August 2009
Traidcraft
Negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA) between the EU and India could pose serious threats to India’s development and to efforts to redress poverty and inequality.
April 2009
EU-ASEAN FTA Campaign
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In May 2007, the European Union launched its New Partnership for the 21st Century with Asia. The initiative consisted of simultaneous negotiations for free trade agreements with India, Korea and ASEAN.
March 2009
EU-ASEAN FTA Campaign
March 2009
Forum on FTAs action alert
In June 2007, the European Union (EU) and the Government of India started negotiating a Free Trade Agreement (FTA). This new generation FTA covers many areas other than trade in goods viz. trade in services, investment, intellectual property rights, competition policy, government procurement etc.
February 2009
To:
- Members of the committee on International Trade (INTA)
Cc:
- Members of the Committee on Development (DEVE)
- Members of the delegation for relations with India (D-IN)
Dear MEP,
Re: Vote on Draft Report "EU-India Free Trade Agreement"
In the coming weeks, the European Parliament will be asked to vote on a Resolution concerning the free trade agreement (FTA) under negotiation between the European Union and India.
November 2008
Rick Arnold and Manuel Pérez-Rocha
Barack Obama's electoral victory represents hope for change in the US relations with Latin America, but he will have to work against time to showcase the new policy direction at the Fifth Summit of the Americas, to be held in Trinidad and Tobago in April next year, write Rick Arnold and Manuel Pérez-Rocha.
Barack Obama's electoral victory represents hope for a change in direction for US relations with Latin America and within the North American region- a change that departs from the Monroe Doctrine of US superiority over its 'backyard' neighbors.
November 2008
Barbara Meincke
Far-reaching tariff elimination and liberalization of government procurement can have negative effects on the most vulnerable and marginalized groups in Indian society and hamper rather than foster human development.
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November 2008
(An earlier version of this commentary was delivered as the Ted Wheelwright Memorial Lecture at the University of Sydney on Sept. 1, 2008.)
Despite the glitter that surrounded the Olympics in Beijing, the Democratic National Convention in Denver, and the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis, the messages coming to Asia from these events were very different.
From Beijing, the message was, to put it in the words of one pundit, China has had a few bad centuries but is back on its feet.
October 2008
This letter was delivered by hand to Robert B. Zoellick, president of the World Bank and the Acting Secretary General of International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) as Telefonica, Telecom Italia, and ETI.
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June 2008
Patrick Bond and Richard Kamidza
In even the most exploitative African sites of repression and capital accumulation, sometimes corporations take a hit, and victims sometimes unite on continental lines instead of being divided-and-conquered.
