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Investmt treaty threat to sovereignty, environment
5-Feb-2008     Scoop
The NZ Green Party is calling on Labour to halt discussions on an investment treaty because of the threat the treaty poses to our sovereignty and our environmental standards. This follows the announcement today that the United States is seriously considering joining negotiations about an investment treaty between the P4 treaty partners of New Zealand, Chile, Singapore and Brunei.
Avert a new failed Mediterranean scheme
5-Feb-2008    
The French have shown new initiative in the Maghreb through the idea of creating a Mediterranean Union. How serious is this project and what will its importance be amid existing European Union projects in the region, especially the Euro-Med project?
Look to Europe, not the US
5-Feb-2008     Borneo Post
Negotiations on a free trade agreement between Malaysia and the United States have hit a sticky patch. There are 58 issues still unresolved and no fixed date scheduled for the sixth round of talks.
EU cool to free trade deal with Canada
5-Feb-2008     CanWest
The European Union, being pressured to support the launch of free trade negotiations at the next Canada-EU annual summit in Montreal this fall, is showing only lukewarm enthusiasm for the idea.
Growers, users in NAFTA faceoff
5-Feb-2008     Palm Beach Post
Fourteen years after approval of the North American Free Trade Agreement, a behind-the-scenes struggle is being waged over one of its last provisions -- the unrestricted trade of sugar between the United States and Mexico.
NZ welcomes US entering P4 trade talks
5-Feb-2008     stuff
Trade Minister Phil Goff has welcomed the United States decision to join negotiations with New Zealand and three other countries on a joint financial services and investment agreement.
Mexico won't curb sugar imports that increase surplus
3-Feb-2008     Bloomberg
Mexican Agriculture Minister Alberto Cardenas said the government won't act to curb imports of US sugar that domestic producers say will add to a surplus, reducing prices and profit. Instead, Mexican and US companies should sort out their own limits, he said.
Guyana and Indonesia sign reciprocal trade agreement
2-Feb-2008     Caribbean Net News
Minister of Foreign Trade and International Cooperation Dr Henry Jeffrey and Indonesia's Ambassador to Guyana, Suprijanto Muhadi on Wednesday signed an agreement on the promotion and protection of investments in the two countries.
Devil in the detail of FTA
2-Feb-2008     NZ Herald
Once the brouhaha dies down and cabinet ministers pass through the self-congratulatory phase, the hard questions will start over just how good a deal the New Zealand Government has got with China on behalf of New Zealand businesses and farmers.
EPA divides AU
2-Feb-2008     AfricaNews
The controversial Economic Partnership Agreements has divided the African Union as the Heads of State and Government attending the AU Summit are yet to take a decision on the issues.