests
25-Mar-2008     ALAI
The social networks, social organisations and trade unions gathered together at the seminar: "UNASUR: conflicting interests" held in Rio de Janeiro, 12-13 March 2008 and reached the following conclusions
A country for sale
25-Mar-2008     Fair Trade Alliance
Maraming nagugutom sa Pilipinas. Maraming walang lupang sinasaka. Maraming walang trabaho. Maraming naghihirap, isa sa bawat tatlong Pilipino sang ayon sa gobyerno mismo. Ang pangunahing dahilan sa paghihirap ay ang patuloy na pagguho ng industriya at agrikultura sa ilalim ng isang one-sided economic liberalization (lower tariffs, unchecked smuggling, missing safety nets, poor application of safeguard measures, trade-industry policy incoherence, high cost of doing business, etc.). Tanging remittances ng 10 milyong overseas Filipinos (contract workers at immigrants) ang bumubuhay sa bansa.
Cameroon to lose FCFA 1,036 billion to economic agreement
25-Mar-2008     AllAfrica.com
Experts have qualified the economic partnership agreement Cameroon signed with the European Union on December 17, 2007 as a veritable jinx that would inflict a heavy decline on customs revenue.
Colombian union leader builds opposition to free trade deal
25-Mar-2008     Workday Minnesota
Edgar Paez considers himself fortunate to be able to campaign across the United States this month against the proposed US-Colombia free trade deal. Twenty-two members of his union - assassinated for their activism - weren't so lucky.
Paraguayan opp candidate: No FTA with US
24-Mar-2008    
Fernando Lugo, presidential candidate for Paraguayan opposition Alianza Patriotica para el Cambio showed himself against a Free Trade Agreement with the US in case he wins the elections.
Kenya: How country's economy survived the EPA threat
24-Mar-2008    
Kenya signed an interim trade pact with the European Union in mid November to save its domestic and foreign investors who would have preferred to relocate to lowly ranked neighbouring states in the region, a senior official has disclosed.
Lobbyists meet in Uganda to press for 'just' EPAs
24-Mar-2008    
Ahead of another round of negotiations to conclude the economic partnership agreements with the European Union, civil society from East and Southern Africa meet in Kampala this week to take a common position on the remaining issues -- services, agriculture, investment, competition and government procurement.
Emerson defends Colombia, says Korea trade talks could fail
24-Mar-2008    
Free trade talks between Canada and South Korea have hit some serious roadblocks and could end in failure, Trade Minister David Emerson said Tuesday.
New Zealand proposes FTA with India
24-Mar-2008    
New Zealand has proposed to have a free trade agreement (FTA) with India. It also wants that India import wine, dairy and timber products to boost the bilateral trade between the two countries to more than 616 million NZ dollars.