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Sri Lanka negotiates more trade, investment deals
31-Jan-2008     Lanka Business Online
Sri Lanka is negotiating more free trade and investment deals with other countries to increase trade and foreign investment. Two rounds of talks were held in January with India and Pakistan on free trade and investment agreements while the first negotiations on an investment promotion and protection agreement with Kuwait was concluded on January 30. The Sri Lanka-Kuwait negotiations will be followed by negotiations on a Sri Lanka-Jordan Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement
Thailand: Private sector urges revival of FTA talks
31-Jan-2008     Bangkok Post
Thai business leaders are urging the new government to press forward with bilateral free trade negotiations with the United States, aiming to receive more preferential treatment than rival countries.
Panellists see high impact of bilateral trade deals on Geneva policymaking
30-Jan-2008     IP Watch
A panel of government and non-governmental experts on intellectual property and biodiversity issues last week stressed the high impact that leading economies' bilateral free trade negotiations are having on multilateral policymaking in Geneva.
Stop ratification process of US-Korea FTA bill!
30-Jan-2008    
The South Korean government is attempting to pass the Korea-US FTA bill in an extraordinary national assembly session starting 28 January and lasting one month
No to corporate Europe - Yes to global justice!
30-Jan-2008     OWINFS
Statement from Seattle to Brussels Network calling for joint strategies to halt current negotiations seeking to implement “Free” Trade Agreements (FTAs) between Europe and the rest of the world; and consolidating the struggles against European transnational corporations, and deepening the process of constructing alternatives, to reclaim the right to food, education, health and other basic services.
Japanese pastors learn shocking things about Davao bananas
29-Jan-2008     Davao Today
Japanese pastors joined the calls echoed by the National Churches of the Philippines to reject the controversial Japan-Philippine Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA)
Costa Rica to ask for US trade delay
29-Jan-2008     AP
President Oscar Arias said Tuesday he will ask the US to delay implementation of a free-trade agreement to give the country time to pass several necessary local laws.
Group seeks JPEPA renegotiation
29-Jan-2008     Group seeks JPEPA renegotiation
Former Senator Wigberto Tañada, lead convenor of the multi-sectoral Fair Trade Alliance (FairTrade), is hoping that Senator Mar Roxas, who is now proposing the full ratification of JPEPA, will still change his mind.
S. Korea, EU spar over 'rules of origin'
29-Jan-2008     Korea Times
Under EU-suggested rules, a product would be considered as coming from a trading partner only when at least 60 percent of the value of the finished item is added in that country. South Korean negotiators want the ratio to be lowered to 40 percent, as a number of manufacturers in the country outsource many components from neighboring countries such as China to cut costs.
Strange turnaround on JPEPA
28-Jan-2008     Strange turnaround on JPEPA
Here's Malaya columnist Nestor Mata's take on the sudden turnaround of Sen. Mar Roxas on JPEPA.