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  • 15-Mar-2007
    Dominican Telecom chief says Free Trade means changes
    The president of the Dominican Telecom Institute (Indotel) affirmed that the Free Trade Agreement with the United States and Central America (DR-CAFTA) will force the country to transform the free zones into high technology industrial parks to be able to compete in the world market.
  • 15-Mar-2007
    Peru to invest more than US$300k in FTA lobbying efforts in US
    Peru’s Ministry of Foreign Relations acknowledged that it has contracted the American legal firm Patton Boggs LLP to begin lobbying efforts to speed up the free trade agreement ratification process in the United States.
  • 15-Mar-2007
    EPA will provide more dynamic export market for Caribbean, say trade experts
    Jamaican trade experts are confident that when the ongoing Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) negotiations between the European Union (EU) and the Caribbean Forum of ACP States (CARIFORUM) are completed by the end of the year, it will facilitate a more dynamic export market for Jamaica and the rest of the region.
  • 15-Mar-2007
    Govt committed to trade integration, says Kituyi
    Kenya has entered into several regional and global trading arrangements aimed at alleviating poverty in the country, Trade and Industry minister Dr Mukhisa Kituyi has said.
  • 15-Mar-2007
    ESA rejects European bid to bring Comesa into trade talks
    The future of talks between 16 Eastern and Southern African (ESA) countries and the European Union hangs in the balance after the ESA countries accused the EU of smuggling a document into the agenda at their recent meeting in the Burundi capital, Bujumbura.
  • 15-Mar-2007
    Women call for fair trade deals
    Women groups in Africa have called for protection against unfair trade agreements, saying they are a threat to their livelihoods, peace and development.
  • 15-Mar-2007
    Ecowas looks for good partnership
    The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has made it clear that it is looking for partnership and development-centred agreements with the European Union and not one that will stifle and ruin their economies.
  • 15-Mar-2007
    EU, ASEAN seek to improve ties at talks
    Diplomats from the EU and Southeast Asia were expected to issue a statement pledging closer cooperation in security, trade and environmental issues, as they met for talks in Germany.
  • 15-Mar-2007
    US-SK free trade deal may realign political landscape
    South Korea’s current political landscape is reflected in opinions held about the proposed SK-US free trade agreement (FTA).
  • 15-Mar-2007 IPS
    Meeting fails to close gap on regional deals
    The political row between the EU and the African, Caribbean and Pacific countries on Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) continues.
  • 15-Mar-2007 People’s Daily
    Mexico, US presidents promise to extend free trade
    Presidents Felipe Calderon of Mexico and George W Bush of the United States held a series of meetings on Wednesday, promising to extend the free trade agreement between the two nations.
  • 15-Mar-2007 Chosun Ilbo
    FTA talkers reveal their sneaky tricks
    A glimpse into what has gone on behind closed doors between Korean and US trade negotiators
  • 15-Mar-2007 Financial Express
    Banking issues to dominate India-Singapore CECA talks
    The Monetary Authority of Singapore’s delay in granting the qualifying full banking licence—the highest banking status that Singapore offers to a foreign bank—to the State Bank of India will be taken up by India, when the two sides meet later this month to review the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA).
  • 15-Mar-2007 AFP
    About 200 in protest over Malaysia-US free trade deal
    About 200 people opposed to a free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States gathered for a rare protest outside the Malaysian prime minister’s office Wednesday.
  • 14-Mar-2007
    India-EU deal hits political rocks
    A planned free trade deal between the EU and India has run into serious difficulties over whether or not it should include clauses relating to human rights and weapons of mass destruction. But anti-poverty campaigners have also argued that an agreement is undesirable as it could potentially reduce India’s control over its own economy.
  • 14-Mar-2007
    Southern Africa: SADC sets deadline for zero tarrif rates introduction
    SADC has set 2008 as the deadline for the introduction of zero tariff rates in accordance with the minimum conditions of a Free Trade Area (FTA).
  • 14-Mar-2007
    Critics see double standard in Korea, US trade talks
    With the slated April 2 deadline for a free trade agreement (FTA) between South Korea and the US just a few weeks away, all eyes are now focused on how the governments of the two nations will persuade their citizens to accept a free trade deal which could affect many people’s daily lives.
  • 14-Mar-2007
    Legislators speak out against US-SK trade deal
    The South Korean and U.S. negotiators on March 12 completed their eighth and final round of official talks on a proposed free trade agreement (FTA), as Seoul compromised on a number of Washington’s demands.
  • 14-Mar-2007
    Textile industry face misty future
    How time flies! It seems like yesterday when Malawi was celebrating the extension of its free market access to the Southern African Customs Union (Sacu) for textiles but now the country only has 25 days before the deal expires.
  • 14-Mar-2007
    Peru’s Garcia: 7% increase in economy not enough, promotes FTA with China
    Recent news that informed of a 7% increase in Peru’s economy was not to the liking of Peruvian President Alan Garcia.