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  • 15-May-2006 Islam Online
    US-SACU free trade talks hit snags
    The latest round of talks between the US and the five-member Southern African Customs Union (SACU) on a free trade agreement has failed to yield fruits, with many blaming the US for seeking to impose a one-size-fits-all formula.
  • 15-May-2006 Korea Times
    S Korea considers FTA with Gulf countries: Roh
    President Roh Moo-hyun said Saturday that the government will consider signing a free trade agreement (FTA) with the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).
  • 15-May-2006 MercoPress
    US-Ecuador free trade agreement frozen
    Ecuador’s chief trade negotiator, Manuel Chiriboga, admitted that a huge "uncertainty" surrounds the future of the free trade negotiations with United States suspended since the end of March.
  • 14-May-2006 ABC
    Treasury dismisses bilateral free trade deals in Asia
    Australia’s Treasury has dismissed the Australian Government’s quest for bilateral free trade deals in Asia, saying that there are no clear benefits.
  • 14-May-2006 AP
    EU forges ahead with free trade plans
    The European Union and six Central American leaders said Saturday they hoped to launch free trade talks before the end of the year.
  • 14-May-2006 Philippine Star
    ASEAN trade ministers meet to accelerate creation of European-style economic community
    Southeast Asian trade ministers, pressured by China and India’s growing economic might, will gather this week in Manila to chart plans to accelerate their daunting ambition of creating a European-style economic community. They will also assess progress of ASEAN’s various free trade negotiations.
  • 13-May-2006 MercoPress
    UK and Mexico sign trade agreement in Vienna
    United Kingdom and Mexico signed Friday a bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (IPPA) in Vienna.
  • 12-May-2006
    Spain seeks agreement with CAN
    The Andean Community of Nations (CAN) should come to terms first, before pursuing a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the European Union (EU), sources of the Spanish Foreign Ministry reported Thursday.
  • 12-May-2006
    Taiwan seeks better bilateral trade with India
    Taiwan is keen on a free trade agreement (FTA) with India and is also seeking the cooperation of Indian business houses to improve economic relations and increase connectivity between the two countries.
  • 12-May-2006
    Further NZ-China FTA talks
    A further round of New Zealand-China FTA negotiations will take place in Queenstown next week (15-19 May).
  • 12-May-2006 Dominican Today
    DR: New US exigencies for integration onto Free Trade
    The United States reportedly threatened to leave the Dominican Republic out of the Free Trade Agreement with Central America and the U.S. (DR-CAFTA), if local authorities do not accept other requirements aside from the original negotiation.
  • 12-May-2006 Economic Times
    Integrate Indian farm sector globally? It would have disastrous consequences
    Presently, the ever growing number of FTAs without adequate protection for the agricultural sector is a matter of serious concern. This would jeopardise the food security of our country.
  • 12-May-2006 Bernama
    US food based firms to use M’sia as Asian hub
    Several US-based food producing/processing companies have identified Malaysia a key market in Asia and are considering setting up a physical presence here, said agriculture counsellor of the United States Embassy, Malaysia and Singapore, Jonathan Gressel.
  • 12-May-2006
    UAE to resist US pressure to open telecoms sector: minister
    The United Arab Emirates will resist pressure in free trade talks with the United States to open its telecommunications sector to foreign investors.
  • 12-May-2006 Jakarta Post
    RI envisions free trade among D-8 member countries
    After breaking the ice by launching the preferential trade agreement among Developing Eight (D-8) countries, Indonesian Trade Minister Mari E. Pangestu envisions that the agreement would lead to a free trade arrangement for member countries in less than 15 years.
  • 12-May-2006 Washington File
    Imports of rice at issue in US trade negotiations with Korea
    Rice, the staple food for much of Asia, will doubtless be a tough issue in negotiations on a US-South Korea free-trade agreement (FTA) and could be an issue in US-Malaysia FTA talks, US experts say.
  • 12-May-2006 Xinhua
    EU rules out FTA talks with Andean Community in near future
    European Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner on Thursday ruled out the possibility of holding talks with the Andean Community over a free trade agreement.
  • 12-May-2006 Grist Magazine
    Beans for Lima: Activists are fighting a new agreement between the US and Peru
    What are the environmental impacts of the Peruvian-US free-trade agreement?
  • 12-May-2006 Prensa Latina
    Guatemala anti-FTA vigil grows
    More popular organizations have joined the on-going vigil in front of the Guatemalan Constitutional Court, where a bill against the free trade agreement with the US is being discussed Thursday.
  • 12-May-2006 Xinhua
    Morales urges Latin American countries to kill FTA with US
    Bolivia’s President Evo Morales on Thursday urged Colombia, Peru and Ecuador to kill their free trade agreements with the United States, so as to keep the Andean Community alive. Meanwhile, Peru’s President Alejandro Toledo said the Andean Community would now seek to launch trade talks with the EU, with or without Venezuela and Bolivia.