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  • 11-May-2006 INQ7
    Japan agrees to non-quota deployment of nurses—RP exec
    Discussions on the labor component of the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) finally moved forward after Japan agreed to a non-quota deployment of Filipino nurses and caregivers, a labor official said.
  • 11-May-2006 ANDnetwork
    Morocco, Egypt to strengthen trade ties
    Despite a free trade agreement between Morocco and Egypt, entered in force in 1999, trade exchanges remain meager between the two.
  • 11-May-2006 MercoPress
    Divided Latin America arrives in Vienna summit
    A deeply divided Latin America, in the midst of several growing conflicts, meets with the European Union 25 leaders in the framework of the two regions’ fourth summit.
  • 11-May-2006 Bernama
    Malaysia not bound to finalise FTA with US by 2007
    Malaysia’s International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz cited the financial sector as one area that Malaysia cannot open up at a faster pace. She noted that it was the US — not Malaysia — which made the approach on the FTA.
  • 11-May-2006 Gulf News
    No date set for next round of UAE-US free trade talks
    The fifth round of free trade negotiations between the UAE and the United States ended in Abu Dhabi yesterday without agreement. The closely guarded negotiations, held amid a virtual media blackout, centred around two core issues: investment and labour laws.
  • 11-May-2006 PTI
    Sonia’s letter on FTA: BJP demands PM’s resignation
    Terming as “public humiliation” of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi’s letter to him on free trade agreements, BJP on Wednesday demanded his resignation and asked government to make public both the letters and the pacts signed so far.
  • 11-May-2006 Prensa Latina
    Guatemalan orgs: No US FTA
    The COS (Social Organizations Group) and the MISPEC (Guatemalan indigenous, farmer and popular movement) have joined the vigil Wednesday in front of the Guatemalan Constitutional Court to reject the free trade agreement with the United States.
  • 10-May-2006 Xinhua
    Colombia postpones signing FTA with US: official
    Colombia will postpone signing a free trade agreement (FTA) with the United State because its English version was inconsistent with the original bilateral pact.
  • 10-May-2006 AP
    Singapore urges EU to forge trade deal
    Singapore on Tuesday urged the European Union to negotiate a free trade agreement to strengthen their trade and investment ties.
  • 10-May-2006 AAP
    Australia, Japan set to launch FTA talks
    Australia and Japan expect to launch negotiations on a free trade deal late this year or early in 2007, Trade Minister Mark Vaile said.
  • 9-May-2006
    DR-CAFTA expected to compel curricula revisions in universities
    Education minister suggested this Tuesday that universities in the country should be subject of a revision of their respective curricula in light of the upcoming Free Trade Agreement with the Central America and the United States.
  • 9-May-2006
    Free trade agreements: complicated but unavoidable
    The 16th Inter-Pacific Bar Association Conference, held in Sydney last week, provided a forum to illustrate the enormous impact FTAs have on the economic and social aspects of their respective countries and the legal issues underlying them.
  • 9-May-2006
    Free trade pact not to hurt farmers
    Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has assured Congress president Sonia Gandhi that the proposed Indo-Asean free trade agreement (FTA) would not affect Indian farmers.
  • 9-May-2006
    FTA clears last hurdle with Shura go-ahead
    Six laws that should allow Bahrain’s Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the US to be activated cleared their final hurdle yesterday.
  • 9-May-2006
    M’sian govt taking strong stand on IPR protection
    The Malaysian Government is taking a strong stand on the protection of intellectual property rights (IPR), says International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz.
  • 9-May-2006 The Nation
    Free-trade agreement: Thailand rejects deal with South Korea
    Thailand is the only Asean member not planning to sign the free-trade agreement (FTA) with South Korea and will thus lose export competitiveness, due to higher import tariffs.
  • 9-May-2006 Business Recorder
    Shaukat for setting up ECO free trade area
    Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Friday called for the establishment of an ECO free trade area and intra-regional oil and gas pipelines, saying an energy grid could create inter-linkages necessary for making the Economic Co-operation Organisation (ECO) more effective.
  • 9-May-2006 Bucharest Daily News
    Romania to withdraw from free trade agreements
    Following EU accession, Romania will gradually withdraw from all free trade agreements.
  • 9-May-2006 Reuters
    House to begin work on Oman trade deal
    Congressional Republicans announced plans on Monday to begin work on legislation to enact a US free trade deal with Oman, despite Democratic demands that the Gulf kingdom first provide stronger assurances it will bring its labor laws in line with international standards.
  • 9-May-2006 USTR
    US-Colombia FTA (2006)
    This text reflects the agreement reached between the United States and Colombia on February 27, 2006.