Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Saturday, November 01, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Milagros Salazar* – Tierramérica LIMA, Nov 1 (IPS) – Legislative decree 1090, which modifies Peru’s forest policy, is worrying U.S. trade authorities because it contravenes environmental clauses of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) that is to [...]
TRADE: Old Talks Never Die
September 1, 2008 By
Global Geopolitics – Global Politics Online – IPS Monday, September 01, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Gustavo Capdevila GENEVA, Sep 1 (IPS) – ”History tells us that multilateral trade negotiations never die, and the current Doha Round is no exception,” said economist Carlos Pérez del Castillo, Uruguay’s former permanent representative [...]
TRADE-KENYA: British Imports Losing Their Appeal
August 26, 2008 By
Global Geopolitics – Global News Blog – IPS Tuesday, August 26, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Charles Wachira NAIROBI, Aug 26 (IPS) – When Kenya purchased Toyota vehicles for its military forces, instead of the all-pervasive Land Rover, it signalled a seismic change — in effect ending the most favoured [...]
TRADE-CARIBBEAN: EU Pact Hit by Last-Minute Revolt
August 26, 2008 By
Global Geopolitics – Global News Blog – IPS Monday, August 25, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Peter Ischyrion PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Aug 25 (IPS) – Eight months after congratulating themselves for having become the first region within the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) grouping to conclude negotiations with the [...]
TRADE-SOUTHERN AFRICA: FTA Will ‘‘Choke” Small Business
Global Geopolitics Net Monday, August 25, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Stanley Kwenda JOHANNESBURG, Aug 25 (IPS) – The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) that Southern African Development Community (SADC) governments agreed to will boost large South African companies’ reach in the region at the expense of small-scale producers and shops. [...]