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  • 6-Jul-2006
    FTA to boost Korean car exports
    More Korean automobiles and more Korean auto parts will roll into the United States if South Korea and the US reach a free trade agreement, government officials and auto industry sources said Thursday.
  • 6-Jul-2006
    Indonesia speeds up partnership with Japan
    Indonesia’s President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has called for the speeding up of ongoing negotiations on the proposed Indonesia-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) so that it can be signed this year, a spokesman said.
  • 6-Jul-2006
    Majority of S Koreans view FTA talks with US negatively: poll
    More than half of all South Koreans have a negative view of their government’s free trade talks with the United States, according to a poll released Thursday.
  • 5-Jul-2006
    Only Dominican Republic and Costa Rica still wait to join DR-CAFTA
    Being that Guatemala has just recently implemented the Central American Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA), only Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic remain as the two signatories that still are not enforcing the agreement.
  • 5-Jul-2006
    Long road towards Malaysia-Sri Lanka FTA
    Sri Lanka has proposed a free trade agreement (FTA) or preferential trade pact with Malaysia, but the two countries are a long way towards reaching a final decision, a Sri Lankan corporate leader said.
  • 5-Jul-2006
    No Plan Yet For FTA With Malaysia, Says Canada
    Canada has no plan to hold talks on free trade agreement (FTA) with Malaysia for the time being due to lack of time, says its high commission’s counsellor and senior trade commissioner, Rene-Francois Desamore.
  • 5-Jul-2006
    FTA ’will open new era of ties’
    US-Bahrain relations will enter a new era when the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) comes into force in the coming weeks, said US Ambassador William T Monroe yesterday.
  • 4-Jul-2006
    China to Recognize Kaesong Goods as Made in S.Korea
    China will recognize products from the joint-Korean Kaesong Industrial Complex in the North as made in South Korea, a high-ranking government official in Seoul said Monday.
  • 4-Jul-2006
    Civic organizations criticize S.K.-U.S. free trade talks
    The People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy and the Lawyers for a Democratic Society, two of South Korea’s most influential civic groups, urged the government to publicize the content and proceedings of its ongoing talks with the United States for a proposed free trade agreement (FTA).
  • 4-Jul-2006
    PM favours bilateral arrangements with the US
    Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller has endorsed a proposal for regional states to pursue more bilateral arrangements with the United States.
  • 4-Jul-2006
    Regional leaders to discuss global trade issues today
    Jamaica’s Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller will chair the prime ministerial sub-committee on External Trade Negotiations today, according to a Caribbean Community (Caricom) Secretariat statement issued here yesterday.
  • 4-Jul-2006
    Haiti returns to CARICOM’s fold
    Two years after Caribbean Community leaders meeting here refused to recognize Haiti’s interim government, they returned here Monday to embrace its new president and re-engage CARICOM’s poorest member-state.
  • 4-Jul-2006
    FTA Sanction Betrays Peru Farming
    Antolin Huascar, president of the National Coordination Office against the Free Trade Agreement, branded the ratification of that deal with the US as treason to the Peruvian farming world.
  • 3-Jul-2006
    Dominicans await U.S. reply on Free Trade
    The Dominican Republic awaits reply from the United States on reports that it deposited during the month of May through the National Planning Office (ONAPLAN).
  • 3-Jul-2006
    Thailand’s attractiveness as a small-car hub
    Rising fuel prices and unprecedented competition among automakers have resulted in some distinct trends that are sweeping the global markets. The most noticeable among them are a growing preference toward smaller cars and the shifting of manufacturing bases to Asia.
  • 3-Jul-2006
    Free trade warned of PC approach
    A lucrative free trade deal with China is hovering on the horizon but some believe the New Zealand government’s politically correct stance may damage business potential relationships.
  • 3-Jul-2006
    WTO chief Pascal Lamy upbeat about global trade talks
    The World Trade Organisation chief Pascal Lamy is upbeat about global trade talks, with the U.S. having indicated that it will go further to cut trade distorting farm subsidies. He is also expecting better offers from all the other major players in the round, including the European Union and the Group of 20 that includes India, Brazil and China, during the mini-ministerial conference next week in Geneva.
  • 3-Jul-2006 Stop CAFTA Coalition
    As Guatemala enters CAFTA, US coalition calls for a new trade model
    As the Dominican Republic - Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) is expected to be implemented tomorrow with Guatemala, a coalition of U.S. organizations denounces the Bush Administration’s strong arm tactics to force implementation and calls on Congressional candidates to promote positive trade agreements by taking the Pledge for Trade Justice.
  • 3-Jul-2006
    Japan can use Dominican Republic to enter the U.S. market
    Dominican president Leonel Fernandez today presented his country as a "springboard" for Japanese products to enter the United States duty free.
  • 3-Jul-2006
    Europe seeks Russian trade deal
    The European Union wants a free-trade deal with Russia once the country joins the World Trade Organization, the European Commission president has said.