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CARIFORUM divided on liberalisation issue - Economic Partnership Agreement under threat
17-Jul-2007     Jamaica Gleaner
A disagreement among the members of CARIFORUM, which represents the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Dominican Republic, could cause a delay in the group completing negotiations on the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA).
EU sets ambitious goals for South Korean free trade deal
17-Jul-2007     Monsters and critics
'We are setting the bar very high with a 100-per-cent trade liberalization offer,' an EU trade official told Deutsche Presse-Agentur as European and South Korean officials opened a second round of negotiations in Brussels.
US aims to conclude FTA talks with Malaysia by second quarter 2008, says official
17-Jul-2007     IHT
"Both sides would like to finish this as quickly as possible," a US official told reporters
Lotte Mart stops selling American beef
17-Jul-2007     Donga-A Ilbo
Among 53 Lotte Marts nationwide, six of the stores have already suspended sales of American beef due to demonstrations opposing the Korea-US FTA.
Beyond just cricket and Bollywood
16-Jul-2007    
The India-China comparison has become almost passé with western audiences in the past few years. But in countries like New Zealand where ties with China, particularly economic ties, have traditionally been far stronger than with India, the comparison is relatively new and India often comes a poor second, especially in the eyes of New Zealand Inc.
Canada steps into void left by US-Colombia rift
16-Jul-2007    
Canada started trade talks with Colombia on Monday and pledged full support for President Alvaro Uribe, who has seen his key bilateral relationship with the United States bog down in a scandal over human rights.
Country-based policies are best
16-Jul-2007    
Africa's poorest countries should develop policies to suit their unique circumstances to replace policies imposed on them by their developed country counterparts, former Tanzanian president Benjamin Mkapa has said.
Free trade, human rights top Harper's Colombian agenda
16-Jul-2007    
Free trade talks, human rights and Colombia's efforts to end its decades-old civil war will top the agenda today as Prime Minister Stephen Harper gets down to business on the first stop on his four-nation tour of Latin America and the Caribbean.
The EU-Mexico free trade agreement seven years on: A warning to the global South
16-Jul-2007     TNI
Seven years on, the impact of the EU-Mexico FTA is clear. Instead of the promised economic and social benefits, the treaty has left the Mexican state unable to implement policies to promote local small and medium size companies.
Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs): Responses to the EU offensive against ACP developmental regions
16-Jul-2007     TNI
ACP activists have compiled a wealth of criticisms of the EC initiative to conclude EPAs by end 2007. This paper is concerned to bring these analyses to the attention of European civil society and deepening understandings among activists and governments of the implications of EPAs and, in particular, how they undermine existing efforts towards developmental integration in ACP regions.