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  • 5-Mar-2007
    Steel tops debate on Japan deal
    The pending Thai-Japanese free trade agreement will become a catalyst for Thailand’s steel industry to deal with heavier competition, according to local experts.
  • 5-Mar-2007
    Gulf expects EU trade deal by June
    Gulf Arab states and the European Union are likely to finalise a free trade deal by June, the secretary-general of the Gulf Cooperation Council said on Monday.
  • 5-Mar-2007
    Cabinet to state its stand on M’sia-US FTA issue
    The Ministry of International Trade and Industry would be presenting to the Cabinet this Wednesday the stand taken by all the respective ministries and agencies involved in the Malaysia-US Free Trade Agreement negotiations.
  • 5-Mar-2007
    Free trade deal on tap
    The Caribbean Community intends to negotiate a free trade agreement with Central America perhaps within the next six months, the organization’s top official says.
  • 5-Mar-2007 EJP
    Israel to attempt upgrade its EU status
    Israel is examining the idea of upgrading its relations with the European Union and gaining the status of Norway and Switzerland, which although not members of the EU have free passage for people, capital and merchandise between them and the rest of the EU countries.
  • 5-Mar-2007 Workday Minnesota
    Don’t repeat NAFTA disaster, trade experts warn
    The North American Free Trade Agreement, NAFTA, has been a disaster for workers and families, and even social institutions, in the three participating nations — the United States, Canada and Mexico — labor experts from the three countries told Congress. Not only that, they warned that the pending US-Korea Free Trade Agreement would be a repeat of that NAFTA fiasco.
  • 5-Mar-2007 New Straits Times
    Out of the cage: FTA must promote fair, not free trade
    I was travelling in the northern regions recently and casually asked Haji Manaf, a padi farmer and Umno stalwart in his late 50s, if he had heard of the Malaysia-United States Free Trade Agreement (FTA) which is currently being negotiated. He said he had read about it in the Malay newspapers but really didn’t understand what it was all about.
  • 5-Mar-2007 Bangkok Post
    Thai-Japanese FTA negotiations: Toxic waste annex to be tabled in Tokyo
    A one-page annex will be added to the Thai-Japan free trade agreement to ensure the trade pact will not overrule the international agreement on transboundary movement of hazardous waste. The inclusion of the annex, however, was criticised by the FTA opponents.
  • 5-Mar-2007 Asia Pulse
    S Korea regrets US lawmakers’ call to widen auto market
    South Korean officials expressed "regret" Sunday over US lawmakers’ demands that South Korea further open its auto market as part of a proposed free trade agreement (FTA) with the world’s largest economy.
  • 4-Mar-2007 Prensa Latina
    Latin America, backyard no longer
    As US President George W Bush is about to start his Latin American tour, he will find a region very different to what it was when he took over the White House.
  • 4-Mar-2007 FT
    Rights obstacle to EU-India trade pact
    Indian objections to the inclusion of a standard “human rights and democracy” clause in a proposed free trade agreement with the European Union have emerged as a serious stumbling block, the Financial Times has learnt.
  • 4-Mar-2007 Forbes
    Caribbean Community to weigh trade deal
    The Caribbean Community intends to negotiate a free trade agreement with Central America perhaps within the next six months, the organization’s top official said Sunday.
  • 4-Mar-2007 Prensa Latina
    Panama rejects FTT with US
    The Popular Alternative Party (PAP) reported the Free Trade Treaty’s (FTT) negative effects on the economy and Panamanian society and in this way rejected its signing.
  • 4-Mar-2007 Prensa Latina
    FMLN Renegotiates FTA
    The Salvadorian Farabundo Marti Front for National Liberation (FMLN) seeks on Sunday an alliance to renegotiate the Free Trade Agreement with United States. Only a year of being implemented, that agreement damaged the agricultural sector, small and middle companies, disarticulate productivity even more and increased trade deficit for a rise in imports, compared to exports, they stated.
  • 4-Mar-2007 Prensa Latina
    Nicaragua seeks FTA with CARICOM
    Nicaragua has began the negotiations to establish a free trade agreement with the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), according to Nicaraguan Promotion, Industry, and Trade Minister Horacio Brenes.
  • 4-Mar-2007 Korea Times
    Korea, US agree to exclude rice from FTA
    South Korea and the United States have in principle agreed to exclude rice from their free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations, an official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Sunday.
  • 4-Mar-2007 Financial Times
    FTA with US will not help garment industry, says US trade specialist
    A free trade agreement with the US will not guarantee a competitive advantage for Sri Lankan garments in the US, says a US trade law specialist.
  • 4-Mar-2007 Daily Times
    SAFTA could increase drug trafficking in region: INCB
    A negative fallout of the South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) agreement could be an increase in the narcotic traffic in the region, said Dr MM Bhatnagar, member of the International Narcotic Control Board (INCB).
  • 3-Mar-2007
    High standards of IP protection in MUFTA attracts FDI
    Malaysia is currently in negotiations with the United States for a Free Trade Agreement (MUFTA) which is expected to ease the way for attracting more foreign direct investment to Malaysia. Amongst the issues being negotiated is the strengthening of intellectual property rights (IPR) in Malaysia.
  • 3-Mar-2007 AFP
    Singapore, Canada complete seventh round of FTA talks
    Singapore and Canada have made "good" progress during the seventh round of talks for a free trade agreement (FTA) between the two countries, the city-state said Friday.