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Commerce ministry opposes China FTA
9-Feb-2008     Business Standard
India's commerce ministry has endorsed India Inc's stand against signing a free trade agreement (FTA) with China until it becomes a market economy that follows transparent pricing of manufactured goods and services.
Tokyo ready to reopen FTA talks with Seoul: report
8-Feb-2008     Yonhap
The Japanese government hopes to reopen free trade negotiations with South Korea that have been stalled for over three years due to differences between the two sides, a Japanese newspaper said Friday.
Mexicans say: Integrate this!
8-Feb-2008     FPIF
Despite various and sometimes divergent interests, the Mexican campaign against NAFTA is finding a focus.
Why Afro-Colombians oppose the Colombia FTA
8-Feb-2008     The Hill
The US-Colombia Free Trade Agreement is considered a non-starter in the US Congress because the country is the world's deadliest for union activists. Less known, but equally disturbing is the systematic violence now confronting Afro-Colombians.
Mexican farmers protest NAFTA hardships
8-Feb-2008     PWW
Mexico's President Felipe Calderon is moving to implement a new wave of “neoliberal” policies which are being repudiated by numerous other Latin American countries.
ANC MP accuses EU of ‘recolonising' Africa
7-Feb-2008     Business Day
The biannual meeting of European and South African parliamentarians to discuss South Africa-EU relations got off to a rocky start yesterday when a top African National Congress MP accused the Europeans of recolonising Africa through EPAs.
US signing FTA with Kuwait only a matter of time: Gutierrez
7-Feb-2008     Arab Times
"We are just waiting for the right conditions in place to sign a free trade agreement with Kuwait," said US Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez said on Wednesday, adding that an FTA with Egypt remains "an opportunity" and one with Libya "early" despite ongoing talks with Tripoli.
From NAFTA to the SPP: Here comes the Security and Prosperity Partnership, but--what security? whose prosperity?
7-Feb-2008     Dollars and Sense
Designed to shore up the United States' weakening position as a global hegemon, the SPP's primary goals are to link economic integration of the three NAFTA countries to US security needs; deepen U.S. access to oil, gas, electricity, and water resources throughout the continent; and to provide a privileged-and institutionalized-role for transnational corporations in continental deregulation. The stakes for labor, the environment, and civil liberties in all three countries couldn't be higher. Yet because of the SPP's reliance on executive authority to push the agenda, many of the SPP's initiatives remain virtually invisible, even to many activists.
Govt may face ‘claims worth billions' from foreign firms
7-Feb-2008     Engineering News
Foreign companies operating in South Africa that have lost production and ultimately profit as a result of the power supply crisis might be able to sue the government under bilateral investment treaties
The lies behind free trade
7-Feb-2008     Prensa Latina
Rich countries preach free markets and free trade to the poor countries in order to capture larger shares of the latter's markets and preempt the emergence of possible competitors, says Cambridge economist Ha-Joon Chang.