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The EU-ASEAN free trade agreement: Region-to-region versus the bilateral approach
"ASEAN should build a different kind of regionalism and not sign bilateral Free Trade Agreements with the EU", says Malaysian MP Mr. Charles Santiago in Brussels in a debate with Mr. Bercero, chief negotiator for the EU in the EU-Korea FTA and Mr. Helmut Markov, chair of the Committee on International Trade of the European Parliament.
COSATU calls for rejection of EU-SADC Partnership Agreement
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) is celebrating the rejection of European Union-SADC Interim Economic Partnership Agreement (IEPA) negotiations by the governments of South Africa and Angola and is mobilising for a political intervention in the whole agreement negotiations.
EU urged not to sign FTA with Colombia
Colombian, American, and European union workers pressed the European Parliament not to sign a free trade agreement with Colombia if human rights don't improve here.
An 'unacceptable' free trade agreement
The free trade agreement the EU has proposed to Asean deliberately undermines the Doha Declaration on patents and public health.
Central American, EU officials meet on Association Agreement
Trade negotiators from the European Union and the Central American nations met in Brussels last week and agreed to renew negotiations for an Association Agreement
US should consider trade pact with EU --manufacturers
A proposed trade deal between Canada and the European Union puts pressure on the United States to begin thinking about its own trade pact with Europe, U.S. manufacturers said on Tuesday.
EU-GCC free trade talks to resume after being derailed in December
The European Union and the Gulf Cooperation Council's Joint Council meet today at the Al Bustan Palace Hotel to put on track the Free Trade Agreement talks that were derailed by the GCC last December.
EAC Regional: Private sector ambivalent on EPAs
Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi all qualify for free EU market access under the Everything But Arms (EBA) scheme, but chose to sign a joint EPA with Kenya to preserve the EAC customs union. As the conclusion of the EPA negotiations approaches and the global economic crisis continues, the debate over how an EPA will affect East Africa has produced few clear answers.
European Union members approve free-trade talks with Canada
The European Union endorsed plans Monday to open negotiations with Canada on a new free-trade pact. The negotiations, which could last two years, are to be officially launched on May 6 in Prague.
Central America and the European Union resume negotiations for an Association Agreement
There is a commitment to conclude the negotiation of the three pillars of the agreement in the month of July 2009.