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Stop the EPAs, Oxfam, Panos tell African leaders
Social movements across the African Continent have started arriving in Accra for the 9th Ordinary Summit of the African Union, scheduled for July 2-3, 2007.
India, EU start talks on FTA
As part of its policy to push for Free Trade Agreements with major trading partners, India has formally launched negotiations with the European Union for an ambitious and comprehensive FTA aimed at removing barriers across all sectors including investment and services.
Race-based policy spoils EU-Malaysian ties
Unexpected criticism of Malaysia's race-based affirmative-action policy by the European Union's top envoy reveals underlying concerns that this could be a major stumbling block to unrestricted market access for European multinational firms in the region.
Report evaluates decade of EU-Jordanian cooperation
Ten years of mutual cooperation between Jordan and the European Union have passed with success in certain fields and disappointing results in others, according to an EU evaluation report released on Wednesday. The Kingdom's benefit from EU programmes laid down in the Barcelona process were dismal in the trade sector, according to the report.
FTAs uncorking big changes in Korea's wine market
The Korean wine industry expects the Korea-EU free trade agreement will cause a third seismic shift in Korea's imported wine market.
Comesa intensifying talks with EC on EPA rules of origin
With six months remaining for African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries to sign the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) says it has intensified discussions with the European Commission (EC) on the rules of origin.
Minister hopes negotiation timeline for EU agreement defined this week
Costa Rica hopes that by Friday a timeline will have been set for negotiations on an association agreement between Central America and the European Union, Foreign Trade Minister Marco Vinicio Ruiz said yesterday during a press conference.
EU to use FTA to access Indian mkt for agri goods
Having failed to get any concession on fast-expanding Indian market for food products in the WTO talks, the European Union will push for achieving a similar objective in its bilateral negotiations with New Delhi on the India-EU Free Trade Agreement.
Pan African ‘Stop EPA peoples' forum' in Accra
The Africa Trade Network (ATN) and the Economic Justice Network (EJN) will host a two-day Pan African ‘Stop EPA peoples' forum' in Accra from June 29-30.
EPA confab on free trade ends
A one-day workshop on Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) to establish a free trade between the EU and Africa Carribea Pacific (ACP) countries, abolish tariffs between the parties, as well as non-tariff measures and other related issues, on Tuesday ended at NaNa Building in Bakau.