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EU accused of undermining UN development goals through free trade
A group of NGOs, trade unions and civil society groups have accused the EU of undermining global poverty reduction goals through its pursuit of free trade deals with African states.
U.S. or E.U.? Tico politicos split over best foreign investor
Costa Rican lawmakers are divided over who makes a better investor in their country, the United States or the European Union, according to a recent questionnaire.
Caricom sees EU trade deal by end of June - minister
The Caribbean region expects to sign a new trade agreement with the European Union by the end of June, Trinidad and Tobago's trade and industry minister said on Tuesday.
AU Ministers Call for EPA Trade Reviews
African Union (AU) trade and finance ministers want the recently initialled trade deals between the European Union (EU) and African countries to be re-negotiated in the context of a comprehensible full agreement saying it has contentious issues.
EPA text released
CARIFORUM states including The Bahamas are now free to perform their respective legal reviews of the Economic Partnership Agreement [EPA] between the grouping and the European Union now that a legal scrub of the document has been completed, the Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery [CRNM] Director General Ambassador Richard Bernal confirmed yesterday.
Brazil sees EU-Mercosur talks moving later in 2008
Long-stalled talks on a trade agreement between the European Union and South America's Mercosur bloc should make progress in the second half of this year, Brazil's foreign minister said on Thursday.
ASEAN-EU FTA will bring disaster and sovereignty losing
Statement from the Institute for Global Justice in Indonesia
'We will all live to regret it'
Professor Girvan warns that the EU-Caribbean EPA could widen inequalities among Caricom states
SA envoy clears mist on economic agreements
Short-term benefits brought by Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) should not stand in the way of long term prosperity and integration of the SADC region, says South Africas High Commissioner to Botswana, Mr Dikgang Moopeloa.