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  • 25-May-2006 Korea Herald
    US labor groups to join forces in anti-FTA rallies
    US labor groups will join forces with Korean counterparts for rallies in Washington early June against a proposed free trade agreement, the KCTU said yesterday.
  • 25-May-2006
    The treatment of geographical indications in recent regional and bilateral FTAs
    The objective of this paper is to analyze what has been the treatment of GIs in the new generation of regional trade agreement as well as the content of the new standards being set.
  • 25-May-2006 Bangkok Post
    Court asked to throw out FTA with Australia
    FTA opponents yesterday asked the Constitution Court to annul the Thai Australian Free Trade Area agreement (Tafta) on the ground that the Thaksin government entered into it unconstitutionally two years ago.
  • 25-May-2006 Sify
    Singapore-Pak FTA by year-end
    Singapore and Pakistan will sign the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) before the end of this year, Federal Minister of Commerce, Himayun Akhtar Khan has said.
  • 24-May-2006 Financial Express
    Pakistan begins talks with China for free trade accord
    Pakistan is in separate bilateral talks with China and Malaysia to ease trade restrictions between the nations and is close to signing an accord with Singapore, commerce minister Humayun Akhtar said.
  • 24-May-2006 MENAFN
    Arab agricultural engineers review effects of free trade zone
    The Arab Agricultural Engineers Union on Monday convened its 16th technical conference to discuss "Agricultural Integration under the Establishment of Greater Arab Free Trade Zone." The zone, which came into effect in late 2005, includes 18 member states and represents 94 per cent of all Arab trade.
  • 24-May-2006 Bangkok Post
    US won’t negotiate with caretaker govt
    The United States is ready to resume negotiations on a free trade agreement (FTA) with Thailand when the political situation here is clearer, US ambassador Ralph Boyce said yesterday. Washington cannot negotiate a deal with a caretaker government, he said.
  • 24-May-2006 MarketWatch
    Ecuador to oppose arbitration claim filed by Occidental Petroleum
    Ecuador will oppose an arbitration suit filed last week by Occidental Petroleum Corp (OXY) with the World Bank’s International Center for Investment Disputes in Washington, DC, said Ecuadorean Attorney General Jose Maria Borja.
  • 23-May-2006 Korea Times
    Globalized protests
    Korea and the United States will start formal negotiations on a bilateral free trade accord in Washington on June 5. Flying to the US capital for the occasion are not only government delegates but also a contingent of about 100 demonstrators. Having heard much about Korean protesters’ militancy, local police have reportedly entered a state of emergency.
  • 23-May-2006
    India-Sri Lanka FTA (1998)
  • 23-May-2006 IPS
    Colombia: Casualties in battle against free trade pact with US
    Indigenous and campesino protests against the free trade deal that Colombia is negotiating with the United States drew a harsh military response from the government of rightwing President Álvaro Uribe, leaving an as yet unknown number of people dead, injured or missing. Even the ombudsman of the southwestern province of Nariño, Carlos Mario Aguirre, was hospitalised last Thursday.
  • 23-May-2006 Korea Times
    Koreans, French fight Hollywood domination
    Films from South Korea may not be as prominently featured in the program of the 59th Cannes Film Festival as in recent years, yet Korean cinema is garnering attention, thanks to the struggle by industry people to defend the screen quota system.
  • 23-May-2006 Reuters
    US eyes closer trade ties with Taiwan, but no pact
    The United States has no immediate plans to negotiate a free trade pact with Taiwan, but is eager to discuss other ways to expand economic ties, a top US trade official told reporters on Monday.
  • 23-May-2006 AP
    White House upbeat on Vietnam trade pact
    The Bush administration expressed optimism Monday that a recently completed trade agreement with Vietnam can be signed by early June and supporting legislation can win congressional approval this summer.
  • 23-May-2006 Korea Herald
    Korean groups vow ’no violence’ in US capital
    Korean activists will go ahead with their planned rallies in Washington to protest negotiations for a free trade agreement, ignoring the government’s appeal for restraint.
  • 22-May-2006 Houston Chronicle
    Mexico to replace Venezuela in trade pact
    Mexican officials said Monday they will seek a replacement for Venezuela after the South American nation decided to quit the G-3 trade pact.
  • 22-May-2006 Dissident Voice
    ALBA: Social debt and human rights - proposals for the new social, economic and cultural order
    President Chavez has proposed a new project for Latin America integration, ALBA, which challenges the imperial project ALCA, designed to consolidate neocolonial empire.
  • 22-May-2006 IPS
    Guatemala: Fears and hopes raised by free trade with US
    With just a few days to go before the removal of trade barriers between Guatemala and the United States, social organisations are afraid that living standards in Guatemala will decline, while the government and the business community predict an influx of investment, economic growth, and the creation of thousands of new jobs.
  • 22-May-2006 Channel News Asia
    US upbeat about trade talks with South Korea, Malaysia
    The United States is "very optimistic" about clinching free trade agreements (FTAs) with major trading partners South Korea and Malaysia, a senior US official said.
  • 22-May-2006 The Australian
    Free trade match kick-off
    Winning the soccer World Cup in Germany next month would be a cinch compared with winning special access to Chinese markets for Australian farmers, investors and service providers.