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9-May-2006
We call upon civil society organisations, social movements, and mass-membership organisations across the ACP and Europe to join the STOP EPAs campaign, and engage with their governments on the issues of ACP development in relation to the EU.
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8-May-2006
ABC
It’s just over a year since the Australia US Free Trade Agreement came into force, opening the door for US drug companies to force a review of decisions about which drugs are subsidised by the Australian Government. Now that power is being used by the US drug company Eli Lilly.
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8-May-2006
Bahamas Journal
A Bahamas diplomat has pointed to a special trade agreement with the United States as the inevitable move for CARICOM nations which are hoping for permission from the World Trade Organization to extend the period for which their goods could be imported into the US duty free.
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8-May-2006
Jakarta Post
Energy resource-poor Japan is turning to a free-trade agreement, or FTA, with oil and gas-rich trading partners to secure stable supplies to fuel the world’s second largest economy.
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8-May-2006
Islands Business
One plus four looks like a simple mathematical equation. But Pacific trade negotiators will be quick to tell you that it is everything but simple. It is the proposal islands countries are hoping will form part of their economic partnership agreement (EPA) with the European Union.
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8-May-2006
Channel News Asia
Singapore and Pakistan on Friday completed a third round of negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA), the trade ministry said.
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8-May-2006
Miami Herald
Uruguayan President Tabaré Vázquez, often cited as an example of Latin America’s leftward shift, and President Bush agreed Thursday to deeper ties and talks that could lead to a free-trade pact with Washington.
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8-May-2006
Jerusalem Post
A free trade agreement between Israel and Mercosur took another step towards realization recently with the closure of a second round of talks.
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7-May-2006
The Indian Government’s move to go in for more Free Trade Agreements with Asian countries has run into difficulties with Congress President Sonia Gandhi asking Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to "very carefully scrutinise" India-ASEAN FTA to safeguard interests of domestic farmers.
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6-May-2006
Minister of Industry and Commerce, Dr.Hasasan Abdullah Fakhro opened here on Saturday the first workshop on exporting Trade (ETT) organized by the by the Volunteers for Economic Growth Alliance ( VEGA ).
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6-May-2006
The Committee of Experts (COE) of the South Asia Free Trade Area (SAFTA) will examine the proposal to include trade in services under the SAFTA agreement in October this year.
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6-May-2006
Having concluded free trade agreements with SAARC, Singapore and Thailand, India is pursuing similar arrangements with several other Asian countries, the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, said here on Friday.
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6-May-2006
The Guatemalan Congress began its second day of questioning Economy Minister Marcio Cuevas Thursday, on the basis and effects of the free trade agreement with the United States.
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6-May-2006
Caricom and the Republic of Korea have identified seven areas of cooperation to be pursued including the promotion, expansion and diversification of trade and investment flows; and the exchange of views and information on measures to facilitate access to their respective markets, Caricom Secretary-General Edwin Carrington said.
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6-May-2006
When I signed on to be a US diplomat almost 30 years ago, I never imagined it would lead to playing football with a Super Bowl MVP. Yet two weeks ago, I found myself standing in my living room in Seoul launching a pass to Hines Ward, the Korean American star of the Pittsburgh Steelers and MVP of Superbowl XL.
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6-May-2006
The ongoing electrical crisis and its high cost will adversely affect the production of groups looking forward to participate with their businesses in the United States, Dominican Republic and central America Free Trade agreement (CAFTA-DR), said Miguel Cocco, Custom’s Director General.
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6-May-2006
The United States has appreciated Pakistan’s trade and investment policies as liberal and attractive and has suggested to the government of Pakistan to arrange a meeting with all US companies working in Pakistan at a proper forum to know their concerns about making investment in Pakistan and subsequently devise a mechanism to address their concerns as it would go a long way in attracting foreign investment in Pakistan.
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6-May-2006
After meeting with President George W. Bush, Uruguay President Tabaré Vazquez appeared on Voice of America (VOA) to say that the two presidents had “made profound advances toward a better understanding between our two countries that will permit us to improve our commercial exchanges.”
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6-May-2006
The importance of trade as a vehicle that can also produce significant political effects was the focus of a Cato Institute briefing on Capitol Hill entitled "Building Foundations for Freedom, Commerce and Peace in the Middle East."
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6-May-2006
ABC
Federal Trade Minister Mark Vaile says wheat and beef must be included in any Australian free trade agreement (FTA) with China.
