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  • 5-Nov-2007 Business Recorder
    FTA with Malaysia finalised
    The Pakistani government’s long-awaited Free Trade Agreement with Malaysia has been finalised. It will be implemented from January 2008, after formal approval of the Cabinet, sources in Commerce Ministry told Business Recorder.
  • 4-Nov-2007 Viet Nam News
    Viet Nam: US set to become top investor, trade leader
    The US is set to become Viet Nam’s number one investor in the next two years, President of the US-ASEAN Trade Council Matthew P Daley said yesterday.
  • 4-Nov-2007 Daily Nation
    Europe charms ‘poor’ Africa in exchange for oil
    It feels great to watch those who once colonised Africa shift and fidget uneasily as they build up a case for “partnership” — if only the rules of the game were clear and genuine. But there is also the nagging thought: Will Africa play it right this time round?
  • 4-Nov-2007 EasyBourse
    Andean trade preferences need to be extended after Feb - USTR
    The trade preferences granted to Andean countries by the US will need to be extended after February 2008 even if free trade agreements with Peru and Colombia designed to replace the preferences are approved, US Trade Representative Susan Schwab said late Saturday in Bogota.
  • 4-Nov-2007 LP
    Costa Rica: CAFTA threatens to turn water into merchandise
    Free trade agreement will make water distribution more unequal for country’s poorest communities. The pact sets the obligation to give a “not less favorable” treatment to US companies, ignoring the deep differences in size and economic power of between these ones and the national sectors.
  • 4-Nov-2007 Daily Times
    Trade with China: Pakistan suffers trade deficit of $2.957bn
    Trading with China has given Pakistan a trade deficit of $2.957 billion during the fiscal year 2006-07. The figures are based on trade under Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) and an Early Harvest Programme leading to Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the two countries.
  • 4-Nov-2007 MCOT
    Only two FTA-affected companies received government financial aid
    Only two of 11 manufacturers severely-affected by free trade area (FTA) agreements with other countries have received financial assistance from the Thai government after their operations were hit by the terms of the trade pacts, a senior Commerce Ministry official said.
  • 4-Nov-2007 Bangkok Post
    Retail revolution on hold
    Indian protests against home-grown conglomerate are a sobering lesson for prospective foreign investors such as Thai retailers
  • 3-Nov-2007 Workers World
    CAFTA referendum heightens social tensions in Costa
    The NO to CAFTA campaign has produced tens of thousands of activists who are using grassroots methods to change the political system in Costa Rica, which has been dominated by a small elite since the founding of the country.
  • 3-Nov-2007 Islands Business
    EU gives Pacific breathing space
    Pacific Islands countries have been given a breathing space after the European Commission decided to extend the deadline for the signing of the Economic Partnership Agreement between the two parties to December next year. However, negotiations will be held this month on an interim agreement on the trading of goods and possibly services.
  • 3-Nov-2007 Islands Business
    China-Pacific: How to tap the growing China market
    An FTA between China and the Pacific will be lopsided in favour of China, says Rohan Ellis, head of the Beijing-based Pacific Islands Forum Trade Office
  • 2-Nov-2007 Huntington News
    Last chance for better agreement between Caribbean and Europe
    Having read the draft EPA, I can now confirm that in much of the document, the development dimension is referenced more in shadow than substance. A huge double standard is at play here and what is sauce for the goose is not sauce for the gander, writes a former Caribbean diplomat.
  • 2-Nov-2007 China Daily
    Industry told to help exporters
    Chinese business associations should help local firms make the most of the China-ASEAN free trade agreement, said Xu Ningning of the China-ASEAN Business Council. "Most Chinese companies are not aware of the FTA, let alone translating it into real benefits."
  • 2-Nov-2007 ITN
    European treaty may revive debate over power to conclude investment agreements
    The debate over who in the European Union holds the legal authority to conclude international investment agreements with non-European countries — the European Community or individual Member States — is set to intensify as the EU Reform Treaty throws dust into an already hazy situation.
  • 2-Nov-2007 IPS
    Competition with China: if you can’t beat it, join it
    China has beaten Mexico hands down in terms of trade in the past few years, and may do even better after December, when a "peace clause" expires.
  • 2-Nov-2007 NPPC
    US pork dependent on new trade agreements
    The future of the US pork industry depends on concluding new trade agreements, the National Pork Producers Council today told congressional lawmakers.
  • 2-Nov-2007 AFP
    Japan-Thailand trade pact takes effect
    Japan and Thailand held their first meeting to implement a bilateral free trade pact, which took effect Thursday despite concerns among Thai workers.
  • 2-Nov-2007 Reuters
    Lawmaker clarifies he opposes Colombia pact
    The Colombia agreement is more controversial than the nearly identical deal with Peru because many US lawmakers believe Colombian President Alvaro Uribe still has not done enough to stop murders of labor unionists and bring their killers to justice.
  • 2-Nov-2007 Fibre2fashion
    AMTAC opposes Peru FTA
    The American Manufacturing Trade Action Coalition (AMTAC) announced its opposition to the proposed free trade agreement (FTA) between the United States and Peru.
  • 2-Nov-2007 Bloomberg
    Peru free-trade agreement backed by US House panel
    The House Ways and Means Committee approved a free-trade agreement between the US and Peru, clearing the way for the accord to be considered by the entire House next week after months of delay.