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Costa Rica: Indígenas reclaman consulta sobre Convenio de Obtenciones Vegetales
6-Sep-2007    
Con un recurso de amparo ante la Sala Constitucional, los pueblos indígenas reclaman nuevamente su derecho a ser consultados debidamente sobre el Convenio de la Unión para la Protección de Obtenciones Vegetales (UPOV 91).
'Fast track' Aust-Korea trade agreement: NFF
5-Sep-2007     North Queensland Register
A new study reveals Australian agricultural and food exports to Korea could be slashed by 12% by 2030, in real terms, should Korea and the US ratify their free trade agreement.
Philippines wants fishing agreement in S. China Sea
5-Sep-2007     Reuters
The Philippines wants an agreement to allow free fishing in disputed waters of the South China Sea
Draft EU-Pacific EPA (Aug 2007)
3-Sep-2007    
US reassumes its dirty war against Nicaragua
1-Sep-2007     Granma International
Ortega continues to condemn the destabilization plans on the part of the government in Washington, and in the last few weeks has attacked the Free Trade Agreement signed by his country with the United States
Hundreds of Malaysians protest against Free Trade Agreement
1-Sep-2007     SWO
On Sunday 26 August more than 500 people staged a strong anti US-FTA protest in the centre of Malaysia's capital, Kuala Lumpur. Most of the protesters were farmers from the northern rice-bowl state of Kedah, or workers and urban settlers.
Japan digs its claws into biodiversity through FTAs
31-Aug-2007     GRAIN
The Japanese government is increasingly using free trade agreements (FTAs) to tighten corporate control over seeds and other forms of biodiversity that are crucial to food, agriculture and medicine. Two such deals sealed this month with Chile and Indonesia put Japan in the big league of nations using bilateral deals to make seed-saving on the farm a thing of the past.
Pacific ACP countries express deep concern at EU trade deal proposal
31-Aug-2007     The Pacific Islands Forum and its Secretariat
Pacific trade officials and legal experts have expressed their disappointment and deep concern at the draft text proposed by the European Commission for an Economic Partnership Agreement covering trade in goods, trade in services, fisheries, investment and development cooperation.
South Africa: SA 'not in a hurry' to sign EPA, says EU
31-Aug-2007     allafrica.com
As the December deadline for the signing of a European Union Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) member countries fast approaches without any sign of the deal being closed by then, European Union (EU) representatives in SA are growing frustrated and accuse Pretoria of procrastination over the negotiation.
US-NZ Partnership Forum: Neo-liberalism - Pacific Style
31-Aug-2007    
According to the organizers, this year's US-NZ Partnership Forum will in part focus on the, “potential for the United States and New Zealand to cooperate on ... economic development and sustainability in the Asia Pacific region.”