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  • 28-Jun-2007 Yonhap
    Metalworkers continue massive strike
    Tens of thousands of unionized metalworkers were poised to stage a strike Thursday for a fourth consecutive day to oppose a proposed free trade deal between South Korea and the United States.
  • 28-Jun-2007 Economic Times
    Hyundai workers on strike against FTA
    Workers at South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor launched a partial strike on Thursday to join an industry-wide walkout in protest at a free trade agreement with the United States.
  • 28-Jun-2007 MENAFN
    Report evaluates decade of EU-Jordanian cooperation
    Ten years of mutual cooperation between Jordan and the European Union have passed with success in certain fields and disappointing results in others, according to an EU evaluation report released on Wednesday. The Kingdom’s benefit from EU programmes laid down in the Barcelona process were dismal in the trade sector, according to the report.
  • 28-Jun-2007 Reuters
    US House OKs 8-month Andean trade benefit extension
    The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday approved an eight-month extension of long-standing trade benefits for Andean countries, potentially setting the stage for approval of a free trade pact with Peru and a contentious debate on a deal with Colombia.
  • 28-Jun-2007 Chosun Ilbo
    FTAs uncorking big changes in Korea’s wine market
    The Korean wine industry expects the Korea-EU free trade agreement will cause a third seismic shift in Korea’s imported wine market.
  • 27-Jun-2007
    US House set to vote on extending Andean trade preferences
    The House of Representatives is scheduled to vote today on a plan to extend trade preferences for Colombia, Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia for eight months.
  • 27-Jun-2007
    Comesa intensifying talks with EC on EPA rules of origin
    With six months remaining for African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries to sign the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) says it has intensified discussions with the European Commission (EC) on the rules of origin.
  • 27-Jun-2007
    The great spaghetti tangle
    The World Trade Organization (WTO) lays down parameters for the conduct of international trade among its 150 member countries. The basic objective, as stated more than implemented, is to provide a fair, transparent, non-discriminatory, rule-based multilateral trade environment.
  • 27-Jun-2007
    Pressure groups to hold mass protests at AU summit
    As Accra gets set to host the African Union Summit next week, Civil Society Groups and other Pressure Organisations are also adding to the menu of the summit, trade agreement issues on the agenda of Heads of States and Governments.
  • 27-Jun-2007
    Free trade deals stymied by domestic barriers
    When International Trade Minister David Emerson announced earlier this month Canada’s first free trade agreement in six years, he said the deal, combined with the government’s intentions to conclude ongoing talks with several other trading partners and start a host of new negotiations, was a sign that Canada was "back in the game."
  • 27-Jun-2007
    Minister hopes negotiation timeline for EU agreement defined this week
    Costa Rica hopes that by Friday a timeline will have been set for negotiations on an association agreement between Central America and the European Union, Foreign Trade Minister Marco Vinicio Ruiz said yesterday during a press conference.
  • 27-Jun-2007
    EU to use FTA to access Indian mkt for agri goods
    Having failed to get any concession on fast-expanding Indian market for food products in the WTO talks, the European Union will push for achieving a similar objective in its bilateral negotiations with New Delhi on the India-EU Free Trade Agreement.
  • 26-Jun-2007
    Thailand, India to sign FTA by 2010
    The visiting Thailand prime minister, General Surayud Chulanont, said on Tuesday that India and Thailand are close to concluding a free trade agreement (FTA) in goods. A roadshow to speed up the FTA will soon be launched.
  • 26-Jun-2007 Socialist Worker
    A backroom deal on trade?
    The crisis facing the US empire in the Middle East is also playing out in American efforts to maintain economic dominance in Asia and Latin America.
  • 26-Jun-2007 Yonhap
    Metalworkers to go ahead with walkout this week
    Unionized metalworkers said Monday they will push ahead with a planned five-day walkout starting Monday, saying a proposed free trade deal between South Korea and the United States will jeopardize their job security.
  • 26-Jun-2007 ABC News
    USTR, Congress settle on changes to trade deals
    The Bush administration and U.S. lawmakers have agreed on a blueprint to strengthen labor and environmental protections in four pending free trade deals, trade officials said on Monday.
  • 26-Jun-2007 The Star
    Police probe circulation of anti-FTA brochures
    Malaysian police are investigating the distribution of pamphlets protesting the signing of Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Malaysia and the United States.
  • 26-Jun-2007
    CPTA expects duty cut on imported papers during Thai PM’s visit
    The Calcutta Paper Traders’ Association (CPTA) is expecting lowering of duties on writing, printing, packing and wrapping papers imported from Thailand as Thai Prime Minister General Surayud Chulanont is scheduled to visit India soon.
  • 25-Jun-2007
    Pan African ‘Stop EPA peoples’ forum’ in Accra
    The Africa Trade Network (ATN) and the Economic Justice Network (EJN) will host a two-day Pan African ‘Stop EPA peoples’ forum’ in Accra from June 29-30.
  • 25-Jun-2007
    South Korea, U.S. to hold more talks on FTA revisions this week
    South Korea will hold more talks with the United States this week on potential revisions to a free trade agreement (FTA) aimed at reflecting Washington’s new trade policy guidelines, a senior negotiator said Monday.