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Bilateral trade agreements and the world trading system
22-Nov-2006    
Bilateral Trade Agreements (BTAs) have been proliferating. Why are they so popular? What are their impacts on multilateralism and the world trading system? This papers attempts to answer these questions.
Reject the Economic Partnership Agreement EU-ACP!
22-Nov-2006     Via Campesina
The member organizations of Via Campesina in Africa, in Europe and in the Caribbean consider that the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) between the European Union (EU) and the African, Caribbean and Pacific countries (ACP) are a new threat for the peasants and small farmers in the four regions. We ask a definitive stop in the negotiations and the opening of a period of debate and analyses on the impacts of free-trade on our national agricultures. Alternatives based on the right to food sovereignty exist.
Adhesion to SADC free trade zone postponed
22-Nov-2006     AllAfrica.com
Angola is not yet prepared to join the free trade zone in the year 2008, under the process of regional integration of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC), said Tuesday in Luanda the Planning minister, Ana Dias Lourenço.
Chilean trade to span Asia
22-Nov-2006     Prensa Latina
Chilean President Michelle Bachelet concluded a new tour of Asia and the Pacific in search of markets.
Colombia: Concern over US free trade deal and tariff benefits
22-Nov-2006     IPS
Indigenous and black people, trade unionists and victims of the armed conflict in Colombia are preparing to fight the ratification of the free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States, which will be signed by the trade ministers of both countries Wednesday in Washington.
Democrats urge USTR renegotiate Andean trade pacts
22-Nov-2006    
A group of Democrats urged the Bush administration on Tuesday to renegotiate trade pacts with Peru and Colombia to strengthen their worker protections. The request came in a letter to US Trade Representative Susan Schwab one day before the United States was set to sign the trade deal with Colombia.
Americans protest US-Korea free trade agreement in Seoul
22-Nov-2006     IAC
An American delegation of peace, labor and social justice activists led by Cindy Sheehan is in Seoul to join the nationwide mobilization against the US-Korea Free Trade Agreement currently being negotiated.
Sacu-US to pursue scaled-back trade talks after FTA process ceases
22-Nov-2006     Mining Weekly
The South African Customs Unions (Sacu) has formally accepted an offer made by the US government to progress a so-called trade and investment cooperation agreement (Tica), following the breakdown of the more ambitious free-trade agreement (FTA) talks earlier in the year.
Peru, India to sign commercial pact
22-Nov-2006     Daily India
Peru is a good investment destination for India because the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) it has with the United States provides a platform for Indian investors to export to the US, said Vice President, Peru-India Chambers of Commerce, Marco Hurtado.
S Korea labor unions to launch general strike tomorrow to oppose FTA with US
22-Nov-2006     Forbes
The Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) said that its members will launch a general strike tomorrow to pressure the government to halt free-trade talks with the US.