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  • 17-Dec-2007 Global Research
    Gulf Cooperation Council to launch common market in January 2008
    Leaders of the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) yesterday announced their plan to launch a common market in January 2008 and a currency union by 2010 in addition to maintaining their currencies’ peg to the US dollar.
  • 16-Dec-2007 NZ Herald
    NZ: Momentum growing for free-trade deal with US
    It would appear that Washington is most interested in forging a deal with the Pacific Four nations (New Zealand, Singapore, Chile and Brunei) who have forged a Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership (known as P4).
  • 16-Dec-2007 Prensa Latina
    Correa warns on dangers of FTA with US
    Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa said that the Free Trade Agreements (FTA) are tremendously danger and a problem for our countries.
  • 16-Dec-2007 The Times
    No amount of EU money can right the wrongs of proposed EPAs
    Europe’s EPA agenda poses a grave danger to the people and economy of South Africa.
  • 16-Dec-2007 Globes
    Israel: India next goal for free-trade agreement
    Israel is due to sign a free-trade agreement with Mercosur this week, and is considering an agreement with Russia and India.
  • 16-Dec-2007 Times of India
    India, Hong Kong plan free trade agreement
    India and Hong Kong have initiated talks on a free trade agreement to promote bilateral trade and investment.
  • 16-Dec-2007 Bangkok Post
    Japan seeks to assure future through East Asia initiative
    Hiroyuki Ishige, director-general of Japan’s Trade Policy Bureau at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, told me the other day that the size of Japan’s population peaked about two years ago, forcing the country to prepare for the consequences of a declining and ageing population. One measure is to expand the role of Japanese businesses and industries overseas because of slower growth in domestic opportunities due to the demographic factor.
  • 16-Dec-2007 Khaleej Times
    US set to finalise FTA, BIT after emergency
    "As soon as emergency is lifted and constitution is restored, the Bush administration would start finalising various issues with Pakistan, including Free Trade Agreement (FTA), Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) and the setting up of Reconstruction Opportunity Zones (ROZs) in Azad Kashmir and Federally-Administered Tribal Areas (Fata),” a US embassy spokesperson, Ms Elizabeth Colton, said.
  • 16-Dec-2007 Fibre to Fashion
    IDB to support Peru in implementing FTA with US
    The President of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Luis Alberto Moreno, announced that the Bank will assist the government of Peru in launching the free trade agreement (FTA) signed with the United States in Washington, DC.
  • 16-Dec-2007 Khaleej Times
    FTA poses challenges for Bahraini working women
    Working women in Bahrain are facing many challenges and female activists predict more hardship to come in their way after the full implementation of the Free Trade Agreement between Bahrain and the United States.
  • 16-Dec-2007
    India should seek mkt for services in trade with Korea: FICCI
    India must seek greater market access for professionals and service-providers in Korea when officials from the two sides meet here for negotiating the proposed bilateral trade pact, industry body FICCI said.
  • 16-Dec-2007
    Correa Warns on Dangers of FTA with US
    Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa said that the Free Trade Agreements (FTA) are tremendously danger and a problem for our countries.
  • 14-Dec-2007 Tempo Real
    Mercosur plans to sign free trade agreement with Israel
    Mercosur is expected to sign a free trade agreement with Israel next week during the Mercosur Summit in Montevideo, Uruguay.
  • 14-Dec-2007 Merinews
    India’s trade surplus with Singapore reduced post-FTA
    India’s trade surplus with Singapore shrunk after the comprehensive economic cooperation agreement between the two countries came into force.
  • 14-Dec-2007 Prensa Latina
    Farmers demand NAFTA suspension
    Mexican national and regional rural organizations demanded on Tuesday that the government suspend the trade agreement with North America.
  • 13-Dec-2007 The Guardian
    Ghana joins rush to secure EU trade
    Ghana signed an interim trade deal with the European Union on Thursday, joining a rush among poor countries to safeguard exports to the world’s biggest trading bloc after preferential terms expire at the end of the year.
  • 13-Dec-2007 FT
    China and US to speed treaty on investing
    The US and China have agreed to accelerate talks on a bilateral investment treaty amid concern in Beijing that the Chinese are being blocked from buying into US companies and assets.
  • 13-Dec-2007 Asia Times
    China outwits the EU in Africa
    During the past several years, an increasing number of differences have arisen in the strategic partnership forged between China and the European Union. Among the many critical issues clouding the mutual agenda are differing policy approaches towards Africa.
  • 13-Dec-2007 Reuters
    S. Africa says "serious issues" remain in EU talks
    South Africa said on Wednesday that "serious issues" needed to be addressed in African nations’ trade talks with the European Union, but it did not rule out the possibility of reaching a comprehensive deal.
  • 12-Dec-2007 DNA
    Sowing a bitter harvest
    One outcome of the Indo-US deal on Agriculture appears to be the deregulation of the GM foods sector.