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Occupy Honolulu’s position on APEC
8-Nov-2011 Hawaii Reporter
The Occupy Honolulu General Assembly formally asserts its opposition to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings to be held in Honolulu from November 7 – 13, 2011.
RP, Japan agree PJEPA overhaul
8-Nov-2011 Manila Bulletin
The Philippines and Japan are in agreement to undertake a comprehensive review of its bilateral free trade agreement, but are likely to clash in their objectives as the Philippines is set to go for more protection of its interest, like higher tariffs on some imports from Japan, in contrast to Japan’s call for further trade liberalization and other sectors covered under the agreement.
New Seoul mayor speaks out against FTA with US
8-Nov-2011 Donga Ilbo
Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon has submitted an official opinion that the city opposes the Korea-US free trade agreement on Monday.
Korea: Prosecution vows stern actions against FTA protesters
8-Nov-2011 Yonhap
Korean prosecutors said Monday they will resort to arrests and physical detention in dealing with protesters against the country’s long-stalled free trade agreement with the US.
Sustainable Energy Trade Agreements: A fresh, “green” twist on free trade
7-Nov-2011 Triple Pundit
The International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) is advocating the enactment of Sustainable Energy Trade Agreements to speed up the development and adoption of renewable energy and clean technology globally.
Corporations occupy fair trade
7-Nov-2011 Bulletin
Corporations move in to further occupy the fair trade network
Tuna fished ’illegally’ during Libya conflict
7-Nov-2011 BBC
Evidence is emerging of unregulated and probably illegal tuna fishing in Libyan waters during this year’s conflict.
EAC-EU EPA talks on
6-Nov-2011
The Director General of the EAC Customs and Trade Directorate, Mr. Peter Kiguta has confirmed that the East African Community (EAC)-European Union (EU) Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) Negotiations is on course and Partner States are not being bulldozed.
Top U.S. companies urge new Internet trade rules
6-Nov-2011
Google, Microsoft , Citigroup , IBM , GE and other top-tier American companies on Thursday urged the United States to fight for trade rules that protect the free flow of information over the Internet.
Saarc: PM may suggest economic integration
6-Nov-2011
As Prime Minister Manmohan Singh heads for the Maldives next week to participate in the 17th Saarc summit, it is expected that he will be suggesting some mechanisms to promote a greater level of regional economic integration.
Modest agenda on Saarc table, 4 pacts to be signed
6-Nov-2011
With many of its big ideas still await implementation, the eight-member South Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) countries seem to have gone for a modest agenda this time.
FTA wrangling heats up outside Assembly
6-Nov-2011
The main opposition Democratic Party stepped up its public campaign against the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement over the weekend, as the ruling Grand National Party mulled pushing a final vote at a plenary session Wednesday.
S.Korean parliament frozen over FTA with US
6-Nov-2011
Confrontation at South Korea’s parliament over a free trade deal with the United States showed no sign of easing Friday, as some opposition lawmakers took to the streets while others continued sit-ins.
Argentina readies corn exports to China
5-Nov-2011 Dow Jones
Argentina hopes to start exporting corn to China in a few months but is still finalizing details of a bilateral market access agreement, a senior Argentinian official said Thursday.
Government likely to go solo in IEPA
5-Nov-2011
The Ghana government is likely to tell ECOWAS of its plans to go solo on the signing of the Interim Economic Partnership Agreement (IEPA) when Trade Ministers in the sub-region meet in the country later this month.
EU remains dead set on trade deal
5-Nov-2011
European Union Trade Commissioner Karel de Gucht took a “conciliatory but firm stance” on economic partnership agreement (EPA) negotiations when he recently met with Africa-Caribbean-Pacific (ACP) countries.
Free trade pact a dud for Australia
5-Nov-2011
The Australia-US Free Trade Agreement (FTA) has just completed its seventh year. The US Bureau of Census calculated that most marriages that end last for eight years - the itch is supposed to begin in the seventh - so the fundamental issue is whether the relationship has been good for both parties.
Legal weapon that gives corporations the edge on governments
5-Nov-2011
Swedish energy giant Vattenfall will take advantage of an "extraordinarily powerful legal tool" now available to the world’s corporations to sue the German government for phasing out nuclear power, it was confirmed this week.
U.S. companies profit from investor-state dispute system
5-Nov-2011
The South Korean government describes the investor-state dispute system (ISD), introduced by the country for 81 bilateral investment treaties (BITs) formed since 1967, as a means of protecting offshore investments by South Koreans. But South Korea has never once sued another country, nor has the government been sued by a foreign investor. The reason was that none of those treaties was with the United States.
The KORUS FTA’s problem of American exceptionalism
5-Nov-2011
President Lee Myung-bak’s recent visit to the United States set a new political record. Prior to the South Korea-U.S. summit meeting, U.S. Congress passed the implementation bill for the South Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA) with unprecedented speed. But does President Lee know that the KORUS FTA has no force in the United States whatsoever?