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No port, no sherry and no 15m euros
15-Oct-2007     Business Report
In return for free access to the EU and payment of €15 million, the South African government agreed to phase out the names port, sherry, grappa and ouzo over five years. Five years later, disillusionment and frustration has set in, with port producers in fear that the EU will renege on the agreement.
Korea, EU open 4th round of free trade talks
15-Oct-2007     Korea.net
The EU is demanding that Korea match reductions on beef and car-import tariffs that it granted the US in June.
India, Brazil, South Africa - the power of three
15-Oct-2007     IPS
IBSA was conceived in 2003 to counterbalance the powerful Group of Eight alliance of industrialised countries and to promote South-South cooperation. But a reality check reveals that all three IBSA members still do by far most of their business with industrialised countries.
Farmers: JPEPA is anti-Filipino
14-Oct-2007     SunStar
In the series of consultations made by the Philippine Peasant Institute (PPI) with farmers, most of them believe that it is anti-Filipino, anti-farmer, and contrary to the Constitution.
SAfrica won't 'roll over' on services trade with EU
14-Oct-2007     Reuters
The European Union needs to scale down its ambitions for accessing the service sector in southern Africa as it negotiates an economic partnership agreement (EPA) with the region, said South Africa's deputy trade minister Rob Davies.
Dominican Republic and Taiwan to sign trade accord soon
14-Oct-2007     Dominican Today
Taiwan's President Chen Shui-bian said he hopes Taiwan and the Dominican Republic will sign a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) as soon as possible to benefit enterprises in both countries.
First Pakistan-EFTA meeting concludes: Negotiations to continue in 2008
14-Oct-2007     Daily Times
Pakistan and European Free Trade Association (EFTA) have entered into a market access dialogue
Zimbabwe: White farmers appeal to Sadc
13-Oct-2007     AllAfrica.com
The last remaining white commercial farmers have appealed to the regional Southern African Development Community (Sadc) Tribunal in an effort to stop government from expropriating their properties.
Costa Rica's CAFTA “Si” vote called into question
13-Oct-2007     Upside Down World
While free trade proponents cheered, opponents called foul in Costa Rica's 51.5 percent vote Oct. 7 in favor of ratifying the Dominican Republic-Central American Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA).
Debate rages as Jpepa stirs up a hornet's nest
13-Oct-2007    
Various groups around the Philippines have come out with guns blazing, claiming that the proposed Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement will only harm farmers in the countryside.