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15-Nov-2006
IHT
Canada has agreed to resume stalled free trade negotiations with Singapore, and exploring the possibility of establishing free trade pacts with Peru, Colombia and Ecuador, Canadian Trade Minister David Emerson said.
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15-Nov-2006
About 100 representatives from FTA Watch gathered in front of the Government House in Bangkok to submit a letter to PM Surayud Chulanont calling for a halt in all ongoing FTA negotiations and in signing the concluded ones.
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15-Nov-2006
TWN
Report of a workshop jointly organized by the Third World Network (TWN) and the Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) on 6 September 2006 in Kuala Lumpur. The workshop was attended by more than 100 participants representing government ministries and agencies, policy makers, NGOs, civil society groups, academics, local industries, professional bodies, trade unions, farmers and people living with HIV/AIDS.
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15-Nov-2006
Fiji Village
Pacific Island Countries now have a draft Multilateral Fisheries Partnership Agreement (MFPA) to negotiate with the European Union (EU) as part of the region’s Economic Partnership Agreement(EPA).
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15-Nov-2006
Yonhap
South Korea said Wednesday it will hold a public hearing next week to discuss a possible free trade agreement the the European Union.
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15-Nov-2006
IHT
President Alvaro Uribe of Colombia, on a visit hastily arranged after Democrats took control of the US Congress, failed to secure promises from American lawmakers that they would back passage of a much-scrutinized trade deal.
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15-Nov-2006
The Australian
Free access for all Australian farm products to the Japanese market will be on the table when free trade agreement negotiations start, but some won’t be there at the finish.
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15-Nov-2006
The Australian
South Australia will earn at least $250 million annually from an Australia-China Free Trade Agreement according to a Monash University Centre of Policy Studies report for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
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15-Nov-2006
KUNA
US ambassador to Qatar Chase Untermeyer said Tuesday the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Washington and Doha has not yet reached the official negotiations’ stage, but he brushed aside reports suggesting that FTA talks were frozen.
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15-Nov-2006
Korea Times
Protesters against a free trade agreement (FTA) between South Korea and the United States are planning to bring in hundreds of chartered buses to form a blockade in downtown Seoul during an upcoming demonstration.
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14-Nov-2006
The United States expects to finalize a new trade agreement with Lebanon by the end of November, marking progress in Beirut’s stalled bid for membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO). Viewed as a prelude to a bilateral free-trade agreement between the two countries, the new Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) should eventually lead to Lebanon’s ascension to the WTO, US Ambassador Jeffrey Feltman said in a speech at a dinner hosted by the Lebanese American Chamber of Commerce on Friday.
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14-Nov-2006
Noticias do Planalto
It will be necessary to consider several alternative models for integration and trade between Latin American countries through several initiatives.
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14-Nov-2006
Japan Times
Business councils from both countries continue to envision an economic partnership agreement as an "FTA-plus" pact.
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13-Nov-2006
The Telegraph
Australia is interested in negotiating a free trade pact with India, provided it is comprehensive and takes into account its interest in opening up trade in farm products.
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13-Nov-2006
Hankyoreh
South Korea’s local governments were found to have 33 ordinances that may clash with elements of a proposed free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States.
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13-Nov-2006
Korea Times
The Korean government will stop providing financial support to civic groups openly opposing the proposed free trade agreement (FTA) between South Korea and the United States, the Ministry of Government Administration and Home Affairs said yesterday.
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13-Nov-2006
Reuters
About 15,000 South Korean workers demonstrated in the capital Seoul on Sunday, demanding the government stop free-trade talks with the United States.
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13-Nov-2006
The News
An eight-member team of Pakistan is right now in Beijing to finalise the much-awaited Free Trade Agreement with China, which is expected to be formally inked during Chinese President Hu Jintao’s visit to Pakistan this month.
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13-Nov-2006
IHT
A free trade agreement between the United States and Colombia will be signed on Nov. 22, White House spokesman Tony Snow said Friday.
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13-Nov-2006
Financial Express
With bright chances of Russia becoming a member of the WTO, India has begun preparations to explore the possibility of increasing economic cooperation with the country, leading to a free trade agreement (FTA).
