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Planned protest in St Lucia against EU negotiators
26-Sep-2005 Caribbean Net News
A mass demonstration — “Operation Get Up, Stand Up”, in support of the region’s vital banana industry — has been planned for St Lucia to coincide with an important meeting of top European Union negotiators.
Society vows to work for ban on Israeli goods
26-Sep-2005 Gulf News
"We have been repeatedly told by officials that the free trade agreement [FTA] signed with the US did not include an article on allowing Israeli goods into Bahrain, but we see that the situation has changed now," Al Mouawda said.
Recent trends in international investment agreements: new UNCTAD research note
26-Sep-2005 UNCTAD
The past year saw a further proliferation of international investment agreements (IIAs) at the bilateral, regional, inter-regional, and plurilateral levels. On average, more than three such agreements were signed per week.
Free trade agreement with US prompts Bahrain to end boycott of Israeli goods
25-Sep-2005 Axcess News
Bahraini Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed ibn Mubarak Al-Khalifa confirmed Friday that Bahrain officially has ended its boycott of Israeli goods in favor of the United States’ Free Trade Agreement.
Guatemala FTA mostly politics: economists
25-Sep-2005 Taipei Times
Like Taiwan’s first free trade agreement (FTA) with Panama its second free trade pact, with Guatemala, will have more significance politically than economically, economists said yesterday.
South Korea mulls clearing way to free-trade pact with US
25-Sep-2005 Tehran Times
South Korea will seriously consider resolving trade issues with the United States that are dampening efforts to forge a free-trade agreement, South Korean Deputy Prime Minister Han Duck-Soo said Friday.
After NAFTA - CAFTA and AFTA
25-Sep-2005 Tehran Times
Instead of heeding the wave of social opposition, the United States has dug into its trenches, and in economic policy those trenches are the bilateral trade agreements.
Pakistan to hold talks with Sri Lanka over FTA
25-Sep-2005 Daily Times
Pakistan is going to hold secret talks to make some changes in the existing Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Sri Lanka, which has been operational since June 2005. Pakistan fears that under the FTA, Indian products can enter its market through Sri Lanka, particularly automobile parts.
Colombian unions worried about free trade with the US
24-Sep-2005 Prensa Latina
Colombia and Peru say 85 percent of the FTA is already negotiated, but representatives from Andean agricultural unions say the other 15 percent is more important. The US ultimatum states the FTA should be signed at the latest on November 20.
Peruvian farmers say the government allows dishonest FTA
24-Sep-2005 Prensa Latina
Peruvian National Farming Convention (COVENAGRO) chair Luis Zuñiga asserted that his government does not provide protection alternatives to the sector’s workers, faced with an eventual Free Trade Agreement with the United States.
Colombia: US-Andean free trade talks could wrap up by Nov
24-Sep-2005 DowJones News
Colombia’s government on Friday praised the latest round of talks on establishing a free trade area that would also include the US, Ecuador and Peru, saying a final deal could be reached by November.
Chile close on China FTA
24-Sep-2005 The Age
Chilean President Ricardo Lagos said his country could sign the first free trade agreement with China in November following the conclusion of the final round of talks in October.
Andean FTA opposed by sugar interests
24-Sep-2005 Brownfield
Speculation is that negotiations for a US-Andean FTA are nearing completion. House Ag Committee ranking member Collin Peterson of Minnesota says Administration officials may be making similar mistakes to those made in CAFTA.
EIU: Andean FTA talks near conclusion
23-Sep-2005 EIU ViewsWire
An Economist Intelligence Unit briefing paper
Taiwan signs FTA with Guatemala, eyeing more exports to US market
23-Sep-2005 Kyodo
aiwan President Chen Shui-bian signed a free trade agreement with his Guatemalan counterpart Oscar Berger in Guatemala City on Thursday in a bid to use the Central American country as a gateway for more exports to the North American market.
India’s Tata to set up truck plant in Thailand: Thai official
23-Sep-2005 Asia Pulse
Tata Motors was in the process of setting up a pick-up truck manufacturing plant in Thailand, from where it could access the ASEAN and the Chinese markets through the Free Trade Area (FTA) treaties, a top Thailand trade representative said here.
Colombians march against US Free Trade Agreement
23-Sep-2005 Prensa Latina
As the governments of Ecuador, Peru and Colombia negotiate in Cartagena the signing of a Free Trade Agreement with the US on Thursday, some 15,000 Colombians rally their rejection of the deal.
American Business Council welcomes FTA with US
22-Sep-2005 Khaleej Times
Welcoming the signing of the Free Trade Agreement between the US and the UAE, Anis Nassar, president of the American Business Council in Dubai said the move would help increase the economical potential of the Emirates.
Be cautious about foreign capital
22-Sep-2005 Korea Times
I don’t know that the result of the recent FTAs’ will be a tragedy because the end is quite open. But we should not deny the new version of the Korea-U.S. BIT. The 2004 BIT is included unchanged in the American FTA text.
Philippines seeks sector-specific FTA with US
22-Sep-2005 Manila Bulletin
The Philippine government is pushing for a sector specific free trade agreement (FTA) with the US starting off with the garments sector to immediately take advantage of a duty-free privilege for garment exports and strengthen its presence in the US, the country’s biggest garment market.