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  • 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.
  • 2-Mar-2007 INQ7
    Arroyo to push ratification of controversial pact with Japan
    Philippine president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Friday said she will push for the ratification of the controversial Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) when the new Congress convenes in July.
  • 2-Mar-2007
    US-Liberia TIFA (2007)
  • 2-Mar-2007 Reuters
    EU aide worried by calls to drop India WMD clause
    A senior European Union official expressed concern on Thursday about calls by some EU states to drop a clause on weapons of mass destruction from a trade and investment agreement planned with nuclear-armed India.
  • 2-Mar-2007 El Paso Times
    Taiwanese manufacturers thrive in Juárez
    There was a time when a lot of our electronics were stamped "Made in Taiwan." These days, a lot of them are still made by Taiwanese companies but may be stamped "Made in Mexico."
  • 2-Mar-2007 IHT
    Dominican Republic enters long-delayed trade deal with United States
    The Dominican Republic made its long-awaited entry into a trade accord with the United States and Central American nations, leaving Costa Rica as the only signatory country where the deal has not taken effect.
  • 2-Mar-2007 Seattle Post Intelligencer
    Free trade agreement between US and South Korea is a lie
    President Bush and South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun share many similarities.
  • 2-Mar-2007 Council on Foreign Relations
    Mercosur: South America’s fractious trade bloc
    ’Does Mercosur have a political agenda?’ asks the Washington-based Council on Foreign Affairs.
  • 1-Mar-2007 Latin America Press
    Peru: More suffering for informal economy
    Labor Ministry’s meager efforts to protect workers keep informal laborers on the edge
  • 1-Mar-2007 IHT
    Nicaragua’s Ortega asks US, EU to start free trade ’compensation funds’
    "We have explained to the Europeans that if there is no compensation fund, the association (agreement) would have no future," Ortega told a meeting of businesspeople.
  • 1-Mar-2007 New Straits Times
    Too big a price to pay for an FTA
    Letter from the Malaysian Organisation of Pharmaceutical Industries contesting the American Malaysian Chamber of Commerce’s claim that that the country’s generic medicine manufacturers will do better if the Malaysia-US free trade agreement is signed.
  • 1-Mar-2007 The Point
    Gambia Social Forum condemns EU-EPA negotiations
    The executive members of the Gambia Social Forum have condemned the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) that is being negotiated between the European Union and ECOWAS member states. They say that these proposed free trade agreements would exacerbate the current agricultural crisis that farmers already face, increase poverty, and violate human rights.
  • 1-Mar-2007 ISSA News
    Philippines pursue US free-trade accord
    According to the Philippines’ Department of Trade and Industry, the Philippines and the United States have agreed to pursue talks for a comprehensive free-trade agreement (FTA).
  • 1-Mar-2007 The News
    Pakistan may lose EU market as FTA rejected
    The 25-country European Union - the biggest market for Pakistani products - is likely to be closed down for Pakistan, as the EU refused to sign a free trade agreement (FTA), arguing that the size of Pakistan’s economy is not enough for such a trade deal, a senior government official told The News.
  • 28-Feb-2007 KUNA
    European-Gulf FTA talks falter anew
    European-Gulf negotiations on a joint free trade agreement have faltered anew due to fresh European economic preconditions for the signing, an Omani representative said Wednesday.
  • 28-Feb-2007 Houston Chronicle
    Leaders praise CAFTA as US exports climb
    US exports to four Central American countries grew more than 18 percent last year, after the Bush administration began a free-trade agreement with those nations, while imports from those countries were unchanged.
  • 28-Feb-2007 Nyéléni2007.org
    Declaration of Nyéléni
    What are we fighting against? Imperialism, neo-liberalism, neo-colonialism and patriarchy, and all systems that impoverish life, resources and eco-systems, and the agents that promote the above such as international financial institutions, the World Trade Organisation, free trade agreements, transnational corporations,and governments that are antagonistic to their peoples...
  • 28-Feb-2007 Gulf Times
    Qatar: US ’presents draft on free trade deal’
    The US has presented a "first draft" of a free trade agreement to Qatar, HE the Finance Minister Yousef Hussain Kamal said.