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  • 14-Aug-2007 Forum Secretariat
    PICTA impact study - final report
    This study was prompted by concern among some of the smaller Forum Island Countries about the impact of the introduction of the Pacific Island Countries Trade Agreement (PICTA) on their local economies and, specifically, the impact of a reduction in tariffs on government revenues.
  • 14-Aug-2007 Japan Indymedia
    Fishy issues in Japan-Philippine Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA)
    The Japan-Philippine Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) is up for ratification by the Philippine Senate. However, there are socio-environmental and equity issues on fisheries trade and investments that demand answers or solutions from policymakers of both countries.
  • 14-Aug-2007 VIR
    Vietnam: Scores of billion dollar US deals in the pipeline
    Many heavy-hitting US companies are set to capitalise on the groundwork set by the US-Vietnam bilateral trade agreement.
  • 13-Aug-2007 Manila Bulletin
    Is JPEPA an executive agreement?
    Despite the submission of the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) for Senate ratification in the Philippines, some quarters are of the opinion that under the Tariff and Customs Code this bilateral economic deal can be considered an executive agreement and therefore does not need Senate ratification.
  • 10-Aug-2007 IPS
    Vying for leadership, Lula heads north, Chávez south
    Political and economic alliances with a view to strengthening Latin American integration are subtly shifting with a growing distance between Chávez and Lula
  • 10-Aug-2007 Houston Chronicle
    Colombia inks Central America trade pact
    Colombia signed a free trade agreement Thursday with Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador that could double exports to the Central American countries in five years.
  • 9-Aug-2007 Scoop
    Evaluation of the impact of NAFTA on manufacturing
    The evidence is overwhelming: NAFTA has damaged the manufacturing industry in the US and Mexico. As the maquiladora industry thrives and human rights are continuously eroded in sweatshops across the globe, it is the responsibility of the US, the world’s most insatiable consumer, to call attention to this injustice in the manufacturing sector and correct it.
  • 9-Aug-2007
    Argument vs. JPEPA: Not only environmental impact but unfairness of pact
    The main argument against ratifying JPEPA is not only that it would turn the country into Japan’s landfill, but that the pact is blatantly unfair against the Philippines.
  • 9-Aug-2007 Prensa Latina
    Peruvian workers warn about national strike
    The General Confederation of Peruvian Workers (CGTP) warned on Tuesday that it will stage a national strike to demand higher salaries and to protest against the Free Trade Agreement with the United States.
  • 9-Aug-2007 Korea Times
    S Korea, Mexico agree to resume free trade talks
    South Korea and Mexico officially have agreed to resume their negotiations for a full free trade agreement (FTA), which is expected to contribute not only to economic ties but the political partnership between the two countries
  • 9-Aug-2007 The Statesman
    India-Japan CEPA on the anvil
    The second round of negotiations for an India-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement - covering trade, investment and services - will take place in September.
  • 9-Aug-2007 The Nation
    Thailand prepares for Asean-EU talks on free-trade deal
    "The talks might be called a Closer Economic Partnership Agreement as the European Union wants the agreement as a comprehensive package which will cover not only trade, but also services and investment," Thailand’s chief negotiator said.
  • 9-Aug-2007 Daily Times
    Bilateral trade talks FTA partnership sought from US govt
    During the ongoing round of bilateral trade talks at Washington, US Administration is being pressed to designate Pakistan as a potential Free Trade Agreement (FTA) partner to attract investment and promote trade relations between the two countries.
  • 9-Aug-2007 Bloomberg
    Democratic candidates say they would change Nafta trade pact
    US Democratic presidential contenders said they would revise the North American Free Trade Agreement if elected in 2008.
  • 9-Aug-2007 Hankyoreh
    Research institute recommends inter-Korean trade agreement
    A private think-tank claims that South and North Korea should work on signing a free trade pact to prompt changes in the communist country and eventually achieve consolidation of the two divided Koreas.
  • 8-Aug-2007
    Iran-Armenia FTA (1995)
  • 7-Aug-2007 IPS
    Mercosur-Venezuela: Integration - Easier said than done
    Above and beyond the political rhetoric in favour of South American integration, Mercosur and Venezuela have not eliminated their mutual suspicions, which are delaying Venezuela’s admission to the trade bloc as the fifth full member
  • 7-Aug-2007 New Kerala
    CARICOM, CentAm to discuss free trade agreement
    Countries from Central America and the Caribbean will come together to discuss a free trade agreement
  • 7-Aug-2007 APL
    “Free trade” to deepen poverty and inequality in Southeast Asia
    Statement of the Asia-Europe Peoples Campaign vs. FTAs on the 40th ASEAN Minister’s Meeting in Manila (July 30-August 2, 2007)
  • 7-Aug-2007 Reuters
    Pakistan hopes for US action on trade zones
    Pakistan wants the United States to pass legislation on "reconstruction opportunity zones" that would allow it and Afghanistan to export textiles, clothing and other goods without paying US duties.