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  • 25-Oct-2006 PDI
    RP-Japan accord ‘toxic’
    A new dump for toxic waste may soon open for Japan — and it has 7,100 islands. This is how concerned environmentalists see the likely effect of the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) which President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and then Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi signed on Sept. 9 in Helsinki on the side of the Asia-Europe Meeting.
  • 24-Oct-2006 swissinfo
    Swiss look to free trade after WTO failure
    Switzerland is looking to boost its free trade accords with other countries following the collapse of world trade talks, says the country’s top economics official.
  • 24-Oct-2006 Fiji Times
    Pacific ACP united against pressure
    Papua New Guinea prime minister Sir Michael Somare said that after much negotiation, the European Commission had conceded that not all Pacific ACPs would need to sign up to a single, comprehensive EPA.
  • 24-Oct-2006 Hankyoreh
    US makes proposal on FTA screen quota issue: sources
    With the fourth round of talks underway for a proposed free trade agreement (FTA), the US has reportedly made a proposal regarding protections currently in place on the South Korean film industry.
  • 24-Oct-2006 All Headline News
    About 10,000 farmers protest over US-S Korea trade talks
    In the wake of protests from thousands of farm activists and unionists, South Korean and U.S. negotiators resumed controversial free-trade talks on Monday, on the resort island of Cheju.
  • 24-Oct-2006 Prensa Latina
    Costa Rica and the shout of the excluded
    The Costa Rican people are in the streets and on a general strike Monday and Tuesday to challenge the free trade agreement with the United States, which President Oscar Arias has approved to accelerate.
  • 24-Oct-2006 Prensa Latina
    Evo Morales rejects US-boosted FTAs
    Bolivian President Evo Morales rejected on Monday the free trade agreements the United States is trying to impose on the regional nations, considering them overwhelming for small economies, and counterpoised the Trade Agreement with the Peoples.
  • 24-Oct-2006 Hankyoreh
    S. Korean officials walk out of one committee in free trade talks with US
    Free trade talks between Seoul and Washington hit a rough patch on Monday as South Korean officials walked out of one committee handling tariff concessions on mobile phones and other industrial products.
  • 24-Oct-2006 VOA
    US negotiator hints South Korea trade deal may be delayed
    The latest round of talks aimed at liberalizing trade between the United States and South Korea has gotten off to a difficult start. As disagreements persist over some of the proposals, the top U.S. negotiator says the bargaining may extend longer than expected.
  • 24-Oct-2006 Today Online
    Southern African bloc reviews ambitious free-trade plans
    Leaders of a 14-nation southern African bloc reviewed ambitious plans for a free-trade zone and common currency as it moved a step closer towards streamlining investment norms.
  • 24-Oct-2006 Financial Express
    Doha is past; look towards FTA with US as the future, says Icrier
    After the suspension of the Doha Round, India will gain much from a an FTA with the US in the ITeS/BPO sector, a study by economic thinktank Indian council of international economic relations has suggested.
  • 24-Oct-2006 Asia Pulse
    S Korean island urges US negotiators to remove oranges from FTA
    As the host of ongoing free trade talks with the United States, the South Korean island of Jeju appealed on Monday for Washington’s negotiators to exclude oranges from a bilateral trade pact that is being planned.
  • 24-Oct-2006 People’s Daily
    Interview: Sino-Zimbabwean economic partnership presents rosy picture
    The Sino-Zimbabwean trade and economic cooperation presents a rosy picture as the Zimbabwean government’s Look East policy has created opportunities for the Chinese investors, a Chinese diplomat said here on Monday.
  • 23-Oct-2006 LA Times
    Global capital: Scrambling to save trade perks
    The Bush administration has a prescription for fighting coca growing, sidelining Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and saving thousands of jobs in Latin America: extending free trade for Andean nations.
  • 23-Oct-2006 IHT
    South Korean protesters blast US over free trade, North Korea
    South Koreans took to the streets Sunday against a proposed free-trade agreement with the United States, a day before the start of a new round of negotiations that have made few breakthroughs and face a looming deadline.
  • 23-Oct-2006 Dominican Today
    Dominican Republic and Taiwan will negotiate Free Trade Agreement
    Once decided, the treaty would offer greater opportunities to both nations to accede the United States markets.
  • 23-Oct-2006 jemy gatdula
    The Right to Information in International Trade Treaties
    The right of the people to information on matters of public concern is a fundamental right that has been enshrined in the Bill of Rights of the Philippine Constitution,and which has been held to be self-executory (i.e., not requiring enabling legislation) by the Supreme Court in a long line of cases.
  • 22-Oct-2006 Bernama
    Canada, US interested in treaties with Malaysia
    Though their reasons and goals are different, both Canada and US are interested to sign treaties with Malaysia to facilitate trade.
  • 22-Oct-2006 Bangkok Post
    Indian business groups wary of Thai FTA
    Under pressure from local industrialists who fear they are losing out to foreign competition, the Indian government is reviewing a number of free-trade pacts, including those pending with Thailand and Asean.
  • 20-Oct-2006
    Kenyan Minister warns against bilateral trade deals
    The Kenyan Trade Minister, Mukhisha Kituyi, today spoke up against the danger of countries running to negotiate bilateral and regional trade deals with the impasse of the Doha negotiations at the World Trade Organisation.