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  • 22-Apr-2005
    Mexican industrialists want FTA with India
    Calling for a boost in bilateral trade between India and Mexico, a visiting delegation of Mexican industrialists on Thursday floated the idea of having a Free-Trade Agreement (FTA) between the two countries.
  • 22-Apr-2005
    Vegie growers face $500m a year FTA loss
    Vegetable growers stood to lose $500 million a year and 5,000 jobs if Australia struck a free trade deal with China, the industry says.
  • 22-Apr-2005 Japan Times
    Japan settles for ’low-risk, low-return’ FTA goals
    Prudish about bilateral free-trade agreements just five years ago, Tokyo is now fielding partnership requests from 25 economies and regional blocs. But there is no denying an element of haphazardness in the way it is selecting some of the candidates.
  • 22-Apr-2005 ABC
    China FTA could harm fruit and veg growers
    The South Australian Farmers Federation (SAFF) says the introduction of a comprehensive free trade agreement (FTA)with China could decimate the state’s horticulture industry.
  • 22-Apr-2005 Channel News Asia
    Singapore, South African Customs Union to discuss FTA
    Singapore and the South African Customs Union will begin talks on a free trade agreement later this year.
  • 22-Apr-2005 ABC
    Farmers want guarantee on Japan FTA
    The National Farmers Federation says a free trade agreement (FTA) between Australia and Japan would be counterproductive if it did not include agriculture
  • 22-Apr-2005 House and Ways Committee
    Statement of Farabundo Martí National Liberation Party
    The FMLN rejects the mercantilist logic of the “free trade” agreements. A critical analysis of the CAFTA texts reveals the many negative impacts of the agreement, which would have on the daily life of the people and ecosystems of our countries—especially on women and impoverished families—as national sovereignty is eroded, legal frameworks are corrupted, and the neo-liberal nature of public policy is reinforced.
  • 21-Apr-2005 Canadian Press
    Brazil says no to US plan for hemispheric free trade
    Clinching a deal for a 34-country free-trade zone that would stretch from Alaska to Argentina is "off the agenda" for Brazil, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Wednesday.
  • 21-Apr-2005
    Agriculture must be in Japan FTA: Labor
    There is no point proceeding with a feasibility study into a free trade agreement between Australia and Japan if agriculture is excluded from the deal, Labor says.
  • 21-Apr-2005
    FTA might ignore farmers
    Agriculture might not feature in a free trade deal between Australia and Japan, with Prime Minister John Howard acknowledging it may be too big an obstacle to overcome.
  • 21-Apr-2005 Xinhua
    Andean nations, US advance on environmental issue in FTA talks
    The Andean countries and the US have advanced on the environmental issue in their talks about a free trade agreement (FTA), Peru’s chief negotiator said on Wednesday. "The United States proposed for the first time a text on biological diversity. The issue has been made an item in the article on Environmental Cooperation."
  • 21-Apr-2005 Dow Jones Newswire
    Long march for Australia, China FTA
    Fifteen years. That is how long China dragged out negotiations for its entry into the World Trade Organization. And there’s no reason to believe that finalizing a comprehensive free-trade agreement with Australia will be any less painstaking.
  • 21-Apr-2005 IHT
    Trade fever hits Asia-Pacific region
    The enthusiasm for bilateral free trade agreements, or FTAs, and regional trade agreements, or RTAs, around Asia-Pacific reflects frustration over the slow pace of multilateral trade reform, once seen as the great hope for regional trade.
  • 21-Apr-2005 Yomiuri Shimbun
    Step closer toward Japan-Australia FTA
    Heading down what Japan’s agricultural sector fear could be a bumpy road, Prime Minster Junichiro Koizumi and Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Wednesday announced a joint feasibility study into a free trade agreement between the two countries.
  • 21-Apr-2005 IPS
    Calls for more flexible US position in free trade talks
    During the ninth round of negotiations of a free trade agreement between the United States and three South American nations in the Andean region — Colombia, Peru and Ecuador — Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo called for ”greater flexibility” on the part of Washington.
  • 21-Apr-2005 The Australian
    Agriculture ’a must’ in Japan FTA
    There is no point proceeding with a feasibility study into a free trade agreement between Australia and Japan if agriculture is excluded from the deal, Labor says.
  • 21-Apr-2005 Asia Pulse
    Indonesia may only need FTA with Japan, Australia, US: Economist
    A leading economist said Indonesia does not necessarily seek to have free trade agreement (FTA) bilaterally with many other countries.
  • 20-Apr-2005 ABS-CBN
    Return to negotiating table for ‘early harvest’ deal eyed
    Negotiations for the proposed Early Harvest Program (EHP) may soon resume as the Philippines and China expressed interest in forging a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on the project.
  • 20-Apr-2005 Australian Financial Review
    Vaile says no exclusions in Australia-China FTA
    Nothing had been excluded from negotiations on a free-trade agreement between Australia and China, Trade Minister Mark Vaile said today.
  • 20-Apr-2005 GAO
    FTAA: Missed deadline prompts efforts to restart stalled hemispheric trade negotiations
    The US Government Accounting Office was asked to analyze (1) progress made in FTAA negotiations since GAO’s last (April 2003) report (2) factors that have been influencing the FTAA’s progress; and (3) future prospects for the FTAA.