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Chile keen on free trade pact
16-Jul-2007     Telegraph
Chile and India, which signed a preferential trade agreement (PTA) in March last year, could go in for a free trade agreement in the future. The PTA is applicable to only 300 products in each country.
Korea removes rice from EU FTA talks
16-Jul-2007     Chosun Ilbo
South Korea has sent a draft proposal on free trade talks to the EU, promising to remove or phase out import tariffs on cars over seven years. Seoul has also decided to exclude rice from its list of markets subject to opening, but it may agree to open up its agricultural market, including beef.
What will India gain from the FTA with the EU?
15-Jul-2007     New Europe
The negotiations for an EU-India FTA could prove even more difficult to bring to a successful conclusion than the Doha development negotiations.
Switzerland: China visit yields few tangible results
15-Jul-2007     swissinfo
Swiss Economics Minister Doris Leuthard will not return home from her four-day visit to China totally empty-handed. Leuthard said she was satisfied with the results of the trip and the signing of a declaration aimed at establishing a free trade accord was the "highpoint".
Vietnam : EPA talks hang in balance
15-Jul-2007     Fibre2fashion
Garment and textile manufacturers in Vietnam have shown their disapproval of Japan's desire to impose origin regulations under the Economic Partnership Agreement negotiations which began in January this year.
Toni Solo: Americanism v. ALBA
14-Jul-2007     Scoop
It has taken a while for the US to work out an effective strategy to counteract ALBA.
Peruvian trade union protests and strikes continue
14-Jul-2007     Granma
Despite threats of military repression by the government, activists said today they would continue the general strike called by the General Federation of Peruvian Workers, which is demanding a better distribution of wealth. Likewise, the National Agrarian Federation will continue its protest against a free trade agreement with the United States.
Namibia: Communication industry threatened by EPA talks
14-Jul-2007     AllAfrica.com
Between 2004 and 2006, the Naimibian government made more than N$200 million in dividends alone from fixed telecommunication lines, provision of bulk communication infrastructures, and on mobile phone services. Liberalising the sector through the EPA with the EU may poke a hole to its bulging purse. Namibia is also worried that the inclusion of a New Generation clause may hamper the country's expansion programme into SADC market.
Canada, Jordan mull free trade agreement
14-Jul-2007     CNN
Canada and Jordan are exploring the possibility of a free trade agreement and could begin negotiations next year, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Friday.
Southern Africa: EU official 'creating rift'
13-Jul-2007     AllAfrica.com
A top European Union official has been seeking to create divisions between South Africa and its neighbours in talks aimed at establishing a free trade deal, African diplomats have alleged.