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Industry minister: Venezuela will never ink FTA with the US
25-Apr-2006
"We will never initial a Free Trade Agreement (with the United States,) as they put men in the background and focus on the North," Venezuelan Light Industries and Commerce minister María Cristina Iglesias said Tuesday.
FTA daggers leave Andeans gasping
25-Apr-2006
Venezuelan Minister for Integration and Foreign Trade Gustavo Márquez said on Monday that the countries which signed Free Trade Agreements with the US are responsible for the failure of the Andean Community of Nations (CAN).
India remove negative list in FTA talks: Asean
25-Apr-2006
India-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement talks are in troubled waters with Asean insisting on New Delhi to eliminate its big list of negative items, contrary to the stand taken by the former.
Peru’s Prime Minister says FTA with US fundamental
25-Apr-2006
Peru’s Prime Minister Pedro Paulo Kuczynski said on Tuesday it’s "absolutely necessary" for his country to pass the free trade agreement with the U.S as the deal will allow Peruvian textile and agricultural industries to grow.
Chavez may consider Venezuela’s return to Andean Pact
25-Apr-2006 Bloomberg
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said he would consider returning to the Andean Community of Nations trade bloc provided Colombia and Peru reconsider their trade agreements with the US.
Iran, Cuba sign investment, trade MoU
25-Apr-2006 IRNA
Iran and Cuba also have plans to finalize a preferential trade agreement to boost mutual trade exchange.
Colombia suggests FTA with Venezuela — in exchange for the CAN
25-Apr-2006 El Universal
Colombian authorities on the border with Venezuela have proposed Colombian President Álvaro Uribe and his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chávez to negotiate a bilateral Free Trade Agreement in exchange for the Andean Community of Nations (CAN).
Keep the FTA away from our plasma
24-Apr-2006
It has been several years since my last donation, but yesterday I did my part towards saving someone’s life.
At your service: Chinese FTA win
24-Apr-2006
Australia’s service providers - including the big banks, universities and construction and transport companies - yesterday received the strongest indication yet that they may be among the winners from the free trade agreement being negotiated with China.
China is losing its single voice
24-Apr-2006
Businesspeople naturally admire decisiveness. This is one reason why China is so widely sought by corporate Australia as a trade and investment partner.
Submission on the Transpacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement 2005
24-Apr-2006
The Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement (P4) is the latest attempt to bind the policy options of present and future New Zealand governments to a global liberalisation agenda that is facing a crisis.
Korea-US FTA remains contentious
24-Apr-2006
Opinions were sharply divided at the National Assembly yesterday during a debate over the risks and benefits of a free trade agreement with the United States.
No FTA if US interferes in country’s policies
24-Apr-2006
The Malaysian government will not finalise a Free Trade Agreement with the United States until all interests and needs of the country are taken into account.
US-FTA blocks medicine for many
24-Apr-2006
The Guatemalan pharmaceutical industry is the strongest company in Central America and among the first 10 in Latin America, but it is today threatened by the free trade agreement (FTA) with United States.
CII: level playing field for domestic industry
24-Apr-2006
Concerned at the spate of Free Trade Agreements being signed by Government, CII on Sunday demanded a comprehensive strategy to ensure a level playing field for the domestic industry including small and medium enterprises.
North Korean goods pose local threat
24-Apr-2006
Cheaper products from North Korea’s Kaesong special economic zone, which is a part of the proposed Asean-South Korean free trade agreement, may flood into Thailand and hurt local producers, according to executives of the Board of Trade.
US-NZ talks ’outstanding success’ but no FTA move
24-Apr-2006
The first ever US-NZ Partnership Forum, has been described as an "outstanding success" by its organizers, and will be repeated in New Zealand in 2007.
Macho men and state capitalism - is another world possible?
24-Apr-2006 Centro de Medios Independientes de Colombia
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is widely seen to be at the center of Latin America’s transformation by building a regional trade bloc through the creation of ALBA and Venezuela’s membership in Mercosur to oppose US dominance and its constant push for free trade agreements with Latin American governments. However, the true democratic debate has been silenced in this simplified two-sided fight between the projects of macho men.
Pitfalls in signing BIT with US
24-Apr-2006 Dawn
A bilateral investment treaty (BIT) with the United States was billed to be signed during President Bush’s visit to Islamabad last month. However, the signing ceremony was put off because the US draft contained some provisions which President Musharraf said were highly objectionable and needed to be renegotiated.
Venezeula renounces Cartagena, leaves Andean Community
24-Apr-2006 Scoop
Text of the letter in which Venezuela renounces the Cartagena Accord and withdraws from the Andean Community of Nations, translated by toni solo.