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India loses out in Thai FTA | 22-May-2006

As the country debates the merits and de-merits of free trade agreements (FTAs), an analysis of trade data shows India has been at the receiving end in both the Thai and the Sri Lanka FTAs.


Proposed FTA with Thailand in choppy waters | 22-May-2006

The proposed India-Thailand free trade agreement (FTA), which was to follow the early harvest programme (EHP) implemented in September 2004, seems to be in trouble. The Thai side is refusing to budge from its new demand of making the rules of origin (ROO) norms for the agreement less stringent than the norms being followed under the EHP.


Venezuela says it will pull out of G-3 | 22-May-2006

President Hugo Chavez said Sunday Venezuela will pull out of a trade bloc with Colombia and Mexico, its latest move to abandon trade deals with countries that have free-trade pacts with the United States.


GCC-New Zealand free trade deal likely next year | 22-May-2006

The GCC states and New Zealand are expected to sign a free trade agreement next year.


Gov’t urges anti-FTA protestors to stay home | 20-May-2006

The South Korean government on Friday urged a group of some 100 Koreans to refrain from staging a protest in Washington against the first round of negotiations for a free trade agreement with the US, to be held there on June 5-9.


Chinese proposal for FTA items’ classification rejected | 20-May-2006

Pakistan has rejected a Chinese demand that 90 percent items covered under the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) should be put on positive list and remaining 10 percent in negative mode.


Guatemala, TLC: Tratados de propiedad intelectual serán ratificados | 19-May-2006

El presidente del Congreso de la República, Jorge Méndez Herbruger, aseguró esta mañana que la ratificación de tres acuerdos sobre propiedad intelectual estará lista la próxima semana


Con las cartas marcadas | 19-May-2006

Hacía tiempos que no leía libros de economía. A pesar de su importancia, confieso que me aburren tanto como los libros de contabilidad. Pero cuando abrí las páginas de este libro, no pude parar. Estaba lleno de datos y documentos y sin embargo lo leí con la misma avidez con que se lee una novela. Se llama "El monstruo de la globalización. Desafíos y alternativas"


Solicitan comisión de la ONU en concentración indígena | 19-May-2006

Un comité de derechos humanos del Congreso colombiano pidió hoy que una ’’comisión especial’’ de la ONU se desplace a la zona del suroeste del país donde miles de indígenas y campesinos mantienen una concentración de protesta.


Se frustra el TLC con Ecuador y Colombia amenaza con no firmar el acuerdo | 19-May-2006

El gobierno de Estados Unidos suspendió las negociaciones del Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLC) con Ecuador luego de que el gobierno de Alfredo Palacio anulara el contrato con la petrolera norteamericana Oxy. “En este momento no se prevén nuevas conversaciones para un TLC”, declaró a AFP Neena Moorjani, portavoz del representante estadounidense para Comercio (USTR)


¡Viva el Paro Nacional Indígena y Campesino! | 19-May-2006

Coordinadora Nacional de Lucha contra el TLC: Este TLC ¡NO Pasará!


Signature of an investment protection agreement and a Declaration on Cooperation with Colombia | 19-May-2006

Switzerland and Colombia signed two agreements in Bern on 17 May 2006. The first was an agreement on the promotion and reciprocal protection of investments between Switzerland and Colombia. The second was a Declaration on Cooperation between the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) and Colombia.


China, Pakistan agree on basic terms of free trade pact | 18-May-2006

China and Pakistan have agreed on the basic terms of their bilateral free trade pact, officials close to the free trade arrangement (FTA) talks told Xinhua.


EU, South Korea eye preliminary FTA talks | 18-May-2006

South Korea and the European Union have agreed to hold preliminary talks that could lead to the establishment of a free trade agreement (FTA).


Free trade talks between GCC and Turkey to begin this year | 18-May-2006

Free Trade Agreement (FTA) talks between the GCC and Turkey will start this year, according to a senior Turkish government official.


US oil firm files arbitration claim against Ecuador for ’expropriation’ | 18-May-2006

The US-based Occidental Petroleum Company has filed an arbitration claim against Quito for canceling its exploration rights, a move that resulted in a suspension of free trade talks with Washington.


Occidental files BIT claim against Ecuador at ICSID | 18-May-2006

US-based Occidental Petroleum has responded swiftly to a move by the Ecuadorian Government to kick the company out of Ecuador. The firm filed a request for arbitration with the Washington-based International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) yesterday. The company’s claim is expected to be for at least $1 Billion (US) in damages.


Algérie-UE : un protocole d’accord sera signé fin mai | 18-May-2006

Alors qu’il n’était pas couvert à l’origine par l’accord d’association, le secteur de l’énergie fera l’objet d’un dialogue de haut niveau et d’un protocole d’accord entre l’Algérie et l’Union européenne.


US FTA tricks Colombia farmers | 18-May-2006

When a Colombian top-level delegation travelled to Washington last week to supposedly resolve the contradictions between the Spanish and English versions of the FTA, they instead agreed to import aged US hens to Colombia. US poultry farmers regard those hens as waste, since they are sterile.


New US-Asean trade framework ready soon | 18-May-2006

The United States Trade Representative Office (USTR) said a trade and investment framework agreement with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) would be concluded soon.


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