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Turkey-Syria free trade agreement
8-Nov-2006 Haber
The content of the Free Trade Agreement, which was signed between Turkey and Syria in 2004, was published in Monday’s Official Gazette.
Implementing CARICOM-Canada Free Trade Area crucial, says Canadian High Commissioner
8-Nov-2006 Caribbean Net News
Canadian High Commissioner to Guyana and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Charles Court, has committed to fast-tracking negotiations for the establishment of a CARICOM-Canada Free Trade Area (FTA).
Trading freedom
8-Nov-2006 Times of India
India has good reasons to be apprehensive about a free trade agreement (FTA) with China, even as Beijing is more than eager.
Delhi divided over Chinese ’threat’
8-Nov-2006 Asia Times
Ahead of Chinese President Hu Jintao’s visit to New Delhi this month, security concerns about firms from his country investing in India is turning into a touchy issue.
Fair Trade Statement on JPEPA, October 2006
8-Nov-2006 Fair Trade Alliance (FairTrade-Philippines)
The Japan-Philippine Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA), signed on the sidelines of the Helsinki’s ASEAN-Europe Meeting (ASEM) held in September this year, sidelines the development needs of the Philippines and further enhances the imbalances in the economic relations between the two countries.
FairTrade-Philippines’ Statement on RP-US Agreement
8-Nov-2006 Fair Trade Alliance (FairTrade-Philippines)
After concluding the Japan-Philippine Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA), the government appears to be pursuing a similar bilateral free trade agreement (BFTA) with the United States. But like in the JPEPA, the RP-US trade talks are shrouded in secrecy.
Another JPEPA deception
7-Nov-2006
JPEPA’s promise of opening up Japanese borders to Filipino professionals may not exactly be true and Filipino nurses and health workers delighted over Malacañang pronouncements may have celebrated too early.
China mulls FTA talks with India
6-Nov-2006 China Daily
China is considering the possibility of establishing a free trade area (FTA) with India, a senior official with the Ministry of Commerce has said.
US postpones FTA talks with Thailand
6-Nov-2006 Asia Pulse
The United States government used a Malaysian platform Friday to warn Thailand’s interim government that reinstating democracy was a precondition for the resumption of US-Thai trade negotiations.
Alliance forged vs RP-Japan trade pact
6-Nov-2006 INQ7
From militants to high society matrons, citizens’ groups have embarked on a joint effort to fight the ratification of a controversial Philippine-Japan economic agreement they fear would turn the country into a “garbage republic” for Japan’s toxic and hazardous waste.
Militants to take fight vs trade pact to Japan
6-Nov-2006 INQ7
The militant leftist group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) is bringing the struggle against the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) right to the heart of that North Asian country—the Diet—to ask its members to reject the onerous trade pact.
Mercosur and EU willing to compromise on trade
6-Nov-2006 MercoPress
Mercosur and European Union delegates begin Monday a two days meeting in Rio do Janeiro with the purpose of re-launching negotiations for a free trade agreement.
A citizen’s guide to an emerging empire
6-Nov-2006 Aotearoa Indymedia
This article is an introduction or guide to PICTA, PACER and the WTO in the Pacific. The ’guide’ gives readers basic knowledge of both trade agreements and the stepping stone function they provide towards the WTO re-colonising the Pacific.
Fair Trade statement on JPEPA
6-Nov-2006 Fair Trade Alliance
We, at the Fair Trade Alliance (FTA), bewail the lack of transparency in the way the executive branch of the Philippine government is crafting the JPEPA.
China, Africa set up new partnership, sign trade deals
6-Nov-2006 AFP
China and Africa have signed trade deals worth 1.9 billion dollars on the final day of a historic summit that saw the Asian giant deepen economic and political ties with the resource-rich continent.
US wants APEC-wide free trade pact: report
5-Nov-2006 Khaleej Times
The United States has sounded out its Asian and Pacific partners on the possibility of creating a regional free trade agreement as a ‘middle- and long-term’ objective, a press report said on Sunday.
KMP threatens boycott of Japanese products: Farmers’ group urges Japan not to push through with JPEPA
5-Nov-2006 Business Mirror
The Japanese government will send its big commercial fishing vessels to the Philippines’ most productive fishing grounds in search of yellowfin tuna and skip jack instead of importing it directly from the Philippines under the controversial trade pact between the two countries.
Thailand negotiating FTA w/ Peru
4-Nov-2006 Thais News
Thailand will press forward in negotiating the free trade area (FTA) agreement with Peru, hoping to promote the export sector and create gateways to Brazil and Argentina.
Panelists want eight more FTAs, no farm snags
4-Nov-2006 Japan Times
Four private-sector members of Japan’s key governmental economic panel insist that Tokyo should triple the number of its FTA partners in two years.
US-Malaysia trade talks may not meet US deadline — US official
4-Nov-2006 Forbes
Malaysia and the United States have made good progress towards forging a free trade deal, but negotiations may fail to meet Washington’s deadline to sign a pact, a senior US trade official said.