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  • 5-May-2005
    Central America lags on labor rights for trade deal
    Sitting in a dark room beneath photographs of union leaders slain in the 1980s, workers at a Guatemalan factory say they have been punched, threatened and followed by cars with darkened windows since forming a union in 2003.
  • 5-May-2005
    Vigilance related to the Philippine-Japan Free Trade Agreement
    While in Japan, our attention has been called to thoroughly examine the free trade agreement (FTA) between Japan and the Philippines
  • 5-May-2005
    Ambassador denies slavish approach to US
    Australia’s outgoing ambassador to the United States denies Australia’s relationship with the US is subservient and a threat to the national interest.
  • 5-May-2005
    Free trade agreement jeopardises local workers
    At least 1000 workers may be jobless within months as two Sydney car-part manufacturers plan to close, or move to Asia, as Australia moves towards a free trade agreement with China.
  • 5-May-2005
    Trade negotiators keep secret on latest steel proposals
    The Thai team overseeing the free trade agreement negotiations with Japan have reached agreement on the controversial issue of liberalisation of steel, according to a source close to the national committee overseeing the talks.
  • 5-May-2005
    PM confident M’sia-Pakistan FTA will be sealed year-end
    Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi is confident the proposed Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Malaysia and Pakistan will be sealed by the end of the year.
  • 5-May-2005
    Pakistani PM Shaukat arrives in KL for FTA talks
    The proposed Malaysia-Pakistan Free Trade Agreement (FTA) moves closer to becoming a reality with Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz’s arrival here today to talk terms.
  • 4-May-2005 MCOT
    Conclusion on Thai-Japanese FTA expected in July
    The head of the government’s Thai-Japanese free trade area (FTA) negotiating team yesterday expressed confidence that Thailand and Japan would come to a conclusion on a free trade deal by July, but said that Thailand’s stance on the issue remained confidential.
  • 4-May-2005 Korea Times
    AMCHAM to speak for Korean firms in US
    The American Chamber of Commerce in Korea, the largest interest group of American companies here, said Tuesday that it will bring issues affecting Korean member companies, including the Korea-US free trade agreement, to the United States government.
  • 4-May-2005 PDI
    Benguet farmers still wary of veggie imports
    Provincial officials heaved a sigh of relief when a Philippine-China trade agreement, which covered vegetables and other items, was not one of the documents signed during last week’s visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao to the country.
  • 4-May-2005 Mail & Guardian
    Australia enters dragon’s den
    Despite Australian PM Howard’s glee last week at being the first country to secure Chinese agreement to a bilateral free trade deal, he might find that actually realising an agreement will be a very tough assignment.
  • 4-May-2005 WSJ
    Costa Rica balks at free-trade pact
    With President Bush’s plan to bind Central America and the US in a free-trade pact already facing tough opposition in Congress, an obstacle has surfaced that further threatens the pact’s chances of passage.
  • 3-May-2005
    UAE prepares for 2nd round of US FTA talks
    Progress towards a free trade agreement between the UAE and the US stepped up yesterday when the country’s negotiating committee met to review its position and preparations for the second round of talks, scheduled to take place in Washington DC from May 10 to 12.
  • 3-May-2005 Zee News
    US moves to break free trade impasse with Southeast Asia
    Deputy US Secretary of State Robert Zoellick is determined to break a free trade impasse with Southeast Asia during a visit to the region this week.
  • 3-May-2005
    Parts makers up in arms against FTA
    Thai auto parts manufacturers have expressed strong opposition to a plan to reduce tariffs on imported Japanese automobiles with engines larger than 3,000cc under the proposed Thailand-Japan free trade agreement.
  • 3-May-2005 Philippine Star
    Vegetables not included in ‘early harvest’ deal with China
    Vegetables are not included in the Early Harvest Program (EHP) agreement the Philippines and China signed just this Wednesday, April 27, according to Trade and Industry Secretary Juan B. Santos, even though raw and unprocessed agricultural products are covered by the agreement.
  • 3-May-2005 Assocham
    IT, biotech, pharmaceuticals, agro food are items for enhanced India-EU cooperation
    The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India sees tremendous scope for enhancing economic ties with Europe and has mooted a four pronged strategy for expanding India’s trade basket with the enlarged EU in areas such as information technology & communication, biotech & pharmaceuticals, agro foods processing and textiles.
  • 3-May-2005 Asia Pulse
    China, Pakistan FTA to be finalised soon: Finance Advisor
    Finance Advisor to Prime Minister Dr Salman Shah on Thursday said free trade arrangement (FTA) between Pakistan and China would be finalised soon. Talking with PTV he said, "We are working on free trade arrangement with China as it will open huge market for Pakistani products."
  • 3-May-2005 Asia Pulse
    Early Harvest Programme under India-Asean FTA may be dropped
    The much-hyped India-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement may not include the Early Harvest Programme with government considering a proposal about whether to adopt a full-fledged FTA.
  • 2-May-2005
    Sino FTA more likely than Japan: Howard
    Prime Minister John Howard has conceded clinching a free trade agreement with China was more likely than with Japan.