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Bolivia, Andeans limp, LatAm grows
22-Apr-2006 Prensa Latina
Bolivia has ruled out Friday leaving the Andean Community of Nations (CAN) but agreed the bloc has been mortally wounded by the Free Trade Agreements (FTA) of two of its partners with the US.
US FTA to hit service industry hard
21-Apr-2006 Korea Times
With low productivity and lack of competitiveness, Korea’s service industry is expected to face a critical test as the result of a free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States.
Why farmers may block US-Korea FTA
21-Apr-2006 Asia Times
Those outside Korea tend to assume that negotiations for a free-trade agreement (FTA) with the United States are the perfect tool to weaken the South Korean addiction to agricultural protection.
Last rites for Andean Community?
21-Apr-2006 IPS
The Andean Community "is dead" said Presidents Hugo Chávez of Venezuela and Evo Morales of Bolivia Wednesday, referring to the trade bloc that their countries form part of along with Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.
US warns Ecuador free-trade pact at risk
21-Apr-2006 Reuters
The United States warned Ecuador on Thursday that a proposed free-trade agreement was at risk unless Quito acted on a growing list of investment and other concerns.
EU-CAN Political Dialog and Cooperation Agreement (2003)
21-Apr-2006
EU-CAN association agreement: another FTA in disguise
21-Apr-2006 Movimiento Boliviano por la Soberanía y la Integración solidaria de los pueblos
Analysts within the Bolivian Movement for Sovereignty and Integration of the Peoples studied the recently published results of the Joint Assessment of the Association Agreement between the EU and the Andean Community.
New mantras of regional economic co-operation
21-Apr-2006 Financial Express
India has, of late, engaged itself in forming bilateral/regional economic cooperation in a variety of forms.
Trade-related intellectual property rights, access to medicines and human rights - Morocco
21-Apr-2006 3D
The briefing calls for an independent human rights impact assessment of the effect of intellectual property rules in the US-Morocco Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on access to medicines and the enjoyment of human rights in Morocco.
Malaysians question US free-trade deal
21-Apr-2006 Asia Times
A popular movement opposing government plans to negotiate a free-trade agreement (FTA) with the United States is gaining momentum in Malaysia.
Kaesong complex emerges as hurdle in FTA talks
20-Apr-2006 Chosun Ilbo
South Korea and the United States are holding behind the scenes negotiations to iron out differences ahead of a bilateral free trade agreement. One of many sticking points is whether the US will accept goods made in the joint-Korean Kaesong Industrial Complex as South Korean products.
US calls for more rigorous free trade pact with South Korea
20-Apr-2006 TMCnet
The United States’ free trade agreement (FTA) with South Korea will have more provisions than those with other countries to reflect unique barriers specific to the Asian nation, according to Wendy Cutler, assistant US Trade Representative and chief negotiator to the South Korea-US FTA (KORUS FTA) talks.
Taiwan’s president touts free trade with Dominican Republic
20-Apr-2006 Dominican Today
Taiwan president Chen Shui-Bian said yesterday that negotiations with the Dominican Republic are advancing toward the signing of a Free Trade Agreement, in which both nations seek to establish a strategic economic and trade alliance that allows them to conquer the United States market.
Venezuela to withdraw from Andean trade bloc
20-Apr-2006 Reuters
Venezuela, which has criticized Andean nations as being overly aligned with the United States, plans to withdraw from the Andean Community of Nations, President Hugo Chavez said on Wednesday.
Ecuador seeks to salvage free trade deal
20-Apr-2006 AP
Ecuador’s ambassador to Washington return to Quito for consultations on how to overcome an impasse with US free trade negotiators over an oil-tax bill designed to cut into foreign windfall crude profits.
US pushing FTA on Guatemala
20-Apr-2006 Prensa Latina
US ambassador in Guatemala James Derham appeared in Congress Wednesday to pressure for approval of complementary laws to the Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
Americans offer to help with talks
20-Apr-2006 Bangkok Post
American businesses have offered help in lobbying the US Congress to allow talks on the Thai-US free-trade agreement to move forward, according to the Thai Chamber of Commerce.
Pakistan-Bangladesh agree to conclude bilateral FTA by September, 2006
20-Apr-2006 Online
The bilateral FTA would go beyond the tariff concessions provided under the SAFTA agreement.
The US and China: strategic disconnect
20-Apr-2006 TCS Daily
A large set of strategic economic and security questions will challenge both US and Chinese leaders over the next decade. These relate directly to the growth of Asian regionalism, with attendant political institutions, decisions regarding new regional trade and investment agreements, as well as a potential new security architecture for at least East and South Asia.
Sacu talks resume with US
20-Apr-2006 Business Day
Interview with Deputy US Trade Representative Karan Bhatia.