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  • 8-Sep-2006
    Fighting FTAs: workshop summary report
    A summary report of the Fighting FTAs international strategy workshop (Bangkok, 27-29 July 2006)
  • 8-Sep-2006
    Goff announces new free trade agreement negotiations
    Foreign Ministers from the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states have agreed to commence negotiations for a free trade agreement with New Zealand, Trade Minister, Phil Goff announced today.
  • 8-Sep-2006
    Free Trade would be launched in January to avoid jeopardizing agro
    The Dominican government will inform United States authorities as to how it prefers to handle export guidelines that are expected to enter the country en masse, should the DR-CAFTA be implemented before year’s end.
  • 8-Sep-2006
    Chile to start free trade talks with Australia
    Chile plans to add Australia, Thailand and Malaysia to a growing list of free -trade partners as it pushes to become Asia’s gateway to Latin America, Foreign Minister Alejandro Foxley said on Thursday.
  • 8-Sep-2006
    GMA, Koizumi to ink free trade agreement
    Japan has said it will sign a free-trade pact with the Philippines, ending prolonged negotiations that had stalled largely over how many Filipino nurses could come to work in the world’s second-largest economy.
  • 8-Sep-2006
    Garments industry ’has to wait for gains’
    The garments industry may not see the benefits of the new Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the US until early next year, said an industry leader.
  • 8-Sep-2006
    US says state governments ’exempt’ from FTA rules: source
    The US has reportedly insisted on excluding its state governments from many of the stipulations of the free trade agreement (FTA) currently being negotiated with South Korea.
  • 8-Sep-2006
    Little tangible results come out of S Korea-US FTA talks
    South Korean officials expressed disappointment Thursday at what they believed were low tariff concessions suggested by the US in free trade talks under way in Seattle.
  • 7-Sep-2006
    Big businesses rap US for call on Chaebol control
    The Federation of Korean Industries, Korea’s biggest business lobby group, has raised its voice against the United States’ demand for stricter rules on chaebols or family-run conglomerates in the free trade agreement talks between the two countries.
  • 7-Sep-2006
    China’s free trade team comes to table with no cards
    The latest round of free trade agreement talks in Beijing failed to make its expected start on the crucial issue of market access for goods, because China was unable to provide sufficient information.
  • 7-Sep-2006
    S Korea-US FTA talks open in Seattle amid protests
    Free trade negotiators from South Korea and the United States ended the first day of talks Wednesday, sending mixed signals that they achieved "some progress" but also faced "some challenges."
  • 7-Sep-2006
    Trade-talk foes hit the streets
    Korean workers and farmers take the front line of a demonstration Wednesday against U.S. trade talks with South Korea. The midday march briefly stopped downtown traffic as demonstrators laid down in the streets around Westlake Park.
  • 7-Sep-2006
    FTA negotiations to start with Gulf States
    The Foreign Ministers from the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states - Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Oman - have agreed to begin negotiations for a free trade agreement with New Zealand.
  • 7-Sep-2006
    Lawmakers launch lawsuit against South Korea-U.S. FTA talks
    A group of 23 South Korean lawmakers on Thursday filed a suit with South Korea’s Constitutional Court, claiming that President Roh Moo-hyun’s administration’s move to conclude a free trade agreement (FTA) with the U.S. is unconstitutional.
  • 7-Sep-2006
    FTA: what’s in it for America?
    A free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States is a much desired policy aim in Taiwan. It would increase Taiwan’s trade and bind the island more closely to the U.S., Taiwan’s most important ally — even if formal links are lacking. But what is in it for Americans? This, after all, is what will carry weight with Washington.
  • 7-Sep-2006
    Thai tuna import tariff to double
    Australia will increase tariffs on canned tuna and canned pineapple from Thailand after the finding that they had exceeded quotas under the Thailand-Australia Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
  • 7-Sep-2006
    Another bad backroom deal
    We’ve all been witness to the Bush administration’s half-truths. Now, it’s the same old song and dance with the Korea-US Free Trade Agreement (KORUS-FTA) talks that are taking place in Seattle this week. While the administration boisterously makes claims about the wonders of free-trade agreements, the real story behind the rhetoric is: undemocratic, unfair and unconscionable.
  • 7-Sep-2006 Washington Post
    House could delay vote on Peru trade bill
    Republican leaders in the US House of Representatives will likely delay a vote on a free trade pact with Peru until after the November 7 congressional election, US trade experts said on Wednesday.
  • 7-Sep-2006
    Singapore still shy over banking
    Since the CECA came into effect, trade has increased, but progress in banking is limited.
  • 7-Sep-2006
    US-Korea FTA talks bogging down
    During the third round of FTA negotiations between Korea and the US that started on September 6, the US required that trade related laws including fair trade laws should be strictly applied to the Korean companies including large conglomerates (known as Chae-bol) and this be clearly stated in an FTA agreement.