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El Salvador: Spanish firm advocates, then breaks labour laws
17-Apr-2007 IPS
The Spanish tuna-fishing and processing company Grupo Calvo has been accused of serious anti-union practices in El Salvador. The paradox is that Calvo had insisted that this Central American country approve labour laws required by the European Union for the purpose of obtaining tariff exemptions, as a condition for continuing to invest here.
800 NGOs: "KorUS FTA is invalid!"
17-Apr-2007 Voiceofpeople
Korean Alliance against KorUS FTA concludes people’s protest should go on. They declared "KorUS FTA is Invalid" and decided to have nationwide strikes at the end of June, which is supposedly when the agreement will be signed.
Japan needs new FTA strategy
17-Apr-2007 Yomiuri Shimbun
South Korea-US trade pact could leave Japan lagging in world market, according to the Yomirui Shimbun.
India offers new concessions for Asean FTA
17-Apr-2007 Business Standard
India has offered a new set of concessions to the 10-member Association of South East Asian Nations (Asean), during the negotiations in the last two months for a proposed free trade agreement.
BIO commends USTR for successfully concluding US-Korea free trade agreement
17-Apr-2007 BIO
BIO congratulates US Chief Agricultural Negotiator Richard Crowder and his staff for negotiating a separate understanding on several agricultural biotechnology issues. The FTA will go a long way in providing additional market access opportunities in Korea for US biotechnology companies.
Aust-US FTA 2 years later - ’How to Kill a Country’ Interview
16-Apr-2007 ABC Radio - Counterpoint
Twenty months after the free trade agreement with the United States was signed, what have been the outcomes for Australia? Professor John Mathews from the graduate school of management at Macquarie University provides an update.
Weaving webs of influence: The United States, free trade agreements and dispute resolution
16-Apr-2007 Australia National University
Peter Drahos looks at the issue of dispute settlement in the gowing web of US bilateral free trade agreements, how this relates to the WTO’s dispute settlement system and the implications for developing countries.
Egypt-Turkey FTA (2005)
16-Apr-2007
Talks with Efta for signing FTA soon
16-Apr-2007 Business Recorder
Pakistan will start negotiations with the European Free Trade Association (Efta) for signing Free Trade Agreement (FTA), which the Commerce Ministry hopes will boost Pakistan’s exports.
KCTU union member dies from self-immolation attempt in protest of the KOR-US FTA
15-Apr-2007 KCTU
On 11:23 am, April 15th, KCTU union member, Bro. Heo Se-Wook, passed away from septicemia as a result of the massive immune system response to the third degree burns all over his body after he attempted to commit suicide by setting himself on fire as an act of resistance against the KORUS FTA on April 1st.
US, India trade motorcycles for mangoes
15-Apr-2007 Miami Herald
Indian mangoes will hit US shelves for the first time in 18 years, while Harley Davidson motorcycles will soon be cruising India’s roads, senior officials said Friday.
Brazil may ratify Mercosur PTA with India by June
15-Apr-2007 Zee News
Brazil today said it would ratify the Mercosur preferential trade agreement (PTA) with India by June this year. However only Brazil would ratify, not the other members of Mercosur.
Tata forays into strategic sectors of Southeast Asia
15-Apr-2007 IPCS
China is making deep inroads in the region because of its trade initiatives, but Indian companies would be calling the shots in future, and the Asia-Pacific region might become a market for them.
Roh rebuts officials questioning FTA
14-Apr-2007
On April 12, Jeon Yun-churl, chairman of the Board of Audit and Inspection, raised questions over the introduction of an investor-state dispute system in the South Korea-U.S. free trade agreement (FTA).
Labor Affairs chief to rally US FTA support
14-Apr-2007
Council of Labor Affairs Chairman Lee Ying-yuan has left for the United States to clear up misunderstanding over Taiwan’s labor policy.
US should warm frozen FTA talks with Taiwan
14-Apr-2007
Following last week’s inking of an accord between the United States and South Korea for future implementation of a free trade agreement, Taipei has good reasons to urge the U.S. side to restart the FTA talks with the ROC, which were unilaterally suspended by Washington in 2006.
Indo-Japan cooperation pact likely to be concluded in a year: Nath
14-Apr-2007
The proposed Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement between India and Japan is likely to be concluded within the next one year, Commerce Minister Kamal Nath said today. The second round of negotiations for the economic agreement is presently being conducted in Tokyo at the moment.
Costa Rica may vote down US trade
14-Apr-2007
Costa Rican President Oscar Arias Saturday announced that he will submit to the Legislative Assembly a proposal for a direct referendum over free trade agreement with the US.
FTA protestors hold joint meeting, notch up efforts
14-Apr-2007
About 100 representatives of more than 800 civic and social organizations opposed to the South Korea-US free trade agreement (FTA) held a meeting in downtown Seoul on April 13, urging the government to hold a national referendum regarding the trade deal and to release information regarding the FTA negotiations, which concluded with a preliminary agreement on April 2.
Costa Rica to hold referendum on US trade pact
13-Apr-2007
Costa Rica will hold a referendum on whether to enter a regional free trade pact with the United States, President Oscar Arias said on Friday, in a blow to Washington’s trade agenda in the region.