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Sri Lanka FTA gives traders oily woes
18-Apr-2006 CNN-IBN
The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Sri Lanka is costing Indian vanaspati-makers a fortune. With the Sri Lankan vanaspati flooding the Indian market, factories are shutting down, rendering hundreds of people jobless.
S Korea warns of collapse in free trade talks with US
17-Apr-2006 Asia Pulse
South Korea’s trade minister warned Monday that the upcoming negotiations on a free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States could collapse if the deal harms South Korean national interests.
Seoul attempts to appease farmers
17-Apr-2006 IHT
The South Korean government may offer more incentives for farmers and their families in an attempt to curb protests over its negotiations with the United States for a free-trade agreement, South Korea’s chief negotiator said Monday.
EU-Latin trade up
17-Apr-2006 Latin Business Chronicle
The European Union posted strong trade growth with Latin America last year, led by Venezuela and Mexico. But future EU relations with the region will depend on expanding free trade agreements.
US refuses to budge ahead of S. Africa trade talks
17-Apr-2006 Reuters
The United States hopes to agree a road-map with southern Africa on reaching a trade pact this week but will not budge on key issues that have previously stalled talks, a top official said on Monday.
Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (draft, 2003)
17-Apr-2006 JPEPA Research Project
Working draft of the agreement as of 21 April 2003
Nesac urges caution over US FTA talks
17-Apr-2006 Bangkok Post
Thailand’s National Economic and Social Advisory Council has urged the government to delay free trade negotiations with the US on financial services and take intellectual property rights and agriculture liberalisation off the agenda.
Oil law may hit Ecuador-US deal
17-Apr-2006 FT
New legislation designed to increase the state’s share of windfall oil revenues by some $600m a year is set to derail Ecuador’s plans to negotiate a trade deal with the US, according to government officials.
Education sector to be included in FTA agenda
17-Apr-2006 Korea Times
South Korea is poised to include a partial opening of the education market in its coming talks for a free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States. The US is calling for the Korean government to open the college education market involving graduate schools and the pre-school education market involving kindergartens.
Thousands march against FTA with US
17-Apr-2006 Chosun Ilbo
A massive protest against a planned free trade agreement between Korea and the U.S. brought some 8,000 trade unionists, farmers, students and actors from 100 groups to Daehagno, downtown Seoul on Sunday.
US unwilling on increased market access for textiles
16-Apr-2006 Daily Times
The United States is reluctant to give increased market access for textile to Pakistan and has conveyed that any new trading arrangement that could be finalized between the two countries would be minus textile, a senior official told the Daily Times on Saturday.
Public-sectors to be excluded from FTA with US: ROK
16-Apr-2006 Xinhua
South Korean chief negotiator for the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States Kim Jong-hoon said Saturday that the public-sectors services would be excluded from the FTA talks.
Bolivia moves to support Latin American integration
16-Apr-2006 ACN
The Bolivian representative to an anti-“free trade” conference underway in Havana, proposed a “People’s Trade Agreement” - a joint initiative between the government and social movements in that South American country.
Ecuador launches efforts to renew FTA negotiations with US
16-Apr-2006 Xinhua
The Ecuadorian government hopes to have the next round of FTA negotiations on May 8 in Washington — if it manages to pass an amendment bill to the Hydrocarbons Law. But the legislation is being staunchly opposed by private oil firms.
West Africa: Oxfam cautions on Economic Partnership Agreements
15-Apr-2006 This Day
Oxfam yesterday urged West African nations not to mortgage their future by signing on to the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) being negotiated with the European Union.
Pakistan, US agree to conclude BIT soon
14-Apr-2006 Daily Times
Pakistan and United States on Thursday agreed to conclude Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) as early as possible.
Defense of FTA with US - positive attitude needed to persuade people
14-Apr-2006
A presidential senior secretary strongly defended Korea’s move to sign a free trade deal with the United States by saying that the deal, if successfully concluded, would pull the nation into the ranks of advanced countries.
Poorest farmers will need more help
14-Apr-2006 Bangkok Post
A failure to manage trade liberalisation and agricultural policy could make the financial plight of Thai farmers worse, warns Prapat Panyachatraksa, a former agriculture minister.
ECOWAS trade ministers agree on conditions for EPA
14-Apr-2006 Africast
ECOWAS Trade Ministers have rounded off a one-day appraisal meeting on the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union with an agreement on pre-conditions to be fulfilled before the beginning of the second phase of the negotiations.
Cosatu warns of job losses on SA-China trade deal
13-Apr-2006 SABC News
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) has warned government that thousands of textile workers, especially women, will soon join the unemployment queue.