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  • 2-Jan-2008 ABS-CBN
    RP may lose up to P4B in JPEPA’s 1st year - DOF
    The Philippine government stands to lose P3 billion to P4 billion in revenues in the first year alone of the implementation of the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement, estimates by the Department of Finance showed.
  • 1-Jan-2008 Times of India
    Gulf states launch GCC common market
    The six oil-rich Gulf monarchies ushered in the New Year on Tuesday by setting up a common market with a combined economy of 715 billion dollars.
  • 1-Jan-2008 Economic Times
    FTAs and safety standards
    Unlike India, most Asean countries have a very robust regime of quality and safety standards for products imported into their markets. What that means under an India-ASEAN FTA is that Indian manufacturers, despite having lower entry tariffs into Asean, will still not be able to export their products unless they meet the strict safety and quality regulations of those countries.
  • 1-Jan-2008 Daily Times
    Pak-Malaysia FTA to be operational from today
    Pakistan and Malaysia are set to enter into a free trade arrangement (FTA) from New Year today under Malaysia-Pakistan Closer Economic Partnership Agreement (MPCEPA) 2008-2014.
  • 1-Jan-2008 Colombo Page
    Sri Lanka, India set to finalize bilateral trade agreement
    India and Sri Lanka may finalise discussions on a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement this week
  • 1-Jan-2008 The Canadian
    US uranium mining company plans poses threat to over one million Canadians
    Thanks to politicians corrupted by the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), a US mining company is poised to make commercial profit by spreading uranium contamination across eastern Ontario and western Quebec.
  • 1-Jan-2008 Epoch Times
    NZers raise concerns over free trade with China at global rights event
    Christchurch supporters of the Human Rights Torch Relay are asking how New Zealand can consider a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with China — a regime facing allegations of large-scale genocide and organ harvesting.
  • 31-Dec-2007 Manila Standard
    Japan scoffs at review of economic deal
    Tokyo is not amenable to a renegotiation of the Economic Partnership Agreement it has signed with Manila, according to an official of the Japanese Embassy in the Philippines.
  • 29-Dec-2007 Prensa Latina
    Human wall on Mexico-US border to protest NAFTA
    On January 1, Mexican farmers and social groups will make a human wall on the border checkpoint in Ciudad Juarez to protest against the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
  • 29-Dec-2007 Macau Daily Times
    China and Arabic countries forge economic strategic partnership
    The Arab world holds an important position in Chinese enterprises’ global strategies. It is predicted that China and the Gulf Cooperation Council will sign a free trade agreement soon.
  • 29-Dec-2007 Economic Times
    India allows Bangla cos to invest
    The Foreign Exchange Management Act has been amended allowing Bangladeshi companies to invest in India. These changes will clear the way for India-Bangladesh bilateral investment promotion agreement.
  • 29-Dec-2007 Daily News
    Broken promise for Mexican truckers bodes ill for free trade
    Just before breaking for the holidays, US Congress effectively reneged on the North American Free Trade Agreement’s promise to give Mexican truckers full access to US roads.
  • 29-Dec-2007 FInancial Post
    Select few see benefits of free trade: report
    The Canadian Business Council on National Issues, whose CEOs pushed for free trade with the United States two decades ago, and that remain members of the since-renamed Canadian Council of Chief Executives, have cut jobs since even as their revenues have soared
  • 28-Dec-2007 Earth Times
    India-GCC: Petrochem industry fears free trade with the Gulf
    A leading industry body has urged the Indian government to keep key petrochemical products outside the purview of the proposed free trade agreement with the Gulf Cooperation Council, fearing unfair competitive advantage.
  • 28-Dec-2007 Al-Ahram
    Vying for position
    The European Union and the United States are increasingly involved in a widening medley of trade and other agreements in the Middle East and North Africa region. As the EU and US push for more and varied free trade agreements, rivalries between these global economic giants also spur competition among Arab countries.
  • 27-Dec-2007 AllAfrica.com
    Uganda: Workers get nod for Epas talks
    The government is to involve labour unions in all future Economic Partnership Agreement (EPAs) negotiations with the European Union.
  • 27-Dec-2007 Canadian Press
    Free trade with US a boom for elites, a bust for most: report
    Canada’s 20-year-old free trade agreement with the United States has not lived up to its billing and the promises of its proponents, says a new report that seeks to debunk the conventional wisdom that the deal was the best thing for Canada since sliced bread.
  • 26-Dec-2007 IPS
    Grim present, dim future for Andean integration
    The Andean countries are passing through the gates of the new year with their trade bloc, the Andean Community of Nations (CAN), fraying at the edges.
  • 25-Dec-2007 Korea Times
    Lawmakers to clash over US FTA
    Korea’s parliamentary "yes-or-no without amendment" vote on the Korea-US FTA motion may not be carried out before Roh’s term expires on Feb. 25.
  • 25-Dec-2007 Korea Times
    FTA talks with Japan to resume
    Korea’s stalled and deadlocked free trade talks with Japan might see a breakthrough under the economic stewardship of President-elect, and former Hyundai CEO, Lee Myung-bak.