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China changes agriculture investment restrictions
28-Nov-2007     SeedQuest
On October 31, China's "Industrial Catalog for Foreign Investment (2007 Amendment)", providing guidance for investments that the Chinese Government favors, discourages, or bans, was approved by the State Council and published. It will become effective on December 1, 2007.
Letter from Colombian unions to US Congress
28-Nov-2007     Mingas
In the framework of the debate in the respective congresses around the ratification of the Free Trade Agreement between Colombia and the United States, the Administration of Alvaro Uribe Vélez has spread the idea in governmental circles in the United States that the Colombian union movement is divided and that "a majority" sector supports the TLC. In this document, we will demonstrate that this idea does not reflect the reality of the Colombian union movement.
Malaysia's racial policies draw international scrutiny
28-Nov-2007     Asia Sentinel
Malaysia's racial policies look as though they could become an international issue rather than a purely domestic one. A Free Trade Agreement with the US is stalled partly on the issue of racial preferences. And if the much vaunted ASEAN Free Trade Area is to allow free movement of capital and skilled labor, Malays cannot be shielded from competition with ASEAN's 400 million people.
Mexico to protest NAFTA enforcement
28-Nov-2007     Prensa Latina
Imminent opening of the Mexican market to tax-free imports from the US and Canada is source of protests 34 days short of enforcing the North American Free Trade Agreement.
EU and Iraq in third round talks for trade and cooperation agreement
28-Nov-2007     BI-ME
The European Union and Iraq are holding the third round of negotiations for a Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) in Brussels from 27-29 November.
Consultations held on India-EU trade pact
28-Nov-2007     The Hindu
Fishermen want 40 varieties in the negative list
Asean FTA: Time to introspect on domestic oilseed cultivation
28-Nov-2007     Hindu Business Line
In the absence of a clear strategy to put our own house in order, the India-ASEAN FTA negotiations appear to be farcical. Negotiations are conducted between equals and in a level playing field. But here is a situation where everyone knows India is vulnerable.
Israel-S. America trade deal imminent
28-Nov-2007     Jerusalem Post
Mercosur, South America's four-nation trading bloc, is poised to clinch a historic free-trade pact with Israel, officials said Wednesday.
Free trade with Colombia is the wrong deal with the wrong country
28-Nov-2007     Embassy
Not even the fact that the United Nations has called Colombia the worst humanitarian disaster in the Western hemisphere because of targeted killings of civilians by that country's security forces that have risen sharply in the last five years, seems to matter as the Canada-Colombia FTA negotiations move forward at break-neck speed.
SADC, EU reach agreement on EPA
28-Nov-2007    
Southern African Development Community (SADC) and European Union (EU) negotiators have concluded the first phase of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA).