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European Union
A senior European Commission official said Tuesday that talks between the European Union and Japan to conclude a bilateral economic partnership agreement will likely begin around March.
Although the EU is asking Canada to change its patent regime, it is not possible to do so just for the EU. The actual beneficiaries would be all of the world’s brand-name companies. Of the world’s top 12 health care companies by revenue only three or four are resident in the EU.
Namibia, and other ACP countries, are celebrating a victory in trade negotiations after the European Parliament voted to extend the deadline for the signing of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union from January 2014 to January 2016.
Legislators, trade experts and analysts have described the delayed signing of the Economic Partnerships Agreement (EPAs) as a detriment to development of trade among developing nations.
Botswana has escaped the imposition of an amendment which would have charged higher duties on the country's exports to the European Union after 2014 thereby dealing a deathblow to local sectors such as agriculture, minerals and manufacturing.
It cannot be Uhuru yet for Namibia and its partners, or should one say fellow downtrodden countries united in the economic bloc of the African-Caribbean-Pacific (ACP) countries.
In his keynote address on the role of multilateral and bilateral trade agreements in fostering trade and development in Africa early this year, former Tanzanian president, Benjamin William Mkapa, raised critical questions and warned East African Community (EAC) countries that signing an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPAs) would deny the region chances to develop into industrialized nations.
International Trade Minister Ed Fast says he expects the federal government will collaborate with a new Parti Québécois government that has serious concerns with the Canada-EU free trade deal, and he remains hopeful the agreement will be competed this year.
If the government pursues a free trade agreement (FTA) with the Euopean Union (EU), only the tuna industry is bound to benefit from it.
People afflicted with the Aids virus have called on the government to proceed carefully on free-trade negotiations with the European Union, as the latter's demands for copyright protection could make it difficult for patients to access cheap medicines.
