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CAFTA Becomes Law in Costa Rica
23-Nov-2007    
Costa Rica's president on Wednesday signed into law a free trade agreement with its Central American neighbors, the United States and the Dominican Republic.
EU lawmakers vow to block free-trade deal with ASEAN without reforms in Myanmar
23-Nov-2007    
The European parliament will oppose any free-trade deal between Europe and Southeast Asia unless Myanmar makes democratic reforms, visiting parliamentarians warned Friday.
Government urged to disclose contents of Asean-Japan trade deal before signing it
23-Nov-2007     Business Mirror
Disclose to the public the contents of the Asean-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement first before signing it. This was the appeal aired by the multisectoral Fair Trade Alliance (FairTrade) to the Philippine government after news broke out that negotiations between Asean member-countries and Japan have been concluded during the Asean Summit in Singapore and the agreement is now up for signing.
ASEAN leaders endorse integration blueprint
23-Nov-2007     ASEAN leaders endorse integration blueprint
A detailed timetable seeking to establish an ASEAN Economic Community in eight years has hit the ground running, with leaders of 10 Southeast Asian countries affixing their signatures yesterday to a declaration adopting a so-called blueprint for economic integration and an attached "strategic schedule."
`Body blow to Kerala farmers`
23-Nov-2007    
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's remark that India will show the necessary flexibility on talks for the proposed free trade agreement (FTA) is worrying farmers in Kerala.
Govt warned on EPAs
22-Nov-2007    
A group of civil society representatives in Uganda have warned the government against signing an Economic Partnership Agreement with the European Union arguing that it will stifle the growth of local industries and frustrate the effort of local farmers.
Bend, but not backwards
22-Nov-2007    
The “necessary flexibility” that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said India will show in order to conclude by March the free trade agreement with the Association of South-East Asian Nations (Asean) may not be as daunting a task as some might imagine - because the gap between the positions on the two sides does not look unbridgeable.
Country is in a Quandary Over EPAs
22-Nov-2007    
A Senior Research Fellow at the Botswana Institution of Development Policy Analysis (BIDPA) Dr Joel Sentsho says he hopes current negotiations on the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) will yield something positive for Botswana.
South Korea Urged To Strengthen IP In EU Trade Talks
22-Nov-2007    
South Korea has been urged to strengthen its intellectual property rules in order to sign a free trade agreement with the European Union.
Not the time for a Canada/Colombia trade deal - Colombian bishop
22-Nov-2007     CCIC Website
A Methodist Bishop from Colombia says the Canadian government is misguided to argue that a trade deal between Canada and Colombia will help democracy and human rights and bring economic prosperity to his country.