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US eyes bilateral investment treaty with Vietnam
25-Sep-2007     Thanh Nien
The US aims to ink a bilateral investment treaty with Vietnam, according to the US ambassador.
CAFTA a danger says Nobel Prize winner
25-Sep-2007     Prensa Latina
Nobel Peace Prize winner Argentine Adolfo Perez Esquivel (1980) called on Costa Ricans to reject the free trade agreement with the United States or submit themselves to the US market.
Envoy hints at free-trade deal for Israel's 60th
24-Sep-2007     AJN
Israeli Ambassador Yuval Rotem has hinted that a free-trade agreement between Israel and Australia could be finalised in time for the Jewish State's 60th anniversary next year.
PM urged to take trade deal to parliament
24-Sep-2007     Bangkok Post
Thailand's Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont should think carefully before effecting the Japan-Thailand Economic Partnership Agreement (JTEPA) on November 1 without legislative body approval because such an action could violate the constitution, according to the FTA Watch group.
Ghana: Poultry sector to be hardest hit by EPAs, stakeholders kick against it
24-Sep-2007     AllAfrica.com
For the last few years, the Ghanaian market has been flooded with cheap imported chicken from the European Union and the United States. These are usually fatty chicken parts that come in packages without labels. Demand for local poultry has collapsed, threatening the livelihoods of over 1,000 poultry farmers in both small and large-scale poultry farming in Ghana. The current situation will be compounded when the EPAs take effect in 2008 with the removal of tariffs across board.
This is the way some agreements should end
24-Sep-2007     IPS
Elaborate funeral rituals were performed in central Brussels over the past week to show how a planned free trade accord between the European Union and the Korean government should, in the view of anti-poverty campaigners, be buried.
Senate panel gives initial okay to Peru trade deal
24-Sep-2007     Reuters
The US Senate Finance Committee approved on Friday a draft of a free trade agreement with Peru. Sen. Kent Conrad, a North Dakota Democrat and critic of most trade deals, urged colleagues to support the agreement as a bulwark against Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, an ardent foe of the United States.
Development challenges of competition policy in the Economic Partnership Agreements
24-Sep-2007    
A brief critique of the EU's proposal on Competition Policy in the EPAs.
Costa Rica dealt wild card in trade pact rift
22-Sep-2007     LA Times
With just over two weeks to go before Costa Ricans head to the polls to vote on a free-trade agreement with the United States and six other countries, Alfredo Volio should be a happy man. As head of the "yes" campaign championing the pact, known as CAFTA, he has watched public support climb in recent months. But that was before a memo written by CAFTA advocates was leaked to the public this month, fueling outrage here.
Draft EU-ECOWAS EPA (April 2007)
22-Sep-2007