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  • 21-Mar-2007 NIS News Bulletin
    Netherlands signs investment agreement with Algeria
    This is important for Dutch investors because the Algerian market is attractive for sectors such as energy and agriculture.
  • 21-Mar-2007 Harold Doan and Associates
    Thailand bilateral free trade with US alarms tuna industry key players
    Despite the positive prospects of the tuna industry, key players are alarmed with the recent move of other countries like Thailand which is seeking bilateral free trade agreement with the US.
  • 21-Mar-2007 IPS
    Chile-Mexico: Nothing like free trade
    Chilean President Michelle Bachelet’s Tuesday-Wednesday visit to Mexico will help strengthen the fastest-growing commercial relationship in Latin America — which expanded by nearly 2,000 percent between 1990 and 2006 — while giving concrete form to a strategic alliance that could also benefit neighbouring countries.
  • 20-Mar-2007
    Table FTA document in Parliament for debate - backbencher
    A backbencher today called for the Malaysia-US Free Trade Agreement (FTA) document to be tabled in Parliament to be debated.
  • 20-Mar-2007
    Confusion surrounding FTA due to lack of understanding, says Rafidah
    Some of the negative comments made on the Malaysia-US Free Trade Agreement negotiations have been due to a lack of understanding of the FTA and the related issues, Minister of International Trade and Industry Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz said today.
  • 20-Mar-2007 Kyodo
    Singapore signs Japan FTA revision, urges bigger Japan role in ASEAN
    Japan and Singapore on Monday officially signed a partial revision of their bilateral free trade agreement to advance financial deregulation and Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said it is crucial for Japan to have a good and quick agreement on the Japan-ASEAN free trade agreement.
  • 20-Mar-2007 Washington Times
    US eyes Vietnam trade accord
    The Bush administration yesterday announced the beginning of trade talks with Vietnam that could lead to a free-trade agreement with the former US enemy.
  • 20-Mar-2007 The Hill
    US auto industry, agriculture lobby face off over Korea FTA
    More than a dozen farm groups are lobbying the US administration in Korea this week to ensure it only concludes a deal that significantly increases US agriculture exports. But agriculture’s interests are somewhat complicated by those of the auto industry, which has warned it could oppose the deal unless it ensures that US exports to Korea will increase. Still, some sources say that support from agriculture could trump opposition from the auto industry if a deal is reached.
  • 20-Mar-2007 New Standard
    Activists seek alternative model to ‘neo-liberal’ trade pacts
    With two controversial trade deals awaiting ratification, Congress is taking stock of the White House’s free-trade agenda, and activists are seizing the moment to call for policies that respond to the social needs of all countries involved.
  • 20-Mar-2007 Thanh Nien News
    Vietnam, Japan to continue free trade talks
    The second round of an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) featuring a free trade agreement between Vietnam and Japan will be held in Hanoi on March 26-27.
  • 20-Mar-2007 TWN
    UNCTAD meeting warns of effects of bilateral, regional FTAs
    An expert meeting was held in Geneva last week on the interface between the multilateral trading system and regional trade arrangements, organized by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
  • 20-Mar-2007
    International day of action against the Korea-US FTA and all US FTAs
    We, the Korean Alliance against Korea-US FTA (KoA), call for an international day of joint action on Sunday, March 25, 2007. To the people struggling to stop the spread of neoliberal globalization, we ask for your solidarity and strength in stopping the Korea-US FTA and all US FTAs.
  • 19-Mar-2007
    FICCI seeks rationalisation of customs duties
    Industry body Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) has demanded rationalisation of cut in peak customs duties proposed in budget 2007-08 claiming that it is affecting manufacturing of around 20 consumer durables.
  • 19-Mar-2007
    PM under trade deal pressure
    National is stepping up pressure on Prime Minister Helen Clark to elevate a trade deal to the top of her talks with United States President George Bush as Washington refuses to offer any hope of a breakthrough soon.
  • 19-Mar-2007
    Economist says DR-CAFTA “will bring poverty”
    Dr Emilio Cordero Michel has warned that the Free Trade Agreement between the United States and Central America, known as DR-CAFTA, far from being a panacea, “will only fill the Dominican Republic with poverty and problems that we will never be able to solve”.
  • 19-Mar-2007
    Free trade pact is factor in confirmation of Prime Minister nominee
    A dark cloud hung over the confirmation of prime ministerial nominee Han Duck-soo at the National Assembly yesterday.
  • 19-Mar-2007
    Norway and Peru next trade targets
    Peru and Norway are China’s next target as trade partners even as the country is busy discussing free trade agreements (FTAs) with two dozen economies.
  • 19-Mar-2007
    Taiwan seeks support for FTA with US
    Taiwan’s representative to the WTO, Lin Yi-fu, yesterday called for Taiwanese entrepreneurs operating in the US to help drum up US support for a free trade agreement (FTA) between the two countries.
  • 19-Mar-2007
    S. Korea, US remain divided in FTA agriculture talks
    Agriculture free trade talks between South Korea and the United States remained in a stalemate on Monday as neither side made any concessions on critical issues, South Korean negotiators said.
  • 19-Mar-2007 Yonhap
    Key sticking points in talks for South Korea-US free trade deal
    Chief trade negotiators from South Korea and the United States are set to meet in Washington on March 19-21 to settle their differences over sensitive issues as they are eager to conclude a free trade deal by the end of this month.