Costa Ricans protest free-trade pact
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Tens of thousands of union members, farmers and political activists marched through Costa Rica's capital on Monday to protest a free-trade pact with the U.S. they say will be harmful to local businesses.
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The European Union and Mercosur were wide apart on Wednesday in negotiations to form the world&#39;s biggest free trade area despite a new EU offer to settle their differences, diplomats said.
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BRUSSELS, Oct 20 (IPS) - African and European civil society groups are  urging European citizens to put pressure on their governments to  halt regional trade agreements between the European Union and  developing countries.
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European Parliament members issued a declaration Wednesday demanding the European Union ban the import of seal products to protest Canada's seal hunt.
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Hundreds of thousands of Colombians stage nationwide protests against kidnapping and the civil conflict.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 2 (IPS) - No one is admitting it publicly, but there is now  little doubt that nine years of negotiations to reach a free  trade agreement between South America's Mercosur trade bloc  and the European Union have failed, without even leaving any real  hope for the coming year.
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Authorities in South Korea mobilised more than 50,000 riot police as protesters vowed to press ahead with a wave of demonstrations against a proposed free trade deal with the United States.
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Facing opposition to his proposed trade deals with Peru, Panama and Colombia, the president is campaigning hard to win approval of the deals, which he says will weaken Mr. ChÃ¡vez.
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Environmental activists protest outside an EU building, saying planned cuts in fishing quotas do not go far enough.
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The European Union and the four-nation  South American Mercosur customs bloc failed to reach a deal to  create the world's biggest free-trade area, negotiators said  late on Wednesday.
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Tens of thousands of trade unionists, farmers and leftists marched through downtown Mexico City on Wednesday to protest price increases for basic foods like tortillas &#151; the staple of Mexico's poor &#151; and to demand a change in economic policy.
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Support is growing in Congress for free trade agreements with Peru, Panama and even Colombia because of a deal congressional leaders reached earlier this year with the Bush administration, several Democratic lawmakers said on Wednesday.
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Hundreds of workers rallied on the steps of the Labor Department yesterday to protest the implementation of new rules they say
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Hundreds of people protested on Saturday in front of the US embassy in Khartoum against recently announced US economic sanctions and calling for immediate severance of economic ties with Washington.
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Ecuador protests over aeriel spraying by Colombia, which Bogota say targets drug crops along the border.
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Community leaders in Australia protest over government plans to curb child abuse in Aboriginal areas.
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European Union and Mercosur officials criticized each other&#39;s trade proposals on Thursday, making an Oct. 31 deadline to create a transatlantic free trade area appear increasingly unrealistic.