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  • 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.
  • 19-Jun-2007 CCTV
    Mainland trade pact with HK expanded
    Mainland China is poised to expand its free trade pact with Hong Kong at the end of this month in a bid to link the two economies more closely.
  • 19-Jun-2007 AllAfrica.com
    US, Rwanda in investment treaty negotiations
    The Office of the US Trade Representative and the US Department of State has announced that the United States and Rwanda have begun formal negotiations toward a Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) that would strengthen investor protections and encourage the continuation of market-oriented economic reforms in Rwanda.
  • 19-Jun-2007 MOFA
    Japan-Brunei FTA (2007)
  • 18-Jun-2007
    NZ envoy: Halal standards no barrier to Malaysia-NZ free trade talks
    Malaysia’s halal standards are not an issue hindering the conclusion of a free trade agreement (FTA) between Malaysia and New Zealand, New Zealand High Commissioner to Malaysia David Kersey said.
  • 18-Jun-2007
    Wary of GCC FTA, oilmin blocks duty cuts in Korea pact
    Call it the GCC effect. Apprehending stiff competition for the domestic petroleum industry - which has significant public sector presence - once India signs a free trade agreement with the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC), the petroleum ministry has opposed inclusion of tariff cuts on petro products in the comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA) being negotiated with South Korea.
  • 18-Jun-2007
    India-Thailand FTA delayed
    Negotiations for the proposed free trade agreement (FTA) covering goods, services and investments between India and Thailand, which were supposed to conclude by this month-end, are likely to go on till October.
  • 18-Jun-2007
    Japan inks FTA with Brunei for stable energy supply
    Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Brunei’s Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah signed a free trade agreement between their countries in Tokyo on Monday, with Japan seeking stable energy supply from the resource-rich Southeast Asian nation.
  • 18-Jun-2007
    Is India ready to be part of Southeast Asia again?
    The evolving geo-strategic framework inexorably impels countries in Southeast Asia to accept China and India as major regional powers.
  • 18-Jun-2007
    Canada strikes trade deal with India
    Canada has reached a trade agreement with India, one of the world’s fastest growing economies, which will guarantee fair legal treatment for each other’s investors.
  • 18-Jun-2007
    US asks for FTA renegotiations in seven areas
    The US has officially requested additional negotiations on an already concluded free trade agreement with Korea. It wants to renegotiate seven sectors — labor, environment, essential security, pharmaceuticals, government procurement, harbor safety and investment. But critical issues that could hurt the balance of negotiations like cars and the inter-Korean Kaesong Industrial Complex are not on the agenda, the government believes.
  • 18-Jun-2007
    Falling into a spaghetti bowl: A review of the impact of FTAs on Thailand
    This paper is an attempt to bring together and review the few pieces of information on the effect of FTAs in Thailand with a particular emphasis on the agricultural sector.
  • 17-Jun-2007 Balita
    Norkis stops assembling Yamaha motorbikes
    The Norkis Trading Co. has filed a notice to cease its production and assembly operations of Yamaha motorcycles in the Philippines due to the zero-tariff policies of the ASEAN Free Trade Agreement and the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement. Hundreds of highly-paid workers will lose their jobs.
  • 17-Jun-2007
    The changing landscape of regional trade agreements: 2006 update
    An update (to end 2006) of WTO’s discussion paper on RTAs/FTAs
  • 17-Jun-2007 Trade Compliance Center
    US-Bahamas Letter of Understanding on copyright (2000)
  • 17-Jun-2007 Trade Compliance Center
    US-Latvia Trade Relations and IPR Agreement (1994)
  • 16-Jun-2007
    Stop Atlantica: the undemocratic corporate trade deal
    Atlantica must be stopped immediately and replaced by a project that would focus on fair trade, secure employment and decent wages, according to the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC). Atlantica is a project of in-depth commercial deregulation and free trade between Atlantic Canada, Eastern Quebec and the Northeast United States.
  • 16-Jun-2007
    A new colonialism? EU trade demands and ACP countries
    The European Union (EU) has been pushing African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries to conclude Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) by the end of the year, claiming that preferences which they now enjoy will not be approved by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) come next year.