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  • 22-Jun-2007 The Raw Story
    SKorean farmers rally against US free trade pact
    8,000 South Korean farmers rallied Wednesday against a free trade agreement with the United States as US officials arrived for re-negotiations.
  • 22-Jun-2007 CFR
    Should labor standards have a role in US trade agreements?
    Charles Kernaghan of the National Labor Committee and Claude Barfield of the American Enterprise Institute debate the merits of labor standards in trade pacts.
  • 21-Jun-2007
    US auto industry wants Korea to open its market
    The American auto industry and lawmakers representing the auto sector have made “nonnegotiable” complains about the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA). They have showed disagreements over a wide range of FTA provisions, indicating a bumpy road ahead to be ratified.
  • 21-Jun-2007
    Government announces tariff reductions
    Pakistan has announced tariff reduction on the import of 6936 items under five bilateral and regional trade agreements.
  • 21-Jun-2007
    Country opposes SA-EU market expansion
    Namibia has opposed attempts by the European Commission to have South Africa expand its markets access for EU products beyond the Trade and Development Cooperation Agreement (TDCA).
  • 21-Jun-2007
    India turns wiser on bilateral trade pacts
    Just two bilateral free-trade pacts behind it and a handful of them under negotiation, India has turned wiser. India and Thailand have come to differ on how to progress the 2004-born free-trade arrangement between them. New Delhi wants further liberalisation to happen simultaneously on trade in goods, services and investment.
  • 21-Jun-2007
    Hearing reveals opposing views on Korea-US FTA
    A senior U.S. congressman demanded a full re-negotiation of a proposed South Korea-U.S. free trade agreement (FTA) Wednesday, charging that the deal as it stands consents to one-way trade in Seoul’s favor.
  • 21-Jun-2007 Financial Express
    CEOs form task force to study FTA between India and Canada
    The Confederation of Indian Industry and Canadian Council of Chief Executives have agreed to set up a task force to study the feasibility of India-Canada Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
  • 20-Jun-2007
    Dominican Republic is ratified as head of Customs group for the Americas
    Dominican Republic was ratified as country president of the Intellectual Property Work Group for the American Hemisphere, in recognition of the Customs Agency’s (DGA) work in copyrights, as the DR-CAFTA trade agreement and international treaties stipulate.
  • 20-Jun-2007
    US government told Korea FTA to aid financial services access, telecoms, exports
    A panel of government trade experts was told in Washington today that approval of the US-Korea free trade agreement (FTA) would lead to new overseas demand for a wide range of US goods and services, in particular financial services.
  • 20-Jun-2007
    Task force to study FTA between India, Canada
    India and Canada have agreed to set up a joint task force to study the feasibility of Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the two countries.
  • 20-Jun-2007
    Guatemalan president re-affirms ties with Taiwan
    Guatemalan President Oscar Berger says his country will maintain ties with Taiwan. He was meeting with Taiwan’s President Chen Shui-bian on Wednesday when he made the pledge.
  • 20-Jun-2007
    PM emphasises Thai free trade to Japanese business
    Despite the current political problems prevailing in Thailand, the country will move ahead with trying to implement the Japan-Thailand Economic Partnership Agreement (JTEPA), signed earlier this year, as soon as possible for the benefit of both countries, Thai Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont said Wednesday.
  • 20-Jun-2007
    S Korean farmers denounce FTA with US
    Thousands of South Korean farmers rallied Wednesday to denounce a free trade agreement with the United States, as officials from the two sides prepared to discuss amending the hard fought deal ahead of its expected signing later this month.
  • 19-Jun-2007
    NZ leads race to China trade deal
    Rows of container cranes dominate the hazy skyline of Yantian. The port, in China’s southern Guangdong province, is the world’s fourth busiest - despite few New Zealanders probably even having heard of it.
  • 19-Jun-2007
    RI, Japan to finalize negotiations on EPA
    Indonesia and Japan finalized their negotiations on an economic partnership agreement, which is scheduled to be signed by the two heads of states next August, an Indonesian diplomat said.
  • 19-Jun-2007
    Iran mulling FTA with PGCC
    Iran is planning to sign a free or preferential trade agreement with the member states of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council.
  • 19-Jun-2007
    Metalworkers vow to strike against Korea-U.S. FTA next week
    An umbrella labor association of the South Korean metalworkers vowed Tuesday to stage a strike next week to block the parliament’s ratification of a free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States.
  • 19-Jun-2007 Open veins
    Bolivia intent on commercial suicide?
    The Bolivian government is committing “commercial suicide,” said the Bolivian chamber of exporters, saying it was “one of the most unfortunate steps in the recent history of integration.” Yet all the Bolivian Government had done was explain that, in negotiations for an Association Agreement with the European Union, it was not prepared to negotiate away State control on issues of intellectual property, state purchases or procurement, international arbitration of investments and public services.
  • 19-Jun-2007 Workday Minnesota
    Korean, US workers challenge trade pact
    Responding to intense and widespread opposition from both US and Korean workers, a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers is trying to stop the Bush government’s proposed "free trade" pact with South Korea.