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15-Jan-2007
People’s Daily
China and the Republic of Korea (ROK) agreed yesterday to speed up the research phase of the effort to create a China-ROK free trade area (FTA).
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15-Jan-2007
Playfuls
East Asian countries must promptly form a region-wide free-trade zone to maintain its competitiveness as well as ensure stability and prosperity, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said Monday.
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14-Jan-2007
Reuters
The United States recognizes that Malaysia is not going to completely eliminate preference programs that reserve a substantial share of the government procurement market for bumiputra, but believes there still are ways the pact can open up that sector to more American firms.
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13-Jan-2007
Yonhap
South Korea and the US have "tentatively" scheduled one more round of free trade talks for February, South Korean officials said Saturday, an indication that they may be unable to wrap up the deal in the upcoming round.
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13-Jan-2007
Sunday Times
Sri Lanka is to tackle non tariff barriers (NTBs) faced by Sri Lankan exporters using the Indo-Lanka Free Trade Agreement (FTA) at January trade talks in New Delhi.
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13-Jan-2007
The Australian
The Japanese cabinet minister expected to play a critical role in free trade negotiations with Australia is in trouble for the second time in four months over shady political financing.
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13-Jan-2007
Zee News
India said with Portugal taking presidency of the European Union by July, the strong ties between the two countries would help expedite the proposed free trade agreement between India and the EU.
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13-Jan-2007
AEI
A view on the similarities and differences between the US and the EU’s FTA strategies.
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13-Jan-2007
EurActiv
Influential MEP group urges greater economic and regulatory cooperation between the EU and the US by removing transatlantic barriers to trade and investment.
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12-Jan-2007
Hankyoreh
Apparently upset by the US refusal to address its key demand for easing anti-dumping rules, South Korea said Friday it will refuse formal discussion of automobile and other issues of US concern at the upcoming free trade talks between the two countries.
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12-Jan-2007
AP
The US and Malaysia need at least two more rounds of negotiations to overcome obstacles and reach a free trade agreement, a top American trade negotiator said Friday.
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12-Jan-2007
Yonhap
South Korea’s agriculture minister confirmed Friday that his government will not open its rice market under a proposed free trade agreement with the United States.
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12-Jan-2007
Ministry of Commerce of the PRC
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12-Jan-2007
Framework agreement establishing basis to study feasibility of a bilateral FTA
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12-Jan-2007
Gulf Daily News
Bahrain and Pakistan have vowed to step up negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA), which could be signed before the end of the year.
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12-Jan-2007
The Australian
Australia has dismissed plans for an APEC free trade agreement, arguing that member countries are too busy cementing other trade deals to give it serious attention.
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12-Jan-2007
SEEurope
The Foreign Trade Undersecretariat will initiate free trade agreement (FTA) talks with four countries in the first half of 2007: Georgia, Montenegro, Kosovo and Serbia.
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12-Jan-2007
bangkit.net
It was an uncommon sight at the Bangunan Rawatan Utama, Universiti Malaya Medical Centre this morning, when 30-over anti US-Malaysia FTA coalition members suddenly gathered holding banners and placards at the outpatient unit lobby.
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11-Jan-2007
Sun2Surf
Other countries’ experiences and international research have proven that signing a US FTA could be a raw deal for Malaysia.
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11-Jan-2007
Bloomberg
Unlike Paris-based Total SA or London-based BP Plc, Exxon Mobil Corp. and other US companies aren’t protected by any bilateral investment treaty with Venezuela.
