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Response to the letter “This is not a poker game” by Messrs Peter Mandelson and Louis Michel in The Guardian of 31 October 2007
9-Nov-2007    
You are right that this should not be a poker game. Maybe it's time for reflection so you could realize who is actually playing poker with the livelihoods you are trying to help, writes Wallie Roux.
Senators urged to hear out peasants on JPEPA
9-Nov-2007     Inquirer
The greatest benefit from any increased banana and pineapple exports resulting from JPEPA will go to the big foreign agribusiness TNCs like Dole and Del Monte, not to Filipino workers and farmers as a whole, militant groups say.
UAE still keen on Gulf-EU free trade agreement
9-Nov-2007     Gulf News
The delay in signing the EU-GCC FTA has resulted in a chain reaction as the European Union will now apply new standards in negotiating trade agreements, according to Sweden's minister of "free" trade
The EU is trying to trick developing countries into poor trade deals
9-Nov-2007     The Guardian
The dirtiest trick is the spurious insistence on a December deadline. On top of this, the commission's latest approach -- that individual countries should sign up to EPAs without their weaker neighbours -- reveals how shallow their commitment to ACP regional integration is.
Australia, Japan hammer out FTA details
9-Nov-2007     ABC
Japan has again raised concerns about energy security and the viability of its agriculture industry in free trade talks with Australia.
Teaching leaders oppose Peru-US FTA
9-Nov-2007     Prensa Latina
Peru-US Free Trade Agreement, ratified by the US House of Representatives, is a mechanism of subjugation, the leader of Peruvian teaching Luis Munoz affirmed Thursday.
Zimbabwe farmers a step closer to compensation
9-Nov-2007     FWI
A group of Dutch farmers is one step closer to gaining compensation for land and farms lost to the government of Zimbabwe, after a recent hearing in Paris.
Workers union in Peru rejects free trade agreement with the US
9-Nov-2007     Living in Peru
One of Peru's strongest workers unions, the General Workers Confederation of Peru (CGTP) announced today that it did not agree with the approval of the US-Peru free-trade pact passed by the US House of Representatives today.
Chaos on eve of EPA deadline
9-Nov-2007     AllAfrica.com
On the eve of the deadline of the finalisation of the economic partnership agreement (EPA) negotiations, chaos reigns.
EU boss to Kituyi: Take our deal or hit the road
9-Nov-2007     Business Daily Africa
The European Union reacted sharply to Trade minister Mukhisa Kituyi's Tuesday revelation that Kenya will no longer pursue an interim trade pact with Europe but a comprehensive agreement ahead of the expiry of the one on December 31.