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FTA Would Hurt Thais, Expert Warns
28-Mar-2004
A free trade agreement with the United States would lead to a broader application of intellectual property rights that could hurt Thais — from farmers to internet users — an expert has warned.
Thailand starts touchy free trade talks with US
27-Mar-2004
A large Thai delegation led by Commerce Minister Watana Muangsook yesterday opened crucial preliminary talks in Washington aimed at reaching a free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States by the end of the year.
U.S.-Morocco FTA: Michael Koplovsky, Economic Counselor, U.S. Embassy, Rabat, Morocco
27-Mar-2004 US Embassy, Rabat, Morocco
You are conducting your sister city partnership during an extremely timely week, for it was just days ago that the United States and Morocco elevated their already robust and vibrant bilateral relationship to a new level by completing a bilateral free trade agreement.
Government spokesman deplores false ideas about free-trade agreement with USA
27-Mar-2004
Morocco’s communication minister, Nabil Benabdellah, deplored on Thursday the "false ideas being circulated" about the free-trade agreement (FTA) that Morocco is currently negotiating with the USA.
Analysis: U.S. Seizing Initiative in Pushing Trade Liberalization
24-Mar-2004 Bulatlat.com
Writing in the Financial Times (Sept. 22, 2003) after the collapse of the fifth WTO Ministerial Conference, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick lamented the “broader culture of protest” that characterized negotiations at Cancun, correctly (if sarcastically) noting that “countries that feel victimized are unlikely to agree to anything.”
Canada-US FTA
24-Mar-2004
Police break up Morocco protest against trade deal.
13-Mar-2004 Friends of Morocco
Moroccan police armed with truncheons on Wednesday broke up a sit-in by protesters opposed to a free trade deal with the United States which they say could hurt the North African country’s most vulnerable people.
King’s reforms had positive impact on Morocco-US FTA, prime minister
13-Mar-2004
Initiatives and reforms conducted by Moroccan king Mohammed VI in various fields have had "a positive and decisive impact" on the conclusion of a free trade agreement with the United States, said, here Thursday, Moroccan Premier Driss Jettou.
Stick approach: Police break up free trade demo in Morocco
12-Mar-2004 raioo.com
Witnesses say police used batons to break up 200 people protesting in Rabat against US-Morocco free trade deal.
No plans for a US-EU free trade pact
5-Mar-2004
A top European Union trade official ruled out chances on Friday of the world’s two largest economic powers, the United States and the EU, negotiating a free trade agreement.
PM urges US-type rules
25-Feb-2004
Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has ordered the Commerce Ministry to quickly address the issue of intellectual property-right violations to facilitate the creation of the Thailand-US Free Trade Agreement (FTA).