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This section contains news and analysis of sweeping developments that affect the overall push and pull towards FTAs and bilateral investment treaties. This means major trends relating to bilateralism, often with global consequences, and other cross-cutting issues. New developments arising from US politics, the WTO or South-South alliance-building, for instance, are often reported here as they tend to have systemic impacts.

last update: May 2012

Matrix of FTAs in the world
1-Dec-2009    
Contributed by Amalinov
Back to Basics on Asian Trade
9-Nov-2009     Back to Basics on Asian Trade
The proliferation of FTAs has more costs than benefits.
S.Korea, Panama, Colombia eye US trade votes by mid-2010
5-Nov-2009     Alibaba
South Korean, Colombian and Panamanian officials said on Wednesday they hoped for U.S congressional approval of pending free trade agreements by the middle of 2010.
EU-Korea trade deal puts pressure on Obama to act
16-Oct-2009     Reuters
President Barack Obama faced increased pressure on Thursday to win approval of a free trade deal with South Korea after the European Union locked up its own pact with Asia's third-largest market.
Trade agreements: Doing Doha down
4-Sep-2009     The Economist
Regional trade deals are no substitute for a Doha agreement. Indeed, they are its enemy, writes The Economist
Global Turn Around!
2-Sep-2009     OWINFS
Sign-on statement from the Our World Is Not For Sale network
US trade deals open markets – GAO
13-Aug-2009     Feedstuffs
The US Government Accountability Office says bilateral free trade agreements signed by the United States work: they deliver new market opportunities for America's agriculture sector.
Obama should shift away from free trade deals -report
23-Jul-2009     Reuters
President Barack Obama should move US trade policy away from the Bush administration's focus on bilateral free trade agreements to a new approach more in line with his economic and foreign policy goals, a report from the Democratic Leadership Coucil recommended Wednesday.
Europe trumps US, again
20-Jul-2009     WSJ
On present trends, most of Europe will soon have lower income tax rates than most of America. And now the European Union is stealing another competitive march on Washington, this time on a free trade deal with the world's 13th largest economy, fast-growing South Korea.
US to get tough on trade, labor infractions: Kirk
16-Jul-2009     Reuters
The US government will get tough with governments that don't live up to trade deals, including those with substandard labor practices, US Trade Representative Ron Kirk was set to announce on Thursday.

Referenced sites

21st Century Trade Agreements: Implications for Long-Run Development Policy

A publication of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future. The paper examines the policy space available under various free t...

#A18DoA - Global day of action to defeat free trade and investment treaties

Website for the global day of action to defeat free trade and investment treaties #A18DoA

Alianza Social Continental

La Alianza Social Continental es un foro de organizaciones y movimientos sociales progresistas de las Américas, creado para intercambiar información, definir...

ICC

International Chamber of Commerce

Movimientos.org

A multilingual (English, Spanish, Portuguese) website focusing on social movements and their campaigns, including those against bilateral and regional FTAs.

Pambazuka

In this week's edition of the Emerging Powers News Round-Up, read a comprehensive list of news stories and opinion pieces related to China, India and other e...

People over profit

People Over Profit is a campaign network that unites peoples movements and NGOs across the globe to stop free trade agreements (FTAs) and corporate plunder, ...

Peoples Global Action

In February 1998, movements from all continents met in Geneva to launch a worldwide coordination of resistances to the global market, a new alliance of strug...

Regional/Multilateral Integration Agreements

Selected research papers on regional trade agreements, from internationaleconomics.net

SOMO

SOMO links the negotiations and rules on international trade and investment with the actual conduct of corporations within these rules and agreements.

South Centre

An intergovernmental organisation of developing countries

Stop fast track!

10 days to stop fast track in the United States: Jan 22 - 31 2014