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Kenyan jobs on the line as regional trading blocs warm up to merger
23-Oct-2008    
The pact signed on Wednesday could hasten the proposed African Economic Community but may come too soon, especially for Kenyan manufacturers.
Region's Ministers call for free trade
23-Oct-2008    
The first Tripartite Comesa-EAC-SADC Council of Ministers that opened on Monday at Munyonyo Commonwealth Resort seeks the summit of heads of state and governments to endorse the creation of a free trade area which will cut across the three Regional Economic Communities (RECs) and institutionalise it by giving it a legal underpinning.
Quebec herbicide ban violates NAFTA, pesticide maker alleges
23-Oct-2008     CBC
Dow AgroSciences, maker of the commonly used herbicide ingredient 2,4-D, is challenging the Quebec government under the North American Free Trade Agreement for banning its product.
Declaration of Maputo: V International Conference of La Via Campesina
23-Oct-2008     Via Campesina
Now is also the time to redouble our struggle against FTAs and EPAs, and against the WTO, but this time more clearly indicating the central role played by the TNCs.
One day strike and Indigenous mobilizations in Colombia
23-Oct-2008     NUPG
In the Cauca region, a twelve-thousand strong Indigenous and Popular Minga (or Assembly) was held in opposition to the militarization of Indigenous, Afro-Colombian and peasant communities/territories. The Assembly also declared it's firm opposition to the Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with Canada, U.S. and the European Union.
Guyana gives in
22-Oct-2008    
Guyana on Monday signed off on the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with Europe, choosing to do so in Brussels at the headquarters of the European Union Council, five days after its Caricom partners had inked the agreement.
A sign of greater openness
22-Oct-2008    
The landmark free trade agreement (FTA) to be inked betweeen Singapore and China on Thursday is a sign of Beijing's commitment to greater openness with its partners despite the current difficulties in global trade talks, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.
As Sarkozy meets Quebec's Charest, trade barriers may tumble
22-Oct-2008    
A deal on labor mobility could spur the movement for a broad Canada-EU trade alliance
ASEAN-Japanese FTA to take effect Dec. 1
22-Oct-2008    
A comprehensive free-trade agreement between Japan and the 10-member ASEAN will enter into force Dec. 1, beginning with Japan and countries that have completed domestic ratification procedures by the end of this month, the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.
Overlapping membership to top REC's summit agenda
22-Oct-2008    
The issue of overlapping membership will be a major area of focus during the first joint meeting of Heads of Government, of the three Regional Economic Communities (REC)'s, in Eastern and Southern Africa, namely the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), the East African Community (EAC) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC).