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  • 26-Apr-2006 AFP
    US free trade accord divides Latin American leaders
    The US free trade agreements "are destroying the CAN," Bolivian President Evo Morales said.
  • 26-Apr-2006 Fibre2fashion
    Turkey: FTA with Tunisia & Morocco vital for textile sector
    Currently, Turkey has inked Free Trade Agreements (FTA) with 19 countries and now, the formation of Mediterranean Basin Free Trade Area, is being added which will improve economic and commercial transactions between the Mediterranean countries.
  • 26-Apr-2006
    Array of trade pacts a cause for concern: India Inc
    With instances of more than one trade pact being inked with a single country under the Government’s bilateral and regional trade agreements policy, Indian industry is apprehending confusion in import clearances arising from multiplicity of rules of origin' norms andnegative lists’ applicable on imports from the same country under the numerous agreements signed with it.
  • 26-Apr-2006 Bangkok Post
    Watchdog demands delay to talks
    FTA Watch, a Thai civic group campaigning against free trade pacts, demanded an amendment to article 224 of Thailand’s constitution to clearly state that any bilateral trade deals be subject to parliament’s endorsement without conditions.
  • 25-Apr-2006
    Malaysia, US making progress on proposed FTA
    Malaysia and the US are making progress on a proposed Free Trade Agreement (FTA), US Commerce Department Deputy Secretary David A Sampson said yesterday.
  • 25-Apr-2006
    NZ knows place in US trade game
    Delegates at the New Zealand-United States Partnership Forum in Washington are realistic about the tangible rewards of three days of meetings. They are few, if any.
  • 25-Apr-2006
    Industry minister: Venezuela will never ink FTA with the US
    "We will never initial a Free Trade Agreement (with the United States,) as they put men in the background and focus on the North," Venezuelan Light Industries and Commerce minister María Cristina Iglesias said Tuesday.
  • 25-Apr-2006
    FTA daggers leave Andeans gasping
    Venezuelan Minister for Integration and Foreign Trade Gustavo Márquez said on Monday that the countries which signed Free Trade Agreements with the US are responsible for the failure of the Andean Community of Nations (CAN).
  • 25-Apr-2006
    India remove negative list in FTA talks: Asean
    India-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement talks are in troubled waters with Asean insisting on New Delhi to eliminate its big list of negative items, contrary to the stand taken by the former.
  • 25-Apr-2006
    Peru’s Prime Minister says FTA with US fundamental
    Peru’s Prime Minister Pedro Paulo Kuczynski said on Tuesday it’s "absolutely necessary" for his country to pass the free trade agreement with the U.S as the deal will allow Peruvian textile and agricultural industries to grow.
  • 25-Apr-2006 Bloomberg
    Chavez may consider Venezuela’s return to Andean Pact
    Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said he would consider returning to the Andean Community of Nations trade bloc provided Colombia and Peru reconsider their trade agreements with the US.
  • 25-Apr-2006 IRNA
    Iran, Cuba sign investment, trade MoU
    Iran and Cuba also have plans to finalize a preferential trade agreement to boost mutual trade exchange.
  • 25-Apr-2006 El Universal
    Colombia suggests FTA with Venezuela — in exchange for the CAN
    Colombian authorities on the border with Venezuela have proposed Colombian President Álvaro Uribe and his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chávez to negotiate a bilateral Free Trade Agreement in exchange for the Andean Community of Nations (CAN).
  • 24-Apr-2006
    Keep the FTA away from our plasma
    It has been several years since my last donation, but yesterday I did my part towards saving someone’s life.
  • 24-Apr-2006
    At your service: Chinese FTA win
    Australia’s service providers - including the big banks, universities and construction and transport companies - yesterday received the strongest indication yet that they may be among the winners from the free trade agreement being negotiated with China.
  • 24-Apr-2006
    China is losing its single voice
    Businesspeople naturally admire decisiveness. This is one reason why China is so widely sought by corporate Australia as a trade and investment partner.
  • 24-Apr-2006
    Submission on the Transpacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement 2005
    The Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement (P4) is the latest attempt to bind the policy options of present and future New Zealand governments to a global liberalisation agenda that is facing a crisis.
  • 24-Apr-2006
    Korea-US FTA remains contentious
    Opinions were sharply divided at the National Assembly yesterday during a debate over the risks and benefits of a free trade agreement with the United States.
  • 24-Apr-2006
    No FTA if US interferes in country’s policies
    The Malaysian government will not finalise a Free Trade Agreement with the United States until all interests and needs of the country are taken into account.
  • 24-Apr-2006
    US-FTA blocks medicine for many
    The Guatemalan pharmaceutical industry is the strongest company in Central America and among the first 10 in Latin America, but it is today threatened by the free trade agreement (FTA) with United States.