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  • 15-Feb-2007 Hankyoreh
    SK-US free trade deal may open 10 out of 18 types of rice products
    Contrary to its long-standing assertion that rice will be excluded from a free trade agreement (FTA) with the US, South Korea’s government is reviewing measures to open some less sensitive rice products.
  • 15-Feb-2007 Dow Jones News
    No major breakthrough in US-S Korea free trade talks
    US-South Korea free trade talks netted some progress this week, but at least one more session will be needed to reach a final deal, the lead US negotiator said.
  • 15-Feb-2007 Kyodo
    US envoy says solving farm issues is key to possible FTA with Japan
    US Ambassador to Japan Thomas Schieffer sounded a positive note Wednesday over a possible free trade agreement between the world’s two major economies and indicated that resolving farm issues would be the key.
  • 15-Feb-2007 KoA
    KoA No FTA Newsletter #2
    Farmers release animals in protest, 500 attend all-night vigil; KoA protest delegation holds all-night vigil, congressional briefing in DC; Limiting access to healthcare: FTA and pharmaceuticals
  • 15-Feb-2007 Hindustan Times
    India, Japan can rule Asian economy post-CEPA: Envoy
    Japan is confident that a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement currently being negotiated with India would help the two countries dominate Asia’s economic output in the future.
  • 15-Feb-2007 Times of India
    EU wants India to lower duties through FTA
    Trade liberalisation for rubber, tea, coffee and edible oil could be minor political concerns in the proposed free trade pact with Asean compared to what the European Union is looking for in its bilateral agreement with India.
  • 15-Feb-2007 The Guardian
    Cheney urges firms to lobby free trade
    Vice President Dick Cheney on Wednesday urged the nation’s manufacturers to lobby Congress in what he said would be a difficult battle to extend President Bush’s special trade authority.
  • 15-Feb-2007 Herald Sun
    APEC moves towards free trade mining
    Asia Pacific mining ministers wound up a talkfest in Perth today vowing to explore a free trade agreement between Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) members that would dwarf all other FTAs.
  • 15-Feb-2007 New Straits Times
    Questions over FTA with the US
    Will the bilateral free trade agreement between Malaysia and the US be signed?
  • 15-Feb-2007 Bangkok Post
    NLA lobbied hard to back FTA deal with Japan
    The Thai Foreign Ministry is lobbying hard for the National Legislative Assembly’s support for a free trade area (FTA) agreement with Japan
  • 15-Feb-2007 US State Department
    US Science and Technology Agreements (list only, 2006)
    Currently, the US has 37 umbrella S&T Agreements worldwide that establish frameworks to facilitate the exchange of scientific results, provide for protection and allocation of intellectual property rights and benefit sharing, facilitate access for researchers, address taxation issues, and respond to the complex set of issues associated with economic development, domestic security and regional stability.
  • 14-Feb-2007 Washington Times
    Labor, greens denounce trade policy
    Labor and environment groups and their allies yesterday lashed out at the Bush administration’s trade policy, criticizing both the administration’s move to extend the president’s trade-negotiating authority and its efforts to negotiate a free-trade agreement with South Korea.
  • 14-Feb-2007 Hindu
    India, Russia to work towards CEPA
    Both countries have agreed to work towards a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) with a joint study group having been set up to examine the issue involved.
  • 14-Feb-2007 Hankyoreh
    FTA could mean nearly full opening of Korean agricultural market
    South Korea’s negotiators on a free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States reportedly said they would halve the number of agricultural products currently protected from tariff removal from 235 to around 100, sources said.
  • 14-Feb-2007 MCOT
    Legislature to debate portions of Thai-Japan FTA pact
    Thailand’s National Legislative Assembly will debate the controversial Japan-Thailand Economic Partnership Agreement on Thursday.
  • 14-Feb-2007 AllAfrica.com
    Africa: Continent asks for more time in EU trade talks
    African countries have asked the European Union (EU) to extend the on-going Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) talks by another one year.
  • 14-Feb-2007
    Peru addressing labor concerns to pave way for FTA - Min
    Peru is making a concerted effort to address labor concerns being raised by U.S. congressional Democrats in order to ensure approval of the U.S.-Peru free trade pact, Labor Minister Susana Pinilla said Tuesday.
  • 14-Feb-2007 Navhind Times
    India in free trade talks with four European countries
    India is in talks with four European countries - Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein - to strike a comprehensive economic agreement that would facilitate free trade relations. Switzerland is also trying to set up a working group with India on intellectual property rights and also seeking to enhance cooperation in science and technology fields.
  • 14-Feb-2007 US News & World Report
    Manufacturers leery of US-Korea trade deal
    The push for a US-Korea Free Trade Agreement, already under fire in South Korea, is being viewed skeptically by US manufacturers, especially carmakers, according to industry and congressional officials.
  • 14-Feb-2007 FreshPlaza
    Brazil likely to make bilateral agreements with the US rather than working with the FTAA
    The Brazilian Foreign Relations Minister, Celso Amorin, argued that Mercosur would prefer to negotiate bilaterally with the US than to try to save the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas.