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  • 24-Jan-2007 Jakarta Post
    Indonesia, Denmark put controversy aside to sign investment agreement
    In an effort to put last year’s cartoon controversy behind them, Indonesia and Denmark have reached an agreement on investment promotion and protection.
  • 24-Jan-2007 China Tech News
    Canada inks Chinese agreement for technology cooperation
    An agreement for science and technology cooperation between Canada and China has been signed in Beijing covering energy, environment, medical health, life science, agricultural and biological products.
  • 24-Jan-2007 Dominican Today
    Free trade for Dominicans in limbo thanks to US ambiguity
    The Free Trade Agreement with Central America and the United States has wandered into a state of limbo, notwithstanding statements by Industry and Commerce authorities here that the Dominicans have met all prerequisites needed to enter the treaty. Yet US authorities allege that there are issues pending.
  • 24-Jan-2007 AFP
    US mulls investment accord with Indonesia ahead of FTA
    The United States is looking into signing an investment treaty with Indonesia this year to set the pace for a larger free trade pact that could boost bilateral trade by up to 40 percent.
  • 24-Jan-2007 Engineering News
    SA, EU hope to finalise partnership action plan during German presidency
    Despite the unpopularity of the single-country partnership proposal, it is being pursued primarily based on Europe’s analysis of South Africa as the “locomotive” of Africa economic development and integration.
  • 24-Jan-2007 Toward Freedom
    Correa brings hope to Ecuadorians
    When Ecuadorians went to the polls on Nov. 26 they collectively said no to neoliberalism as they voted overwhelmingly for maverick candidate Rafael Correa over billionaire banana tycoon Alvaro Noboa.
  • 24-Jan-2007 MCOT
    Thai-Japan free trade pact set for legislative assembly hearing
    The Cabinet gave a greenlight to the proposed Japan-Thailand Economic Partnership Agreement (JTEPA) Tuesday, paving the way for the bill to be sent to the National Legislative Assembly for further scrutiny.
  • 24-Jan-2007 People’s Daily
    Egypt, EFTA to sign free trade agreement Saturday
    A free trade agreement is scheduled to be signed between Egypt and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) on Saturday in Davos.
  • 24-Jan-2007 Zee News
    Trade agreement with the EU one of the easiest: Nath
    Sensing little differences in the proposed free trade agreement with the European Union, India today said the negotiations on the pact should begin soon.
  • 24-Jan-2007 Pak Tribune
    Pakistan decides to initiate dialogue with EU for free trade agreement: PM
    Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said Pakistan has decided to initiate talks with European Union (EU) for signing free trade agreement.
  • 24-Jan-2007 The News International
    Japan must enter FTA or lose market to China: Humayun
    Pakistan asked Japan to strike Free Trade Agreement (FTA) otherwise the import of auto parts and machinery from Japan will suffer in the wake of FTA with China, Humayun Akhter Khan, Commerce Minister said Monday.
  • 23-Jan-2007 Yonhap
    US reaffirms beef issue must be resolved before FTA conclusion
    "The FTA is not going to happen unless the [Korean] market is fully reopened to US beef," says Wendy Cutler, assistant US trade representative.
  • 23-Jan-2007 The Edge Daily
    Textile FDI shifting from China to M’sia
    Foreign direct investments are shifting back to Malaysia from China, at least in the textile industry, with some multinationals planning to relocate their operations ahead of the signing of the Malaysia-US Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
  • 22-Jan-2007 Via Campesina
    Via Campesina inaugurates the World Social Forum
    "We fight against those that are seeking to impose the neoliberal model upon us, a model that seeks to privatize our land, our seeds and our water; a model of free trade that makes it impossible for us to make a living in a dignified manner."
  • 22-Jan-2007 IPS
    US unions oppose free trade with Malaysia
    Trade unions from the United States have joined forces with their Malaysian counterparts to strongly oppose ongoing negotiations for bilateral free trade agreements (FTAs) until workers’ concerns are first addressed.
  • 22-Jan-2007 MICI
    Documento explicativo del TPC entre Panamá y EEUU
    El Ministro de Comercio e Industrias, Alejandro Ferrer, entregó hoy ejemplares del documento explicativo del Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLC) acordado con los Estados Unidos a los representantes de los partidos políticos del país.
  • 22-Jan-2007 USTR
    US-Panama FTA (2007)
    Draft as of 19 January 2007
  • 22-Jan-2007 Prensa Latina
    New anti-FTA protests in Colombia
    Senator Jorge Robledo announced on Sunday new demonstrations against the congressional approval of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the governments of Colombia and the US.
  • 21-Jan-2007 ZNet
    Chávez, Morales seek transformation of MERCOSUR trade bloc
    As South American presidents gathered in Rio de Janeiro this week to negotiate regional trade and integration strategies, including the possible ascension of Bolivia as a full member of the Southern Cone trade bloc MERCOSUR, Presidents Hugo Chávez and Evo Morales challenged the bloc to abandon its free market neoliberal roots.
  • 21-Jan-2007 AP
    Unification remains elusive at Mercosur
    Discord at the two-day Mercosur summit that ended Friday left many to wonder about the future of a trade bloc that has never lived up to its promise of integrating much of South America into an influential body like the European Union.