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Jane Kelsey - Critical overview of APEC's agenda
11-Sep-2007     Scoop
The objective of the neoliberal camp is to link together the tangle of FTAs that is emerging in the region into a grand Asia Pacific FTA.
Solon seeks probe of 31 other 'ZTEs' with Chinese firms
11-Sep-2007     Pinoy Vote
Aside from the controversial ZTE deal, the Philippine government has entered into at least 31 other “questionable" investment agreements with corporations in China, Akbayan party-list Rep. Ana Theresia Hontiveros said. "Like JPEPA, no one has seen the content of the deals and the government is refusing to divulge their details to the public."
Iran ready for FTA talks with PGCC
11-Sep-2007     Press TV
Tehran is ready to hold talks with the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council on a free trade pact.
Imports up, exports down one year after Korea-EFTA FTA
11-Sep-2007     Korea Times
A year after a trade deal between Korea and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) went into effect last September, Korea's largest trade group said that imports from the four-nation bloc hiked while exports dipped heavily.
Squeezed: The real cost of free trade in the Asia-Pacific
10-Sep-2007     Squeezed
Filmed in Thailand and The Philippines in July 2007, Squeezed tells the story of how free trade agreements and globalisation are changing the lives of millions of people living in the Asia-Pacific region.
Fugitive's election muddles trade deal prospects
8-Sep-2007     The Hill
Advocates of a US-Panama free trade deal have a new headache: Panama has just elected an official wanted for arrest in the U.S. for allegedly killing an American soldier.
UNCTAD warns poor countries on free trade deals
6-Sep-2007     Afrique en ligne
Though preferential trade agreements (PTAs) may offer transitory gains in terms of market access and higher foreign direct investment, the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has cautioned developing countries to be careful before entering into such deals.
Why is our trade policy benefitting tax cheats?
6-Sep-2007     AlterNet
The pending US trade agreement with Panama isn't really about trade. It's about foreign investor rights, money laundering, and tax dodging.
PACER: Islands could lose $10m anually in revenue
6-Sep-2007     Islands Business
Some Pacific island countries stand to lose up to US$10 million annually in revenue due to trade liberalisation under the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations, according to a report commissioned by the Secretariat of the Pacific Islands Forum
Open letter to the Prime Minister of India on the Indo-US Knowledge Initiative on Agriculture
6-Sep-2007    
Given the interest generated with regard to the US-India nuclear deal, it is time to express our concerns on the US-India Knowledge Initiative on Agriculture, too, and not let it be implemented in a business-as-usual attitude.