Fiji stands to lose most from no EPA
By Pita Ligaiula By Online Editor 4:49 pm GMT+12, 17/05/2013, Fiji Fiji stands to loose the most if Pacific members of the ACP bloc could not conclude their Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European…
Pacific ACP remain positive to conclude EPA with EU
By Pita Ligaiula 10:31 am GMT+12, 20/05/2013, Fiji The Pacific ACP bloc remains optimistic that negotiations for their Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union (EU) can be concluded by the end of this…
Progress on PACER plus negotiations
By Online Editor 2:17 pm GMT+12, 15/05/2013, Fiji Here is an interview Islands Business magazine conducted with the Chief Trade Adviser for the Pacific Island Forum Countries, Dr Edwini Kessie, on the progress of the…
The new geopolitics of food scarcity
By Lester Brown, Earth Policy Institute 5:03 pm GMT+12, 29/04/2013, United States For decades now, climate scientists have been telling us that global warming would affect us all. They warned of more extreme weather events.…
Pacific Leaders Reject World Bank, NZ push free trade
By Michael Sergel and Finian Scott 21:32 April 22, 2013 Pacific leaders have overwhelmingly rejected a push from the World Bank and New Zealand to free up trade and loosen regulations in the region. About…
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Legal opinion obtained on deep sea mining decree
A legal opinion by New Zealand lawyer Duncan Currie on a draft decree to legalise undersea mining has been obtained by PANG. The opinion addresses International Seabed Mineral Management Decree 2013 draft of 13 February 2013. It only addresses the text of the draft decree on its…
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Production sectors cost trillions in damages to world environment – UN-backed study
By Online Editor 09:04 am GMT+12, 16/04/2013, India Primary production and processing in such sectors as agriculture, forestry, fisheries, mining, oil and gas exploration and utilities cost the world economy $7.3 trillion a year in damage to the environment, health and other vital benefits for…
Deep seas law ‘a sledgehammer’
By Isaac Davison 11:30 AM Tuesday Apr 9, 2013 High-profile coalition says new anti-protest law being bundled through Parliament without proper scrutiny. A new law change to restrict demonstrations in the deep seas has been described as taking a sledgehammer to peaceful protest by…
Progress on trade facilitation “too slow” for a deal in Bali – Chair
By Kanaga Raja SUNS #7550 dated 21 March 2013 Geneva, 20 Mar (Kanaga Raja) — Progress in the negotiations on Trade Facilitation is “too slow” to meet members’ expectations of being in a position to present an Agreement on Trade Facilitation (TF) in time for…