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EU-SADC EPA: Frustration between EU and SA boils to the surface as trade deadline looms
31-Aug-2007     Engineering News
Frustration is mounting in relations between the European Union and South Africa, in particular, in negotiations for an economic partnership agreement between the EU and the so-called Southern African Development Community group, comprising Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho, Tanzania and Mozambique.
Pacific: Trade officials deeply concerned about European offer
31-Aug-2007     ABC
Pacific trade officials and legal experts from 14 Pacific Island nations have just spent 3 days examing Europe's draft agreement in detail and are deeply concerned about the text (audio)
Stiglitz: FTAs advantageous to US
30-Aug-2007     The Edge
Nobel laureate and former World Bank chief economist Joseph Stiglitz believes that no country should enter into free trade agreements with the US, as none of the developing countries has benefited greatly from them.
Uganda: Coffee producers are the biggest losers
30-Aug-2007     AllAfrica.com
The pending economic partnership agreement (EPA) between the European Union and developing countries will further exploit Ugandan coffee producers
Canada and India conclude investment treaty: Negotiations with China continue
30-Aug-2007     Mondaq
Concluding a FIPA with China is one of the Canadian government's top priorities. However, negotiations have dragged on due to significant differences between Canada's Model FIPA and the standard Chinese approach.
Japan, EU to study economic partnership agreement
29-Aug-2007     Asahi Shimbun
To keep pace with South Korea, Japan will start joint research with the European Union as early as next month on a possible economic partnership agreement, sources said.
African countries stand up to EU
29-Aug-2007     IPS
Concern over getting too little in return for what they are being asked to give up has led some African nations to say "no" to some proposals for new trade relations with Europe next year.
US eyes trade with Pakistan and Afghanistan
28-Aug-2007     Reuters
The Bush administration will push Congress in coming months to approve legislation aimed at creating reconstruction opportunity zones so that goods produced in designated parts of Pakistan and Afghanistan can enter the United States duty-free.
US, Malaysia could strike trade deal next year - USTR
28-Aug-2007     Reuters
The United States and Malaysia could finish talks on a free trade agreement in 2008, even though the Bush administration has lost key legislative authority, a top US trade official said on Monday.
Kenya: EPAs could delay EU bid
28-Aug-2007     AllAfrica.com
Uncertainty is looming in Kenya's horticultural sector following the move by the five EAC member states to sign one Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), which they say could take much longer time than was previously anticipated.