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  • 3-Feb-2006
    Film People Begin Protest Against Screen Quota Cut
    Members of the local film industry on Wednesday started their all-night relay rally against the government’s decision to halve the screen quota system.
  • 2-Feb-2006 JoongAng
    Pact could mature alliance
    The relationship between Korea and the United States until now was a firm security alliance to prevent the spread of communism. The announcement of free trade agreement negotiations is an expression of a will to establish a more developed general alliance, not only in ideology and military on a security level, but also in economic gains.
  • 2-Feb-2006 Yonhap
    S. Korea, US announce start of FTA negotiations
    South Korea and the United States announced Thursday they will start negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA). Formal negotiations will begin in May
  • 2-Feb-2006 Reuters
    Farmers break up hearing on US-South Korea FTA
    Angry farmers have broken up a public hearing to discuss impending talks between South Korea and the US on establishing a Free Trade Agreement (FTA), officials said.
  • 2-Feb-2006 Health GAP
    Myths and realities: The impact of the US-Thai FTA on access to medicines
    Reeling from the negative publicity and pro-access to medicines messaging in Thailand and internationally, the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) has mounted a public relations campaign full of distortions and omissions.
  • 2-Feb-2006
    Ecuadorian universities to discuss FTA
    Ecuadorean universities will hold consultations on the advisability to sign a Free Trade Agreement with the US, president of the National Council on Higher Education (CONESUP) Vinicio Baquero confirmed.
  • 2-Feb-2006
    AmCham wants coalition of film industries
    A reduction in the mandatory screening days for domestic films would pave the way for a coalition between the film industries of South Korea and the United States, said Tami Overby, president of the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in Korea, Wednesday.
  • 2-Feb-2006
    S. Korea, U.S. preparing for trade talks
    South Korea and the United States could announce as early as this week their intention to launch formal negotiations aimed at a free trade accord seen as the biggest for the U.S. since the landmark North American Free Trade Agreement of 1994.
  • 2-Feb-2006
    Bimstec FTA needs to cross one more river
    The proposed India-Bimstec (Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bhutan) free trade agreement to be implemented from July 1 2006 has to cross one last hurdle.
  • 2-Feb-2006 US Newswire
    More CAFTA failures for the Bush administration - thousands protest free trade agreement in El Salvador
    As President Bush touted the benefits of free trade in his State of the Union address, protests filled the streets of San Salvador on Jan. 31 in the latest of a string of events demonstrating the continued failure of the US-Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA).
  • 1-Feb-2006
    Free trade with US will hurt health care
    Will the hands that save the lives of Thailand’s sick be tied once a free trade deal between this country and the United States is signed, later this year?
  • 1-Feb-2006
    Time running short for FTA, says US biz lobby
    Seoul-based American business leaders Wednesday called for more predictability, consistency and transparency in government policies, saying there is an extra mile to go for a business climate that offers global standards.
  • 1-Feb-2006
    US businesses in Korea renew call for early FTA
    The American Chamber of Commerce in Korea has renewed a call for early conclusion of a free-trade agreement between the U.S. and Korea. AMCHAM president Tami Overby on Wednesday reminded reporters that a congressional authority for the U.S. government to expedite FTAs expires in June 2007 and time is therefore very short.
  • 1-Feb-2006 Bahrein Tribune
    UAE starts fourth round of FTA talks with US
    The UAE was following the lead set in the GCC by Bahrain yesterday when it started its fourth round of free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations with the US in London.
  • 1-Feb-2006 ZNet
    Japan-Indonesia relations: New opportunities, new tensions
    The late January visit to Tokyo by Indonesian Vice President Muhammad Jusuf Kalla was full of surprises, just as the two nations announced their expectations that a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) would be signed before the end of 2006.
  • 1-Feb-2006 The Nation
    FTAs get new moniker
    Due to growing sentiment in Thailand against free trade agreements (FTAs), the government plans to rename all bilateral free trade pacts to “economic partnership agreements”, in a bid to divert attention from free trade and avoid further intense protests.
  • 1-Feb-2006 ThaisNews
    Thailand prepares to expand talks on Thai-India FTA agreements beginning in March
    Thailand prepares to expand its FTA agreements with India from the original 82 items, after managing to open FTA areas with Japan.
  • 1-Feb-2006 JoongAng Daily
    Korea now plans to expand free trade aggressively
    After reaching free trade agreements with relatively small economies such as Chile and Singapore, Korea is looking to expand its horizons as it prepares to launch free trade negotiations with two of the world’s leading economies.
  • 1-Feb-2006 Xinhua
    S. Korea-Singapore FTA to take effect in March
    South Korea and Singapore agreed to begin implementation of a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) on March 2, according to South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade on Tuesday.
  • 30-Jan-2006
    Commerce minister eyes Japan as leading business partner
    Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister Somkid Jatusripitak has targeted Japan as the kingdom’s primary business partner in developing Thailand as an Asian hub for electronics and electrical equipment production.