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  • 3-Mar-2006 Dominican Today
    Free trade’s rivals here and there
    Don’t be fooled by the images of street protests against free trade that you often see on TV. In the real world, the most powerful opposition to US-Latin American free-trade agreements does not come from radical leftist workers and students, but from potentially damaged business tycoons.
  • 3-Mar-2006 White House
    Fact Sheet: US-India Strategic Partnership
  • 2-Mar-2006 Asia Times
    Nukes and mangoes on Bush’s mind in India
    Although US President George W Bush’s India visit that officially started on Thursday is hardly expected to grab headlines in terms of business and economic deals between the two countries, both are looking forward to several new initiatives to boost bilateral commercial ties expected to be announced in the next few days.
  • 2-Mar-2006 AND Network
    Egypt against conditional deals
    An Egyptian official yesterday said that the timing of signing a free trade agreement (FTA) "wasn’t appropriate from the Egyptian and US points of view".
  • 2-Mar-2006 Korea Times
    Seoul to gather public opinion on FTA with US
    In advance of negotiations with the United States on a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA), the South Korean government that it would gather public opinion on the issue through e-mail.
  • 2-Mar-2006 Prensa Latina
    Ecuador ready to butt US FTA
    The Ecuadorian government’s aspirations to wrap up the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the US by the end of March, are stirring up Thursday grassroots organizations against that deal.
  • 2-Mar-2006 Upside Down World
    Private rivers: Will transnational water companies swallow El Salvador’s water supply?
    CAFTA creates a new legal framework for the sale of water and other public services, although it allows countries to "opt-out" of the public services of their choosing. El Salvador’s President Tony Saca chose no service exemptions, and thus opened the entire water sector to competition by international corporations.
  • 2-Mar-2006 The Standard
    Kenya, Sudan to sign trade pact
    Kenya and Sudan are set to sign a bilateral trade agreement that may open up the vast Sudanese market to Kenyan entrepreneurs.
  • 2-Mar-2006 Daily Times
    Cabinet may approve new trade accord with Indonesia today
    The federal cabinet is expected to accord ex-post fecto approval to the signing of Framework Agreement between Pakistan and Indonesia on Comprehensive Economic Partnership (CEP) and its ratification on Thursday.
  • 2-Mar-2006 IPS
    Uruguay rejects President’s plea to halt pulp mills
    Under an investment treaty signed by Uruguay and Finland in 2002, Uruguay would have to pay heavy damages if it ordered the suspension of work on the Botnia factory.
  • 2-Mar-2006 People’s Daily
    China, Australia hold fourth round of FTA talks
    Due to structural differences between the two economies, the talks will focus on agriculture, service and Australia-interested investment.
  • 2-Mar-2006 Korea Times
    ’Korea-US FTA talks face bumpy road’
    Seoul is unlikely to meet its timetable to strike a free trade agreement (FTA) deal with Washington by June next year due to a number of roadblocks that lie ahead, said an expert on South Korea.
  • 1-Mar-2006 Reuters
    UAE to invest in US but port row may spook others
    Opposition in the United States to a UAE firm taking over US ports will not deter the Arab state from more investments there, but could make other countries divert funds to Asia and Europe, the UAE’s economy minister said on Wednesday.
  • 1-Mar-2006 Reuters
    Thailand suspends US free trade talks due to poll
    Thailand has suspended free trade talks with the United States and delayed signing a deal with Japan until after an April 2 election called by Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, officials said on Wednesday.
  • 1-Mar-2006 Dawn
    Signing of BIT with US put off
    The signing of a Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) between Pakistan and the US, expected on the eve of visit of President Bush this weekend in Islamabad, has apparently been put off again as businessmen give no indication of firm answers from the US on objections raised by Pakistan on certain clauses.
  • 1-Mar-2006 Christian Science Monitor
    Made in North Korea - or is it?
    The issue of how much the North Korean workers are paid is, as one manager puts it, "a delicate question" as South Korea negotiates with the United States for a free trade agreement.
  • 1-Mar-2006 Mail & Guardian
    No to free trade with US
    Trade experts say the United States is demanding far deeper market access than South Africa is willing to give, particularly in the area of services that are covered by regulatory protection rather than tariffs.
  • 1-Mar-2006 Dominican Today
    Ambassador describes DR-Canada free trade scenario
    Dominican Republic can favorably negotiate the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) that has been outlined with Canada, as long as the official and private sector representatives define a good negotiating strategy on time.
  • 1-Mar-2006 Xinhua
    Syria, EU hold talks on partnership association pact
    Syria and the European Union on Tuesday held talks on means to facilitate the final approval of an association agreement initialled more than a year ago.
  • 1-Mar-2006 Houston Chronicle
    Salvadorans protest trade deal with US
    Thousands of street vendors, university students and labor unionists marched in San Salvador Tuesday against a regional free trade accord with the United States, which they say will hurt small businesses and organized labor.