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  • 15-Nov-2006 IHT
    Colombia’s Uribe fails to secure Democrats’ backing for free trade deal
    President Alvaro Uribe of Colombia, on a visit hastily arranged after Democrats took control of the US Congress, failed to secure promises from American lawmakers that they would back passage of a much-scrutinized trade deal.
  • 15-Nov-2006 The Australian
    All foods on the table in trade talks with Japan
    Free access for all Australian farm products to the Japanese market will be on the table when free trade agreement negotiations start, but some won’t be there at the finish.
  • 15-Nov-2006 The Australian
    China trade deal worth $250m for SA
    South Australia will earn at least $250 million annually from an Australia-China Free Trade Agreement according to a Monash University Centre of Policy Studies report for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
  • 15-Nov-2006 KUNA
    US-Qatar FTA not yet in negotiations phase — ambassador
    US ambassador to Qatar Chase Untermeyer said Tuesday the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Washington and Doha has not yet reached the official negotiations’ stage, but he brushed aside reports suggesting that FTA talks were frozen.
  • 15-Nov-2006 Korea Times
    Police alert over FTA demonstration
    Protesters against a free trade agreement (FTA) between South Korea and the United States are planning to bring in hundreds of chartered buses to form a blockade in downtown Seoul during an upcoming demonstration.
  • 14-Nov-2006
    US, Lebanon close to deal on new trade pact
    The United States expects to finalize a new trade agreement with Lebanon by the end of November, marking progress in Beirut’s stalled bid for membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO). Viewed as a prelude to a bilateral free-trade agreement between the two countries, the new Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) should eventually lead to Lebanon’s ascension to the WTO, US Ambassador Jeffrey Feltman said in a speech at a dinner hosted by the Lebanese American Chamber of Commerce on Friday.
  • 14-Nov-2006 Noticias do Planalto
    Interview: Alternatives for Integration and Free trade Must Be Considered for the Continent
    It will be necessary to consider several alternative models for integration and trade between Latin American countries through several initiatives.
  • 14-Nov-2006 Japan Times
    Japan, US business leaders seek far-reaching bilateral pact
    Business councils from both countries continue to envision an economic partnership agreement as an "FTA-plus" pact.
  • 13-Nov-2006 The Telegraph
    Australia eager to ink free trade agreement
    Australia is interested in negotiating a free trade pact with India, provided it is comprehensive and takes into account its interest in opening up trade in farm products.
  • 13-Nov-2006 Hankyoreh
    Local laws may clash with proposed FTA
    South Korea’s local governments were found to have 33 ordinances that may clash with elements of a proposed free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States.
  • 13-Nov-2006 Korea Times
    Anti-FTA groups denied state subsidies
    The Korean government will stop providing financial support to civic groups openly opposing the proposed free trade agreement (FTA) between South Korea and the United States, the Ministry of Government Administration and Home Affairs said yesterday.
  • 13-Nov-2006 Reuters
    S Korean workers demand end to trade talks with US
    About 15,000 South Korean workers demonstrated in the capital Seoul on Sunday, demanding the government stop free-trade talks with the United States.
  • 13-Nov-2006 The News
    Pak-China FTA talks continue
    An eight-member team of Pakistan is right now in Beijing to finalise the much-awaited Free Trade Agreement with China, which is expected to be formally inked during Chinese President Hu Jintao’s visit to Pakistan this month.
  • 13-Nov-2006 IHT
    US, Colombia to sign free trade agreement on Nov 22
    A free trade agreement between the United States and Colombia will be signed on Nov. 22, White House spokesman Tony Snow said Friday.
  • 13-Nov-2006 Financial Express
    India exploring possibility of inking FTA with Russia
    With bright chances of Russia becoming a member of the WTO, India has begun preparations to explore the possibility of increasing economic cooperation with the country, leading to a free trade agreement (FTA).
  • 13-Nov-2006 Hindustan Times
    Indians can chase Mittal dream in Trinidad
    Indian entrepreneurs will soon be able to follow the story of millionaire Lakshmi Mittal who hit success by buying an ailing steel firm in Trinidad 17 years ago.
  • 13-Nov-2006 Sydney Morning Herald
    Australia and Chile to develop FTA
    Australia and Chile have agreed to develop a comprehensive Free Trade Agreement.
  • 12-Nov-2006 Wall Street Journal
    Slow track: Democratic gains raise roadblocks to free-trade push
    The Democrats’ sweep of Congress is set to deliver a blow to President Bush’s free-trade ambitions and could hamper impending trade deals both big and small.
  • 12-Nov-2006 IRNA
    European lawmakers call for international force to stop killings in Gaza
    Members of the European Parliament which recently returned from a fact-finding mission to Israel and Palestine insisted that the EU should review its association agreement with Israel.
  • 10-Nov-2006 NASDAQ
    Colombia Min: New US congress less likely to clear FTA
    The victory of US Democrats in Tuesday’s mid-term elections will make more difficult the approval of a free trade agreement between Colombia and the US, the Andean country’s Commerce and Industry minister said.