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10-Apr-2006
A state-run research center said Monday that some of the countries that signed a free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States have lost their export competitiveness.
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10-Apr-2006
Japan’s proposed Asian regional free trade agreement got tepid support today from Trade Minister Phil Goff, who told the Gateway to Asean Summit in Auckland that the plan was "consistent" with other activities already well underway.
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10-Apr-2006
Indo-Asian News Service
’A free trade agreement with China will be suicidal,’ Minister of State for Commerce Jairam Ramesh said Monday.
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10-Apr-2006
Chosun Ilbo
The Korean government is reportedly considering setting up a special public relations office just to deal with opposition to the FTA. That opposition is expected to intensify after the upcoming local elections and probably right up to the US-proposed deadline for negotiations in March 2007. In the process, it could also spill over into intense social conflict in Korea.
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10-Apr-2006
Caribbean Net News
A round table discussion held in Barbados on April 3rd and 4th between CARICOM sugar producing countries and the European Union appeared to achieve the exact opposite of what it intended.
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10-Apr-2006
Chosun Ilbo
The IT labor union, part of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, has announced its plans to paralyze the homepages of the U.S. Department of Defense, the Whitehouse and President George Bush, by sending a flood of some 30,000 e-mails at 6pm on Tuesday 11 April.
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10-Apr-2006
Korea Times
It is Korea’s livestock industries, not the rice market, which are feared would be hit the hardest by the FTA.
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10-Apr-2006
OWINFS
Out of the blue, FTA is suddenly on our face. One day the news of the treaty covers the front page of most media. The US demanded the Korean agriculture market to be opened with no exception. They also called for scaling down the screen quota in half. Korean people are flabbergasted with the pouring news. Let’s look into what is unfolding.
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10-Apr-2006
Korea Times
Talks for a free trade deal between Seoul and Washington seem to be running into a snag as some political leaders within South Korea’s ruling camp are raising voices on the need to "slow down" on it.
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10-Apr-2006
ECDPM
The purpose of this study is to provide an overview and assessment of possible alternatives to EPAs in order to clarify the choice of alternative options that ACP countries have, to inform the policy debate and help increase the understanding of the different participants in the negotiations.
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10-Apr-2006
Reuters
Japan’s farm minister expressed scepticism toward the idea of a free trade pact with China, while its foreign minister said on Friday the two economic giants should avoid jockeying for power in the region.
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10-Apr-2006
Chosunilbo
Beware of the dragonfly: it may be a bugging robot disguised as a harmless insect. No, the advice does not come from a mental patient convinced the government is spying on his laundry bills: it was one of the security tips issued during last week’s two-day workshop for 120 Korean delegates in the nation’s impending free-trade negotiations with the US.
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10-Apr-2006
Daily Independent
A coalition of non-governmental organisations, opposed to the ongoing negotiation between European Union and African, Caribean and Pacific countries, under the Economic Partnership Agreement, has soften its stance on the discussion.
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10-Apr-2006
Business Standard
Concerns raised by a section of domestic industry against indiscriminate opening up of the Indian market to imports have touched a chord at the highest levels of the policy establishment.
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9-Apr-2006
New Zealand could be sidelined from trading with some of the world’s fastest-growing economies if it fails to push ahead with a network of Asian free trade deals, Associate Minister for Trade Negotiations Jim Sutton says.
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8-Apr-2006
Reuters
The Bush administration should include a provision in a proposed free-trade pact with Peru that the South American country meet international labor standards, a group of congressional Democrats said on Friday.
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8-Apr-2006
AP
Colombia and Cuba may seem strange bedfellows but the stalwart US ally and its oldest adversary in Latin America are putting aside their differences to negotiate a trade deal.
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8-Apr-2006
AP
Caribbean foreign ministers will discuss a possible free trade agreement with the US when they meet next week with the US trade representative.
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8-Apr-2006
Bangkok Post
Thailand’s new Thai Rak Thai government will proceed with the negotiations of free trade agreements.
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8-Apr-2006
Prensa Latina
The violent police repression against Ecuadorian demonstrators protesting the free trade agreement with the US has claimed its first life, university students denounced Friday.
