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  • 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.
  • 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.