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  • 8-Jun-2006
    Britain’s Duke of York to discuss trade, investment with Thai Deputy PM
    His Royal Highness Prince Andrew, Britain’s Duke of York, will discuss trade and investment with Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister Somkid Jatusripitak here Thursday with an aim to strengthen bilateral trade ties between the United Kingdom and Thailand.
  • 8-Jun-2006
    US Democrats join Korean protesters
    Downtown traffic was temporarily jammed Wednesday as South Korean protesters opposing a trade agreement with the United States rallied the Buddhist way, bowing to the ground every three steps.
  • 8-Jun-2006
    Canada lags in global trade race: Emerson
    Canada has rested on its resource-boom laurels and has fallen behind in the global race to sign free-trade deals with other countries, Trade Minister David Emerson warns.
  • 8-Jun-2006 Yonhap
    S. Korea, US far divided over rice, quarantine issues in FTA talks
    South Korea and the United States ended the third day of their first round of talks over a free trade accord Wednesday, with both remaining far apart over rice and quarantine issues, Seoul’s chief negotiator said.
  • 8-Jun-2006 Indepedent Media Review Analysis
    Boycott of Israel still in effect, Omani official tells ’Post’
    Five months after signing a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the US, Oman continues to restrict the import of Israeli-made goods despite a pledge made to the US that it would not boycott the Jewish state, The Jerusalem Post has learned.
  • 8-Jun-2006 USITC
    USITC releases report on impact of US-Peru FTA
    The US International Trade Commission released its report assessing the bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) that the President has entered into with Peru. The report provides an assessment of the likely impact of the FTA on the US economy and on specific industry sectors and consumers.
  • 8-Jun-2006 Xinhua
    Peruvians want Andean summit to speed up trade pact with EU: CAN chief
    Peru’s President Alejandro Toledo wants the Andean Community of Nations (CAN) summit set for next Tuesday to push forward negotiations on a trade pact with the European Union, the CAN announced on Wednesday.
  • 8-Jun-2006 ePolitix
    Hague backs EU-US free trade zone
    Shadow foreign secretary of the UK William Hague has called for a free trade area to be established between the EU and US.
  • 8-Jun-2006 Oakland Institute
    Statements from a press conference challenging the US-Korea free trade agreement
    "Ever since President Roh Moo Hyun revealed his intent to pursue a FTA with the United States, every aspect of Korean society from labor, agriculture, entertainment, civic groups, and health sectors have voiced their opposition to the proposed deal."
  • 7-Jun-2006
    Peru protests could mar FTA debates
    Peruvian Congress Agrarian and Foreign Trade Commissions have started to discuss the US-devised free trade agreement.
  • 7-Jun-2006
    Government to have an extra RD$2.35B income if Free Trade is delayed
    The possible postponement of the Free Trade Agreement with the United States and Central America (DR-CAFTA) would secure for the central government additional income of, at least, RD$2,350 million during the second half of this year.
  • 7-Jun-2006
    Washington’s tactical shift on global trade
    Seoul and Washington have just launched free trade talks. The negotiations will be complex, acerbic and angry — and will finally bury the Doha Round of World Trade Organization talks.
  • 7-Jun-2006
    Pakistan, US to soon sign BIT: Jahangir Karamat
    Former Pakistan ambassador to US, Gen (Retd) Jehangir Karamat has hoped Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) will soon be signed between Pakistan and US.
  • 7-Jun-2006
    All local Vanaspati factories shut down after India tightens imports
    All Sri Lankan factories producing Vanaspati oil have shut down, after controversial Indian regulations to restrict duty free exports of the vegetable oil to India.
  • 7-Jun-2006
    Korea, US fail to agree on Kaesong-made goods
    The first round of free-trade negotiations between Korea and the US failed to produce agreement on products made at the joint-Korean Kaesong Industrial Complex in North Korea.
  • 7-Jun-2006 Change to Win
    US and Korean labor say ’NO’ to NAFTA repeat
    Leaders of the four main labor federations in the United States and Korea — Change to Win, AFL-CIO, KCTU and FKTU — today joined forces to tell their governments to slow down negotiations of a US-Korea Free Trade agreement (KORUS FTA).
  • 7-Jun-2006 CanWest
    NAFTA hasn’t delivered: legislators
    The North American Free Trade Agreement is "a continental tragedy" according to parliamentarians from Canada, Mexico and the United States who are fighting to replace it with a "people-centred approach."
  • 7-Jun-2006 AP
    New Peruvian president-elect keeping Washington at arm’s length
    President-elect Alan Garcia on Tuesday stressed his support for free markets and said he will vigorously court foreign investment for Peru, but he said he plans to renegotiate a trade accord with the United States signed by the outgoing government.
  • 7-Jun-2006 Bangkok Post
    FTA could be met with court action
    Thai citizens could file a lawsuit with the Constitutional Court if the caretaker government signs a free trade agreement with Japan, said Somchai Preechasinlapakun, dean of law at Chiang Mai University.
  • 7-Jun-2006 Gulf Times
    Pak-Asean talks for FTA agreed
    Pakistan and Association of the South East Asian Nations (Asean) yesteray agreed to begin talks for signing a free trade agreement (FTA), officials said.