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Free trade deal will cost Ethiopia, warns researchers
The Ethiopian Government is debating whether to sign the EPA with the EU, as it has concerns about the effect it will have on its fragile industries. Research shows negative implications for women, agriculture and manufacturing.
Unequal partners
Conversations on the EU-India FTA
Could a sudden collapse of Mexico be Obama's surprise foreign policy challenge?
A year-end report by the Pentagon's Joint Forces Command names two countries as likely candidates for a “rapid and sudden collapse” -- Pakistan and Mexico. Arguably, NAFTA is to blame for what could be Mexico's impending destabilization.
Free trade accord may pose problems for female workers
Problems of female workers are expected to increase with the full implementation of the Free Trade Agreement reached between Bahrain and the United States that completed its second year on Friday.
CAWN action against EU-Central America FTA
Urgent action is needed to strengthen democratic scrutiny of the negotiations and ensure that the Association Agreement with Europe doesn't worsen poverty, gender inequality and violations of women's rights in Central America.
Asian women workers' declaration on free trade agreements
There is increasing and irrefutable evidence that free trade deals devalue and homogenise cultures, stunt economic development, displace communities and are major drivers of increasing rural and urban poverty. Women are disproportionately affected.
“Without corn, there is no country”
International Women's Day marchers target NAFTA and free trade on the streets of San Cristóbal, Chiapas
Supachai: ‘An India-China FTA will be better than an India-US FTA'
Interview with the UN Conference on Trade & Development's secretary-general, and former WTO chief, Supachai Panitchpakdi.
Gender issues in the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement
Examines JPEPA's implications on women's productive and social reproductive work, and uses the framework of international care chain/care drain in analyzing the migration of Filipina health professionals abroad.
FTA poses challenges for Bahraini working women
Working women in Bahrain are facing many challenges and female activists predict more hardship to come in their way after the full implementation of the Free Trade Agreement between Bahrain and the United States.