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19-Feb-2008 AME Info
Yemen lost $145m due to Arab Free Trade Zone
Yemen lost $154m during 2005-2007 due to gradual reduction for customs and tax tariff within the agreement of the biggest Arab Free Trade Zone -
19-Feb-2008 AllAfrica.com
Southern Africa: African nations endorse plan to merge trade blocs
Trade ministers from Comesa have passed a resolution setting the stage for the establishment of what would be Africa’s largest common market. The ministers want trade regimes within the Common Market of Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa), the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the East African Community (EAC) harmonised. -
19-Feb-2008 The Independent Bangladesh
Bangladesh: FTA offers little benefits to weaker economies
"There is no compelling case for an FTA with India" warns Dr Hamid Rashid, director general of the Bangladesh ministry of foreign affairs -
19-Feb-2008 The Island
Sri Lanka: The cost of free trade
India’s Minister of Commerce was in Colombo last week. He had the usual few words to say about the benefits that are supposed to have accrued to pretty much everybody since the entry into force of the free trade agreement with Sri Lanka in 2000. Unfortunately, the story isn’t so simple. Taking a closer look at what has happened in practice would prompt even the most ardent believer to question the undoubtedly beguiling theory of free trade. -
19-Feb-2008 Reuters
Striking farmers shut access to Peru’s Machu Picchu
Peruvian farmers upset over a free trade deal with the United States blocked rail service to the famous Inca ruins at Machu Picchu on Monday and paralyzed vast swaths of the Andean country by halting traffic on key highways. -
19-Feb-2008 Hankyoreh
FTA approval could be held up by unconstitutional clauses
A South Korean parliamentary report says that some of the clauses of a free trade agreement with the United States — National Assembly’s right to dictate taxable items and tax rates — may be unconstitutional. -
18-Feb-2008 Korean Advanced Farmers Federation
US-Korea Understanding on Agricultural Biotechnology (2007)
Negotiated on the sidelines of the US-Korea FTA, in March 2007. -
18-Feb-2008 Business News
Premier forum d’investissement des Etats membres de l’Accord d’Agadir
L’objectif général du forum serait d’accroître le flux des investissements européens dans les pays de l’Espace Agadir -
18-Feb-2008 Forbes
US Treasury Dept outlines open investment campaign to ward off protectionism
Developing a policy response to the concerns surrounding sovereign wealth funds, addressing the national security aspect of foreign investment, and negotiating bilateral investment treaties (BITs) are ’at the forefront of an open investment campaign that must be waged to hold the forces of protectionism at bay,’ a US Treasury Department official said today. -
16-Feb-2008 Kuwait Times
Talks focus on copyright laws
Government officials in Kuwait expressed their keenness over signing a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States but a senior US economic representative recently noted that talks with regards to the issue are ongoing. -
16-Feb-2008 PWW
US labor leaders to Bush: No trade deal with murderers
Top labor leaders ended a trip to Colombia Feb. 13 by telling that country’s president, Alvaro Uribe, that American unions will not support the US-Colombia Free Trade Agreement until the killing of union members by right-wing death squads there is put to a stop. -
14-Feb-2008 Economic Times
Talks with US on for Bipa-like trade treaty
India and the US have begun discussions this week on an agreement to promote bilateral investment. The negotiations are expected to be protracted as the US agenda is highly ambitious. -
14-Feb-2008 AP
House panel extends Andean trade pact
A US House panel on Thursday approved a 10-month extension for a trade program providing reduced tariffs for exports from the four Andean nations of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. -
14-Feb-2008 Reuters
Ivory Coast says EPA deal will lead way for region
Ivory Coast will sign a definitive Economic Partnership Agreement with Europe in June, which it believes will open the door for other West African countries. it is also advising regional powerhouse Nigeria on how to seal an EPA. -
13-Feb-2008 Hoover’s
Mexican farmers cite surge in corn imports from US
A group mainly representing Mexican family farmers denounced Monday that imports of white corn from the United States increased 384 percent after last month’s NAFTA-mandated end to trade barriers in agriculture. -
13-Feb-2008
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Integration or free trade?
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