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  • 6-Jul-2007
    Japan keeps rice out of free trade proposals
    Japan’s trade supremo Akira Amari has ruled out opening up the country’s rice market in a free trade agreement with Australia, saying Japan’s aim is to secure a deal that covers "90 per cent" of trade between the two countries.
  • 6-Jul-2007
    EU may not put human rights condition for FTA
    The European Union may back off from its insistence on including non-trade issues like human rights in the proposed free trade pact with India.
  • 5-Jul-2007 Kyodo
    Japan cool to New Zealand’s FTA proposal
    Japan implicitly turned down a proposal from New Zealand on Thursday to seek a bilateral free trade agreement, noting that agricultural trade will act as a stumbling block.
  • 5-Jul-2007
    Investor-state dispute settlement rewritten to favor US
    With Seoul and Washington concluding their renegotiation of the Korea-US free trade agreement (FTA), it has been confirmed there were some ‘‘unfair parts’’ added to the economic deal under which investors of both sides are not treated equally in their respective countries.
  • 5-Jul-2007
    Greater access for Pak products to US markets
    Pakistan has called for an early conclusion of Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) and Free Trade Agreement (FTA) to provide greater market access for Pakistani products into US markets.
  • 5-Jul-2007 Economic Times
    India, Ethiopia sign investment promotion pact
    Seeking to "rediscover" their relationship, India and Ethiopia on Thursday signed an agreement to promote bilateral investments and decided to increase coordination on critical global issues like UN reforms.
  • 5-Jul-2007 The Age
    APEC talks rule out Asia-Pacific free trade push
    A free trade agreement between APEC countries, including manufacturing giant China, appears to be off the table.
  • 5-Jul-2007 Embassy
    Canada: Trade deals may become socially responsible
    As the Canadian government prepares to launch free trade talks with a host of developing countries, it is quietly weighing private sector attitudes on including references to corporate social responsibility in the deals.
  • 5-Jul-2007 SMH
    Australia’s trade deficit improves, but Americans have the better of us
    Australia’s yearly trade deficit with the US has blown out by more than 35 per cent since the pair signed a bilateral trade deal, with the blame falling on a rising Australian dollar and weakening consumer demand in the US.
  • 5-Jul-2007 VietNamNet Bridge
    Marching towards Vietnam-Japan FTA
    Vietnamese Minister of Trade Truong Dinh Tuyen talks about the possible impact of the Vietnam-Japan Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
  • 4-Jul-2007
    International protest letter against the arrests of co-chairs of KoA
    On Tuesday, July 03, 2007, two Co-Chairs of the Korean Alliance against the Korea-U.S. FTA, Oh Jong-ryul and Jung Gwang-hoon, were arrested on charges of carrying out ’illegal’ and ’non-permitted’ protests against the free trade agreement between US and Korea. We call upon individuals and organziations to endorse this protest letter by 13 July 2007.
  • 3-Jul-2007
    Taiwan’s Ma seeks FTA with China
    Taiwan presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou wants closer economic ties with political rival China, including a free-trade deal and the removal of investment caps on businesses that operate on the mainland, a spokesman said on Monday.
  • 3-Jul-2007
    FTA with EU would get a boost from pally Portugal
    With Portugal taking presidency of the European Union on July 1, strong ties with India would help expedite the proposed free trade agreement between India and the EU.
  • 3-Jul-2007
    Time running out for new EU trade deal
    The trade negotiations between the European Union (EU) and the Eastern and Southern African (ESA) countries may not be concluded by the December 31 deadline.
  • 3-Jul-2007
    African leaders cautioned on EPAs
    Africa Trade Network and Economic Justice Network of Ghana, both civil society organisations have issued a strong warning to African Governments to desist from signing up on the EU-led Economic Partnership Agreements aimed at establishing a new WTO compatible trading arrangement, removing progressively barriers of trade between EU and Africa.
  • 3-Jul-2007
    Prime Minister panel to review FTAs
    The Prime Minister’s Trade and Economic Relations Committee is likely to meet today to decide on the level of flexibility India can have in talks on different free trade agreements the country is negotiating.
  • 3-Jul-2007
    Syria proposes FTA talks with Malaysia
    Syria has proposed negotiation on a Malaysia-Syria free trade agreement (FTA) at the first joint trade commission meeting, International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz said today.
  • 3-Jul-2007 WW4 Report
    Peru: trade pact approved amid protests
    On the evening of June 26, hundreds of people vigiled in Lima, Peru, to protest the efforts of the ruling Aprista party majority in Congress to push through the "addenda" of a free trade treaty between the US and Peruvian governments.
  • 3-Jul-2007 Forbes
    Ecuador official slams free trade
    Ecuador’s foreign minister said Monday it will insist on protecting national production if it resumes talks for a long-term trade agreement with the United States.
  • 2-Jul-2007 Official News of the Korean Alliance Against the Korea-US FTA
    Tens of thousands protest signing of the Korea-US FTA
    On June 29, tens of thousands of farmers, workers, and ordinary Korean people gathered throughout the country to protest the signing of the Korea-US FTA. Protests were held in major cities including Seoul, Cheonju, Gwangju, Daegu, Pusan and Changwon. In total, roughly 50,000 gathered in a powerful display of opposition to the Korea-US FTA.