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  • 11-Sep-2007 LBC
    Democrats change FTA views
    More and more US Democrats, many of whom have been skeptical about the Bush administration’s trade agenda in Latin America, now support pending free trade agreements with Peru, Colombia, and Panama.
  • 11-Sep-2007 AFP
    New Zealand presses case for free trade deal with US
    New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark pressed her country’s case for a free trade deal with the US Monday, saying it would benefit both countries.
  • 11-Sep-2007 Yonhap
    Lawmakers seek probe of free trade deal with U.S.
    A non-partisan group of 82 lawmakers filed a request with Korea’s National Assembly Monday, asking for a parliamentary probe of a free trade deal between South Korea and the United States which awaits legislative approval in both countries.
  • 11-Sep-2007 LBO
    Sri Lanka should make better use of existing trade deals: experts
    Trade analysts say that Sri Lanka should make the most of existing trade deals like the Bay of Bengal Initiative before negotiating more bilateral and multilateral agreements.
  • 11-Sep-2007 Daily Star
    Bangladesh: Govt to study impact of free trade deals with neighbours
    The caretaker government of Bangladesh has initiated a study on the impact of striking free trade agreements (FTAs) with India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
  • 11-Sep-2007 Yonhap
    S. Korea, Peru agree to begin FTA discussions
    South Korea and Peru agreed to launch discussions on forming a bilateral free trade agreement during a summit between South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun and Peruvian President Alan Garcia
  • 11-Sep-2007 Inquirer
    Group says new fertilizer aid tied to JPEPA
    The Philippine national fishermen’s alliance Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas has voiced out suspicions that the timing of the release of a P125-million fertilizer grant from the Japanese government was “closely linked” to the approval of the controversial Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA).
  • 11-Sep-2007 Donga
    US Congress postpones deliberation on KORUS FTA
    Leaders of the US Congress have reportedly decided to approve the US-Colombia FTA before deliberating the Korea-US FTA.
  • 11-Sep-2007 People’s Daily
    China, Peru launch FTA talks
    Chinese President Hu Jintao met with Peruvian President Alan Garcia on Friday and the two agreed to launch bilateral free trade area (FTA) negotiations.
  • 11-Sep-2007 Bernama
    EU-Asean FTA negotiations unlikely to succeed, says academician
    A successful free trade agreement between the European Union and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations is unlikely because the Asean nations are unwilling to consider tackling the non-tariff and regulatory barriers, European Centre for International Political Economy’s co-director Razeen Sally said
  • 11-Sep-2007 Scoop
    Jane Kelsey - Critical overview of APEC’s agenda
    The objective of the neoliberal camp is to link together the tangle of FTAs that is emerging in the region into a grand Asia Pacific FTA.
  • 11-Sep-2007 Pinoy Vote
    Solon seeks probe of 31 other ’ZTEs’ with Chinese firms
    Aside from the controversial ZTE deal, the Philippine government has entered into at least 31 other “questionable" investment agreements with corporations in China, Akbayan party-list Rep. Ana Theresia Hontiveros said. "Like JPEPA, no one has seen the content of the deals and the government is refusing to divulge their details to the public."
  • 11-Sep-2007 Press TV
    Iran ready for FTA talks with PGCC
    Tehran is ready to hold talks with the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council on a free trade pact.
  • 11-Sep-2007 Korea Times
    Imports up, exports down one year after Korea-EFTA FTA
    A year after a trade deal between Korea and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) went into effect last September, Korea’s largest trade group said that imports from the four-nation bloc hiked while exports dipped heavily.
  • 10-Sep-2007 Squeezed
    Squeezed: The real cost of free trade in the Asia-Pacific
    Filmed in Thailand and The Philippines in July 2007, Squeezed tells the story of how free trade agreements and globalisation are changing the lives of millions of people living in the Asia-Pacific region.
  • 8-Sep-2007 The Hill
    Fugitive’s election muddles trade deal prospects
    Advocates of a US-Panama free trade deal have a new headache: Panama has just elected an official wanted for arrest in the U.S. for allegedly killing an American soldier.
  • 6-Sep-2007 Afrique en ligne
    UNCTAD warns poor countries on free trade deals
    Though preferential trade agreements (PTAs) may offer transitory gains in terms of market access and higher foreign direct investment, the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has cautioned developing countries to be careful before entering into such deals.
  • 6-Sep-2007 AlterNet
    Why is our trade policy benefitting tax cheats?
    The pending US trade agreement with Panama isn’t really about trade. It’s about foreign investor rights, money laundering, and tax dodging.
  • 6-Sep-2007 Islands Business
    PACER: Islands could lose $10m anually in revenue
    Some Pacific island countries stand to lose up to US$10 million annually in revenue due to trade liberalisation under the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations, according to a report commissioned by the Secretariat of the Pacific Islands Forum
  • 6-Sep-2007
    Open letter to the Prime Minister of India on the Indo-US Knowledge Initiative on Agriculture
    Given the interest generated with regard to the US-India nuclear deal, it is time to express our concerns on the US-India Knowledge Initiative on Agriculture, too, and not let it be implemented in a business-as-usual attitude.