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S Korean activists go on hunger strike to protest US FTA talks
12-Mar-2007 Asia Pulse
A group of 20 local activists said Monday they have started a hunger strike to oppose the South Korea-US free trade talks underway here, adding about 1,000 more people will join them later this month.
US, UAE say still hope to reach free trade deal
12-Mar-2007
The United States and the United Arab Emirates still hope to reach a free trade agreement and plan to resume talks whenever the White House wins new "fast-track" trade negotiating authority, officials from both countries said on Monday.
Colombian study on impact of US FTA on medicine
12-Mar-2007 FTA Malaysia
This is an English translation of a full study done in Colombia of the impacts of its US free trade agreement (FTA) on medicine consumption and the Colombian generic industry. The study study used the World Health Organization’s methodology.
Ten reporters assaulted by police in anti-FTA rally
12-Mar-2007
A demonstration against the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (FTA) planned by the Korean Alliance against the Korea-US FTA (KoA) in downtown Seoul was canceled due to the preventive interference of the police as the eighth round of the talks that opened on March 8 nears its scheduled end on March 12.
S Korea, US head for high-level FTA talks to overcome remaining obstacles
12-Mar-2007 Yonhap
South Korea and the United States were to wrap up their final official round of free trade agreement talks in Seoul on Monday, although they still have a few sensitive issues hanging in the balance.
Riot police break up protest in Seoul
10-Mar-2007 Washington Post
Riot police used a water cannon Saturday to break up a noisy but peaceful street protest in downtown Seoul against a proposed free trade agreement between South Korea and the United States.
Japan trade frays tempers
10-Mar-2007 The Nation
Opponents of the draft Japan-Thailand Economic Partnership Agreement (JTEPA) have asserted that the Surayud Chulanont government needs to take two controversial issues in the pact seriously.
Rivalry delays selection of host for Asia FTA research body
10-Mar-2007 Kyodo
The selection of a country to host a body to conduct research on trade liberalization around the Asia-Pacific region has been put on hold due to the rivalry among countries wishing to be home to its headquarters.
Swiss government approves mandate for FTA talks with Japan
10-Mar-2007 People’s Daily
The Swiss government on Friday approved a mandate for negotiations on a comprehensive economic partnership and free trade agreement (FTA) between Switzerland with Japan.
Indo-Japan economic pact to see the light of day within year
10-Mar-2007 Financial Express
India and Japan will ink the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) in the next one year, minister of state for industry Ashwani Kumar said on Friday.
Beef heading overseas
10-Mar-2007 KGWN
South Korea announced Thursday that it will lower its quarantine standards for US beef imports and resume imports of American beef that do not contain bone fragments.
US says FTA with UAE off for now
10-Mar-2007 Gulf Daily News
US trade officials said yesterday they would not finish free trade talks with the UAE by a deadline at the end of this month. Investment is one issue that negotiators have failed to find agreement on.
S Korean Catholics ask God to stop FTA
9-Mar-2007
South Korean Catholics on Friday asked God to stop a proposed free trade agreement between their country and the United States, as Washington’s chief negotiator said the two sides were intensifying efforts to strike a deal their legislatures can approve.
Uruguay threatens to downgrade Mercosur role
9-Mar-2007 Euro2day
Uruguay has warned that it will consider downgrading its status in Mercosur if the regional trade bloc prevents it from making a bilateral trade deal with the US.
Japan, Australia free trade talks to begin in April
9-Mar-2007 Bloomberg
Japan and Australia will begin two days of talks on a possible free trade agreement April 23 in Canberra, Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso said.
Mercosur keen to sign free trade agreement with Pakistan
9-Mar-2007 Asia Pulse
Mercosur, a regional group of four Latin American countries (Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and Brazil), has expressed its willingness to sign a free trade agreement (FTA) with Pakistan.
Costa Rica: Why we reject CAFTA
9-Mar-2007 Americas Program, International Relations Center (IRC)
On Feb. 26, tens of thousands of Costa Ricans took to the streets in a demonstration to block ratification of the free trade agreement and reject approval to implement legislation demanded by the United States. Costa Rica is the only country included in the Free Trade Agreement between the United States, Central America, and the Dominican Republic (CAFTA-DR) that has not yet ratified the agreement. A broad grassroots movement in the country is trying to make sure it stays that way.
Disagreement puts India-GCC FTA on backburner
9-Mar-2007 Financial Express
Plans to put an India-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in place have suffered a setback despite two rounds of talks earlier this year. According to officials, due to the absence of customs union and disagreement among the GCC countries, talks of an FTA with India are now stuck.
US pears and apples first beneficiaries of the FTA US-Dominican Republic
9-Mar-2007 Fresh Plaza
The US export of 25 MT of pears and apples to the Dominican Republic was the first transaction following the application of the free trade agreement between both countries.
FTA with South Korea within reach: chief US negotiator
8-Mar-2007
With an end-of-March deadline looming large, the chief US free trade agreement negotiator with South Korea emphatically declared Thursday that a "high-quality" deal is within reach.