“With the economic slowdown creeping in, there is an urgency for concluding the EU-ASEAN FTA talks,” the EU has said. The European Union expects solid response from ASEAN countries to offers made for a possible EU-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (FTA) at a meeting to be hosted by Malaysia in March. “We should try to get [...]

The European Union expects solid response from ASEAN countries to offers made for a possible EU-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (FTA) at a meeting to be hosted by Malaysia in March. “We should try to get this agreement going amid the global economic slowdown. “Kuala Lumpur will host the next round of negotiations in March. We [...]

SOUTH ASIAN WOMEN WORKERS’ DECLARATION ON  TRADE AGREEMENTS   October 16, 2008  New Delhi, India  We, delegates of the South Asian conference Exacerbating Vulnerabilities: Understanding the Impact of Trade Agreements on Women Workers, organised by the Committee for Asian Women and Centre for Education and Communication, gathered in New Delhi on October 15-16 2008, reassert our [...]

October 16, 2008 New Delhi Press Statement Committee for Asian Women (CAW), Centre for Education and Communication (CEC) and participants of the South Asian conference Exacerbating Vulnerabilities: Understanding Impact of Trade Agreements on Women Workers call for an end to endless signing of free trade agreements(FTAs) which are endangering the sovereignty and rights of the [...]