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American Farm Bureau supports free trade with Oman
14-Dec-2005
Even though Oman is a relatively small market for US agricultural exports, several factors make it an attractive export market for the United States, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation.
Colombia congratulates Peru on free trade deal with US
14-Dec-2005
Colombia’s government congratulated Peru on closing a free trade deal with the US, but said some of the issues that it has regarding a similar agreement with the US still need to be resolved.
FTA deal ’will help Egyptian investors’
14-Dec-2005
Deputy Chief Executive of the Economic Development Board (EDB) Dr Zakaria Hijris has urged the Egyptian private sector to benefit from the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Bahrain and the US.
US Grains Council on US-Peru FTA
14-Dec-2005 USGC
"With this agreement, we are looking forward to gaining a significant portion of a market that has been dominated by Argentina in the past."
Peru - strike against Free Trade Agreement announced
14-Dec-2005 PULSAR
The president of Peru’s National Agrarian Confederation, Antolin Huascar Flores, announced a national strike against the recently signed Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States. "Only grapes, asparagus and some textile is going to benefit, and the other Andean products will not. Because of this, we are preparing for a nationwide agricultural strike," he said.
FTA will open up new avenues: US official
13-Dec-2005
The immediate effect of the free-trade agreements would help unleash the economic potential of both the US and Oman, a top US official said yesterday.
FTA ’to bar cheap Aids drugs’
12-Dec-2005
Aids patients are unlikely to gain access to cheaper drugs after the free trade agreement between Thailand and the United States is signed, as the planned Thai-US FTA is likely to protect only American patented drugs.
Manama welcomes US Congress approval of draft FTA with Bahrain
12-Dec-2005
The Bahraini cabinet on Sunday welcomed the US Congress’ endorsement of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Bahrain.
Statement from US sugar producers regarding US-Peru FTA
12-Dec-2005 ASA
The US sugar industry strongly prefers that negotiation of sugar market access occur in the multilateral, comprehensive WTO context, where foreign subsidies can also be addressed, rather than in bilateral and regional FTAs, where subsidies are not addressed.
Peru trade deal angers US asparagus growers
10-Dec-2005
Asparagus growers in Washington state, Michigan and California say they will ask Congress to scuttle a newly announced free-trade agreement between the United States and Peru.
Entrepreneurs, economists trust Free Trade starts in January
10-Dec-2005
Entrepreneurs and economists trust that the Free Trade Agreement with Central America and the United States (DR-CAFTA) will in effect start as scheduled in January 2006.
US-Peru FTA (2005): summary
10-Dec-2005 USTR
From the Office of the US Trade Representative.
Peru’s acceptance of IP terms led to trade pact with US
9-Dec-2005 Intellectual Property Watch
An agreement by Peru to accept US demands on protecting intellectual property rights, including protections for pharmaceutical test data found in other US free trade agreements, paved the way for a final deal on a US-Peru FTA.
US, Peru reach free trade agreement
8-Dec-2005 AP
The US and Peru have wrapped up negotiations on a free trade agreement, officials from both countries said Wednesday. The pact was reached after Colombia and Ecuador halted their own discussions with Washington on what was expected to be a regional agreement linking all three countries with the United States.
US and Peru end trade impasse with agreement
8-Dec-2005 FT
The US and Peru struck a wide-ranging trade agreement on Wednesday after 18 months of talks that had been mired in disagreements over agricultural and intellectual property issues.
House OKs trade agreement with Bahrain
8-Dec-2005 AP
The US House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to make the small Persian Gulf nation of Bahrain one of the few Middle Eastern countries with a free-trade relationship with the United States.
US-Taiwan FTA not likely within next few years: USTR official
6-Dec-2005 CNA
A ranking US Trade Representative Office (USTR) official said Tuesday it is not likely that the United States and Taiwan will be able to reach a free trade agreement within the next couple of years as talks on many bilateral trade issues have yet to be completed.
Ecuador exec - Govt skirting FTA issue
6-Dec-2005
The Ecuadorian executive and congress have been accused of politicking around a referendum on whether to sign a Free Trade Agreement with the US.
Panama questions FTA with US
6-Dec-2005
Panamanian farmers on Monday called for a mass demonstration December 11 to analyze the state of the negotiations on the Free Trade Agreement (FTA), which their government plans to sign with the United States.
M’sia-US FTA can conclude within given timeframe, says US official
6-Dec-2005
The possibility Malaysia signing a Free Trade Area (FTA) agreement with the United States before June 2007 is possible as both governments are seriously undertaking a study on the pact.