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Japanese investors want RP-Japan trade pact ratified
21-May-2007     PDI
200 Japanese businessmen expressed that they would invest in the Philippines only after the approval of the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA).
Keidanren chief calls for Japan-EU free trade pact
21-May-2007     Kyodo
The head of Japan's largest big-business group urged the government Monday to strike a free trade agreement with the European Union to alleviate impediments to two-way trade and ensure a freer flow of invesment funds.
S. Korean business group calls on gov't to swiftly start free trade talks with Australia
21-May-2007     Yonhap
South Korea's top business organization on Monday urged the government to swiftly start free trade talks with Australia, saying a deal would be in the interest of both sides.
Mexican workers call for a continental workers' campaign for living wages and social justice
20-May-2007     ZNet
A coalition of Mexican unions has now proposed a strategy of struggle that could open up the door to a more class-wide and continental approach to union and workers' struggles, starting in the three NAFTA countries.
Pakistan's free trade ambitions threatened
20-May-2007     Gulf News
One of the key impediments to Pakistan's ability to become a robust performer in free trade tie-ups with a growing number of countries is the country's worsening internal political environment. As someone said once, investors are like pigeons. They come one by one but all fly together when the going gets rough.
Trade future isn't rosy in Ecuador
20-May-2007     Sun Sentinel
Washington might decide this summer not to renew the trade benefits that allow Ecuador to sell roses and other items duty-free to the United States. As many as 250,000 jobs are at risk in Ecuador's flower industry alone.
New Thai trade talks 'needed'
20-May-2007     Gulf Daily News
A proposed Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Bahrain and Thailand has stalled because of the intervention of other GCC countries, officials confirmed yesterday.
The unanimous opinion
19-May-2007     Granma
We are witnessing, on the hemispheric and Latin American scene, a growing insurgency regarding the predominance of neoliberalism.
Namibia: 'Half cooked' opinion piece upsets meat industry
17-May-2007     AllAfrica.com
An opinion piece by Meatco's market researcher and trade advisor about the on-going Economic Partnership Agreement negotiations between the European Union and SADC had the meat industry crying foul last week and saying such views could throw the industry into jeopardy.
Africa's largest trade bloc in final stages of forming customs union, says official
17-May-2007     IHT
Africa's largest trade bloc (COMESA) is in the final stages of setting up a customs union after completing work on tariffs to charge on goods imported from outside the group.