Archive

September 26th, 2006

Uruguay: Government speeds up free-trade negotiations even as protests build

25 September, 2006
Uruguay's President Tabare Vazquez is stepping up efforts to work out a free-trade agreement (FTA) with the US even as various trade-union groups are stepping up their opposition to such a deal and as the president's political popularity slides.

U.S., EU Reach Agreement to Open European Market to U.S. Services Companies

25 September, 2006
The United States and the European Union have concluded an agreement that will provide new commercial opportunities for U.S. banks and other service providers in the 25-nation EU, U.S. Trade Representative Susan C. Schwab announced Sept. 25.

September 23rd

Europe to review US offer on farm deal

22 September, 2006
EUROPEAN trade negotiators have agreed to consider a new offer from the US to cut its generous subsidy schemes for its own farmers.

September 22nd

Cairn Group's 20th Anniversary Ministerial Meeting Communique

21 September, 2006
We, the Ministers of the Cairns Group, met in Cairns, Australia from 20-22 September, on the twentieth anniversary of the establishment of our Group, to review the current impasse in the Doha negotiations and to discuss how we can contribute to their successful resumption.

IATP Report: Can Aid Fix Trade? Assessing the WTO's Aid For Trade Agenda

21 September, 2006
The debate about the WTO's Aid for Trade negotiations is critical because it firmly places questions about aid-how much, to whom, and for what purpose-within the context of the WTO.

September 11th

G20 meeting gives flicker of hope??

10 September, 2006
World Trade Organisation chief Pascal Lamy said on Sunday that rich and developing nations had agreed that talks on a global trade pact should be renewed although differences remained over farm subsidies and market access.

G-20, trade powers clamour for WTO talks

10 September, 2006
The Group of 20 emerging countries and world trade heavyweights the United States, European Union and Japan clamoured on Monday for a resumption of the WTO Doha Round of negotiations, but offered no hard specifics on when or how.

Slow Going In Trade Talks With S. Korea Disappoints U.S.

10 September, 2006
U.S. trade officials were disappointed at the lack of progress last week in the third round of negotiations toward a U.S.-South Korea free trade agreement,

September 10th

Japan-RP economic pact brings dubious gain

9 September, 2006
The Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) will bring dubious gain to the local economy while severely limiting government’s policy options to develop domestic industries.

September 9th

For Arroyo, the future of Filipinos is cheap — Migrante-Japan

8 September, 2006
For Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, the future of the Filipino people has a very cheap price. So cheap that she has opted to sell it to Japan by further opening up the local economy in exchange for the annual deployment of