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1. NEWS & ANALYSIS • Negotiations • Across the board • Australia-Thailand • China-New Zealand • China-Thailand • EU-ACP EPAs • EU-Mercosur • FTAA • NAFTA • US-Andean countries • US-Australia • US-Bahrain • US-Chile • US-DR-CAFTA • US-Morocco • US-SACU • US-Taiwan • US-Thailand • other bilaterals • other regionals • Key issues • Agriculture • Corporate interests • Environmen • Geopoliticst • Government procurement • Intellectual property rights • Investment • Labour • Rules of origin • Sanitary standards • Services • Technical barriers to trade • DONE DEALS • Treaties & agreements • BITs • FTAs • TIFAs • other • GET INVOLVED • About bilaterals.org • Actions • Forums • Links • Publish an article • Register What’s new Negotiations Indo-Lanka economic partnership soon 2-Oct-2004 The secret trade courts 2-Oct-2004 Acuerdo Unión Europea Mercosur: ganancias para pocos, amenaza para la mayoría 1-octubre-2004 FTA Pushes Up India, Lanka Trade By 128% 30-Sep-2004 Colombia top priority in Andean trade talks - U.S. 29-Sep-2004 Foreign investors alarmed by FTAs 22-Sep-2004 US-Bahrain free trade pact approval unlikely soon 22-Sep-2004 Business Urged to Monitor Free-Trade Deals Closely 22-Sep-2004 US investment treaty: advantages and risks 22-Sep-2004 Squire Sanders Represents Czech Republic, National Property Fund in Massive Arbitration 22-Sep-2004 Key issues ‘IPR laws can expedite investment pact with US’ 30-Sep-2004 US investors briefed on economic performance 29-Sep-2004 Done deals Japan-Mexico FTA (2004) 20-Sep-2004 Actions FENOCIN prepara estrategias para TLC 28-septiembre-2004 Forums EU strategy? 25-Sep-2004 Site suggestion: more audio 22-Sep-2004 Links EPA Watch 02-Oct-2004 South Africa Business Council 01-Oct-2004 SEARCH Articles by keyword Articles by language • deutsch      • español • français      • nederlands LATEST POSTINGS Indo-Lanka economic partnership soon 2-Oct-2004 The secret trade courts 2-Oct-2004 Acuerdo Unión Europea Mercosur: ganancias para pocos, amenaza para la mayoría 1-octubre-2004 FTA Pushes Up India, Lanka Trade By 128% 30-Sep-2004 ‘IPR laws can expedite investment pact with US’ 30-Sep-2004 Colombia top priority in Andean trade talks - U.S. 29-Sep-2004 US investors briefed on economic performance 29-Sep-2004 South Korea seeking trade agreement with Mercosur 29-Sep-2004 US-Dominican Republic FTA plan suspended 29-Sep-2004 Farmers risk violating US patents 29-Sep-2004 Taking liberties - new Christian Aid report 29-Sep-2004 FENOCIN prepara estrategias para TLC 28-septiembre-2004 more articles...

2. [register] [post an article] [forums] • NEWS & ANALYSIS • Negotiations • Across the board • Australia-Thailand • China-New Zealand • China-Thailand • EU-ACP EPAs • EU-Mercosur • FTAA • NAFTA • US-Andean countries • US-Australia • US-Bahrain • US-Chile • US-DR-CAFTA • US-Morocco • US-SACU • US-Taiwan • US-Thailand • other bilaterals • other regionals • Key issues • Agriculture • Corporate interests • Environment • Geopolitics • Government procurement • Intellectual property rights • Investment • Labour • Rules of origin • Sanitary standards • Services • Technical barriers to trade • DONE DEALS • Treaties & agreements • BITs • FTAs • TIFAs • other • GET INVOLVED • About bilaterals.org • Actions • Forums • Links • Publish an article • Register SEARCH Articles by keyword Articles by language • deutsch      • español • français      • nederlands • What’s new • Negotiations • Indo-Lanka economic partnership soon 2-Oct-2004 • India and Sri Lanka are on the threshold of a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), Sri Lankan Minister of Trade, Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Jeyaraj Fernandopulle said Friday. • Acuerdo Unión Europea Mercosur: ganancias para pocos, amenaza para la mayoría 1-octubre-2004 • Mientras las negociaciones del ALCA (Area de Libre Comercio de las Américas) siguen en compás de espera en relación a las elecciones en los Estados Unidos, los gobiernos de los países del Mercosur, negocian contra reloj un acuerdo también nocivo par la región sólo que con la Unión Europea (UE). • FTA Pushes Up India, Lanka Trade By 128% 30-Sep-2004 • Bilateral trade between India and Sri Lanka has grown by 128% after the free trade • agreement (FTA) became operational in March 2000. • Colombia top priority in Andean trade talks - U.S. 29-Sep-2004 • The US is prepared to drop Ecuador and Peru from a proposed U.S. free-trade pact with the Andean region if investment disputes with those countries threaten a deal with Colombia. • Key issues •  ‘IPR laws can expedite investment pact with US’ 30-Sep-2004 • US investors briefed on economic performance 29-Sep-2004 • Done deals •  Japan-Mexico FTA (2004) 20-Sep-2004 • Actions •  FENOCIN prepara estrategias para TLC 28-septiembre-2004 • Forums •  EU strategy? 25-Sep-2004 •  Site suggestion: more audio 22-Sep-2004 • Links •  EPA Watch 02-Oct-2004 •  South Africa Business Council 01-Oct-2004 LATEST POSTINGS Indo-Lanka economic partnership soon 2-Oct-2004 The secret trade courts 2-Oct-2004 Acuerdo Unión Europea Mercosur: ganancias para pocos, amenaza para la mayoría 1-octubre-2004 FTA Pushes Up India, Lanka Trade By 128% 30-Sep-2004 ‘IPR laws can expedite investment pact with US’ 30-Sep-2004 Colombia top priority in Andean trade talks - U.S. 29-Sep-2004 US investors briefed on economic performance 29-Sep-2004 South Korea seeking trade agreement with Mercosur 29-Sep-2004 US-Dominican Republic FTA plan suspended 29-Sep-2004 Farmers risk violating US patents 29-Sep-2004 Taking liberties - new Christian Aid report 29-Sep-2004 FENOCIN prepara estrategias para TLC 28-septiembre-2004 more articles...

3. NEWS & ANALYSIS • Negotiations • Across the board • Australia-Thailand • China-New Zealand • China-Thailand • EU-ACP EPAs • EU-Mercosur • FTAA • NAFTA • US-Andean countries • US-Australia • US-Bahrain • US-Chile • US-DR-CAFTA • US-Morocco • US-SACU • US-Taiwan • US-Thailand • other bilaterals • other regionals • Key issues • Agriculture • Corporate interests • Environment • Geopolitics • Government procurement • Intellectual property rights • Investment • Labour • Rules of origin • Sanitary standards • Services • Technical barriers to trade • DONE DEALS • Treaties & agreements • BITs • FTAs • TIFAs • other • GET INVOLVED • About bilaterals.org • Actions • Forums • Links • Publish an article • Register bilaterals.org is a collaborative website to share information, critical analysis and strategies for action against bilateral trade and investment agreements. Bilateral treaties create new obligations, especially for developing countries, on a range of issues: privileges for foreign investors, market access for some agricultural products, deregulation of environmental laws, weak standards on labour rights, opening up of services and cultural sectors to foreign control, and ever stronger intellectual property rights regimes. They are used by countries like the US, Australia, Japan, Canada, New Zealand and the EU to get faster, deeper and more comprehensive commitments than is possible in a slow and fractious multilateral forum like the WTO. bilaterals.org was launched in September 2004 by a number of activist research groups as an open and collective website. It contains news articles about ongoing negotiations, background studies on the implications of different trends and agreements, a treaty library, links, reports about people's mobilisations and a discussion forum. You are welcome to join and publish your own materials or documents you consider important to make available to others. SEARCH Articles by keyword Articles by language • deutsch      • español • français      • nederlands LATEST POSTINGS Indo-Lanka economic partnership soon 2-Oct-2004 The secret trade courts 2-Oct-2004 Acuerdo Unión Europea Mercosur: ganancias para pocos, amenaza para la mayoría 1-octubre-2004 FTA Pushes Up India, Lanka Trade By 128% 30-Sep-2004 ‘IPR laws can expedite investment pact with US’ 30-Sep-2004 Colombia top priority in Andean trade talks - U.S. 29-Sep-2004 US investors briefed on economic performance 29-Sep-2004 South Korea seeking trade agreement with Mercosur 29-Sep-2004 US-Dominican Republic FTA plan suspended 29-Sep-2004 Farmers risk violating US patents 29-Sep-2004 Taking liberties - new Christian Aid report 29-Sep-2004 FENOCIN prepara estrategias para TLC 28-septiembre-2004 more articles... • What’s new • Negotiations • Indo-Lanka economic partnership soon 2-Oct-2004 • India and Sri Lanka are on the threshold of a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), Sri Lankan Minister of Trade, Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Jeyaraj Fernandopulle said Friday. • Acuerdo Unión Europea Mercosur: ganancias para pocos, amenaza para la mayoría 1-octubre-2004 • Mientras las negociaciones del ALCA (Area de Libre Comercio de las Américas) siguen en compás de espera en relación a las elecciones en los Estados Unidos, los gobiernos de los países del Mercosur, negocian contra reloj un acuerdo también nocivo par la región sólo que con la Unión Europea (UE). • FTA Pushes Up India, Lanka Trade By 128% 30-Sep-2004 • Bilateral trade between India and Sri Lanka has grown by 128% after the free trade • agreement (FTA) became operational in March 2000. • Colombia top priority in Andean trade talks - U.S. 29-Sep-2004 • The US is prepared to drop Ecuador and Peru from a proposed U.S. free-trade pact with the Andean region if investment disputes with those countries threaten a deal with Colombia. • Key issues •  IPR: ‘IPR laws can expedite investment pact with US’ 30-Sep-2004 •  Investment: US investors briefed on economic performance 29-Sep-2004 • Treaties and agreements •  Japan-Mexico FTA (2004) 20-Sep-2004 • Actions •  FENOCIN prepara estrategias para TLC 28-septiembre-2004 • Forums •  EU strategy? 25-Sep-2004 •  Site suggestion: more audio! 22-Sep-2004 Links  EPA Watch 02-Oct-2004  South Africa Business Council 01-Oct-2004