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EU's scrapping of sugar pact 'a slap in face', says Caribbean
1-Oct-2007     Jamaica Observer
Caribbean trade and political officials are fuming at the European Union's decision last Friday to scrap a 32-year-old agreement with African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) sugar-exporting countries, describing the action as "a slap in the face" of the region.
State's favourite fish may escape duty-free import net
1-Oct-2007     The Hindu
Oil sardine and mackerel are likely to escape the list of duty-free import from Europe in the Indo-European Union trade and investment agreement, set to be signed late next year. The exemption is a major victory for fish workers.
Huge crowds in Costa Rica protest US pact
1-Oct-2007     Reuters
More than 100,000 Costa Ricans -- a huge protest in a country of 4 million -- protested a US trade pact on Sunday they say will flood their country with cheap farm goods and cause job losses.
Indo-Asean FTA talks may slip on palm oil
1-Oct-2007     Business Standard
Negotiations on the proposed Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between India and the 10-member Asean are stuck over tariff cuts on palm oil.
Japanese civil groups join push against FTA
1-Oct-2007     Bangkok Post
Japanese civil and consumer rights groups have thrown their support behind the Thai anti-FTA movement by petitioning their own government not to rush into signing the Thai-Japan free trade agreement with the interim Surayud Chulanont administration.
Filipino nursing students want JPEPA junked
1-Oct-2007     Manila Shimbun
Nursing students staged in Manila a rally against the ratification of the proposed Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) for fear that Filipino nurses will only end up as nursing aides or attendants in Japan.
Hope diminishing for new Caribbean-EU trade agreement
30-Sep-2007     Jamaica Gleaner
As September draws to a close, the likelihood diminishes that an economic partnership agreement (EPA) is achievable this year between the European Union and the Caribbean.
New EU envoy for pushing trade pact with India
30-Sep-2007     Indian Muslims
Ahead of the India-European Union (EU) summit on Nov 30, Daniele Smadja, the new envoy of the European Commission, Friday called for pushing negotiations on a broad-based trade and investment agreement between the two sides.
Costa Rica to protest FTA with US
30-Sep-2007     Prensa Latina
Representatives of several Costa Rican sectors will take part in a mass demonstration in this capital on Sunday in rejection to the free trade agreement with the US, which will be put to the vote on October 17.
Ghana: Organised labour worried over EPA
29-Sep-2007     GNA
Mr. Kwasi Adu-Amankwah, Secretary-General of the Trades Union Congress, said the leadership of organised labour had discussed the main issues of the EPA negotiations and concluded that the current efforts to negotiate a free and fair trade agreement between the world's single most powerful economic bloc and weaker economies was impossible.