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  • 18-Nov-2005 Prensa Latina
    Ecuadorean Indigenous vs. FTA
    Members of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE, in Spanish) are once more staging protests this Thursday to reject the signature of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with United States.
  • 18-Nov-2005 MENAFN
    Peru close to sign FTA with US
    The proposed free trade pact with the US has caused big demonstrations in Peru due to the farmers of sugar cane, rice, corn, potatoes and cotton fear that US agricultural subsidies will make it impossible for them to compete.
  • 18-Nov-2005 Gulf Daily News
    FTA plea by Bush
    US President Bush yesterday urged the US Congress to approve a long-awaited Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Bahrain.
  • 18-Nov-2005
    China, Chile sign free-trade agreement
    China and Chile signed a free-trade agreement Friday, the first between China and a Latin American country.
  • 18-Nov-2005 Bloomberg
    Andean Nations seek US patent protection for native medicines
    Colombia, Ecuador and Peru are turning the tables on U.S. trade negotiators accustomed to winning tough safeguards for drug patents by demanding similar protections for traditional therapies such as roots and leaves.
  • 17-Nov-2005
    EU group sees regional deals’ potential
    European Union (EU) trade organisations have called for regional free trade agreements to complement World Trade Organisation negotiations for a global open market.
  • 17-Nov-2005
    Israel seeks free trade agreement with Mercosur bloc
    At the end of last week, Minister of Finance and Industry, Trade and Labor Ehud Olmert met with Brazil’s State of Sao Paolo Governor Geraldo Alckmin in order to promote a free trade region with the Mercosur bloc (Mercado Comun del Sur), comprising Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay. The signing of a framework agreement is expected in December.
  • 17-Nov-2005
    FTA between Singapore and Kuwait "a matter of time" — Tarmugi
    The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Singapore and Kuwait is "a matter of time" as there are some outstanding issues surrounding such agreements that would have to be resolved, a senior Singaporean official revealed on Thursday.
  • 17-Nov-2005
    India, look ahead: A two-pronged strategy for boosting trade
    The current state of play in the Doha Round negotiations underlines the importance of stronger bilateral and regional trading agreements for India. As of now, India has concluded trading agreements with Sri Lanka, Thailand and Singapore. In the regional context, Safta and Bimstec are yet to really takeoff.
  • 17-Nov-2005
    US ’Big Brother’ attitude in FTAs draws criticism
    Arabs attending a conference in Bahrain blasted yesterday Washington’s "Big Brother" attitude in bilateral Free Trade Agreements, saying they are political tools to serve US interests rather than enhance economic prosperity in the region.
  • 17-Nov-2005
    Singapore-Panama FTA on track for progress
    Singapore’s plans to sign a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Panama remain on track.
  • 17-Nov-2005 AXcess News
    Democrats and labor leaders balk at lack of workers rights under CAFTA
    Democratic members of Congress and labor leaders say they want the Bush administration to move away from CAFTA’s failed trade model or face another tough battle in Congress.
  • 16-Nov-2005
    Goff calls for APEC FTA progress, Doha pressure
    Noting that a "spaghetti bowl of rules" would result from multiple bilateral free trade agreements among APEC members, Minister of Trade Phil Goff has called for coherence between FTAs in the region.
  • 14-Nov-2005 Korea Herald
    Understanding FTAs: going back to the basics
    Despite being a late starter in pursuing bilateral free trade agreements, Korea has been actively seeking Free Trade Agreement talks with its trading partners around the world.
  • 11-Nov-2005 The Hindu
    ADB, RBI for FTA between India and Mekong nations
    Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday advocated that India should go in for a free trade agreement (FTA) with China and five other nations in the Mekong region to sustain high growth.
  • 10-Nov-2005 Thai Labour Campaign
    Attracting FDI through the spread of free trade agreements
    This paper shows how free trade agreements (FTAs) in Southeast Asia are essentially a means to secure foreign direct investment (FDI) at the expense of labour standards. It explores the significance of FDI in export-oriented industrialisation and for economic transformation in Southeast Asia, with emphasis on the increasing global competition for FDI.
  • 10-Nov-2005 Prensa Latina
    Peruvian farmers buck FTA with US
    Two important Peruvian agricultural organizations march Wednesday against president Alejandro Toledo’s negotiations for a free trade agreement with the US.
  • 10-Nov-2005 IPS
    Is an ’FTAA Lite’ a real possibility?
    Most of the countries in Latin America and the Caribbean want a Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), even in a less ambitious form, as opposed to a handful of nations - albeit an economically powerful minority - that reject the idea.
  • 10-Nov-2005 Prensa Latina
    Chilean FM breaks FTA date with Japan
    Chilean Foreign Minister Ignacio Walker suspended Tuesday a visit to Japan to discuss a free trade agreement as a result of Peruvian ex-President Alberto Fujimori’s arrival in the country, local media said on Tuesday.
  • 10-Nov-2005 Asharq Awalsat
    UAE and US in third round FTA negotiations
    The UAE and US will resume their FTA negotiations on the 12 through the 16 of November in London.