DEVELOPMENT:     ACP States Feeling the Pinch of 2007 Trade Deadline
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KHARTOUM, Dec 6 (IPS) - The fifth summit of the African, Caribbean and  Pacific (ACP) Group of States will kick off on Thursday in the  Sudanese capital, Khartoum, amidst fierce speculation over the  fate of trade agreements between the European Union (EU) and ACP  nations.
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With the NBA trade deadline looming, teams will be hard-pressed to top what already has been accomplished over the past few weeks.
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The humble cotton sock has become the center of an international trade dispute.
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Investors were concerned that a slowing U.S. economy could spell trouble for Asiaâs export-dependent economies.
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China&#39;s tax on its textile exports is a backward step last week&#39;s twist in textiles is depressing proof, if any were needed, of how hard it is to straighten out world trade.
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As negotiators try to relaunch global trade talks in Brazil, one says failure to reach a deal could have dire consequences.
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PORT OF SPAIN, Dec 5 (IPS) - Not many Caribbean leaders are expected to attend  the two-day summit of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP)  Group starting in Sudan Thursday, but the region will follow its  agenda quite keenly, including a proposed Economic Partnership  Agreement with the European Union and a new threat to its ailing  banana industry.
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The Group of African, Caribbean and Pacific States voiced regret at the lack of progress in talks with the European Union on a new framework for trade between the two blocs.
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This year's U.S. presidential election has special significance for East Asia. A Pacific Ocean diminished in size by technology has linked East Asia's economic future with America's. Any slowdown in the U.S. spells problems for Asia. Although intra-East Asian trade has grown by double digits yearly since the 1990s, the end destination for about 25% of the region's manufactured products is still the U.S. Asia needs a U.S. Administration that supports free trade and is able to restrain domestic pressures to protect American jobs by restricting outsourcing.
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BLANTYRE, Aug 23  (IPS) - Manufacturers, exporters and even government  officials in Malawi are jittery about January 1, 2008. On that  day the economic partnership agreements (EPAs), currently being  negotiated between the European Union (EU) and six groupings of  African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries, will come into  force.
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Economic and trade ministers from Australia, New Zealand and the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) hope to conclude a free trade agreement (FTA) by 2007 it was revealed yesterday.
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Southeast Asian nations, Australia and New Zealand hope to conclude a free trade agreement (FTA) by 2007 after beginning formal negotiations next year, Australian Trade Minister Mark Vaile said on Sunday.
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KHARTOUM, Dec 8 (IPS) - Leaders of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP)  Group of States wrapped up their fifth summit Friday in the  Sudanese capital, Khartoum -- this after two days of debate over  trade relations between the ACP, a 79-member grouping that  includes some of the world's poorest nations -- and the  European Union (EU).
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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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PARIS, Aug 28 (IPS) - Concern over getting too little in return for what  they are being asked to give up has led some African nations to  say "no" to some proposals for new trade relations with  Europe next year.
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Slow-moving talks between the European Union and the four-nation South American Mercosur trade bloc, aimed at building the world&#39;s largest free-trade area, will be extended beyond the October 31 deadline into next year, negotiators at talks here announced
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The "tentative" status may be making investors jittery.