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26-Mar-2007
The pro-government Uri Party on Monday called on negotiators of the free trade agreement (FTA) talks between South Korea and the U.S. to include goods produced in the Kaesong Industrial Complex, located in North Korea, as part of the deal.
26-Mar-2007
President Bingu wa Mutharika must have had a brilliant vision for Malawi of shifting its goal posts from being an predominantly importing and consuming country to a predominantly producing and exporting country, when he ascended to the throne in May 2004.
26-Mar-2007
When Tom Sundher, president of Surrey-based Coast Clear Wood, started exporting to India seven years ago, a container of his lumber for making doors, windows and cabinets would arrive in Mumbai and be stamped with a staggering duty of 37.5 per cent.
26-Mar-2007
As southern African countries swiftly move towards deeper regional economic integration, N$1,4 billion has been made available by the European Union to support regional economic integration of the sub-continent.
26-Mar-2007
Keen to boost their trade and economic ties, India and the UAE today revised their agreement on Double Taxation Avoidance and signed a pact for exchange of information between the stock exchange regulators.
26-Mar-2007
South Korea warned Monday that negotiations to reach a free trade agreement with the United States under a deadline just days away could fail if Washington pushes to include rice in the deal.
26-Mar-2007
After more than a year’s gap, representatives of India and the six-nation Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) will meet next month to take forward the talks on proposed Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
26-Mar-2007
Yonhap
Protests continued in Seoul on Monday as negotiators from South Korea and the United States began their final round of talks, hoping to seal a free trade agreement (FTA), organizers and police said.
26-Mar-2007
Bangkok Post
Thai activists opposed to the signing of a free trade agreement (FTA) with Japan last night persuaded the TITV channel to air their views on the issue. About 300 members of consumer groups, HiV/Aids groups and farmers marched to the TITV studios on Vibhavadi Rangsit road after a seminar on the possible impact of the FTA deal which the interim government plans to sign with Japan next week.
26-Mar-2007
The Hindu
India and the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) will hold what may turn out to be an "almost make or break [talks]" for finalisation of their long-stalled free trade agreement (FTA). Senior officials from both will meet in Manila by March-end.
25-Mar-2007
AP
Thousands of South Koreans took to the streets Sunday to denounce a proposed free trade agreement between their country and the United States just days ahead of a deadline for negotiators to strike a deal.
25-Mar-2007
AFP
Thousands of South Korean farmers and anti-globalisation activists marched in Seoul on Sunday in a rally against free trade talks with the United States.
25-Mar-2007
Hankyoreh
South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun on Sunday unveiled an initiative for future cooperation between South Korea and the Middle East, proposing a free trade agreement (FTA) with member countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).
25-Mar-2007
FTA Watch
FTA Watch yesterday published a document entitled "The Inconvenient Truth of Jtepa" to increase awareness about issues that it claims the government has hidden from the public.
24-Mar-2007
Kyodo
The United States has given up completing negotiations for a free trade agreement with Malaysia in time for submission under President George W. Bush fast-track negotiating authority expires, a spokesman for the US Trade Representative said Friday.
24-Mar-2007
MercoPress
Although Uruguay and Chile belong to Mercosur and have a wide ranging agreement dating back to 1996, Uruguay’s goal is to reach “a free trade agreement similar to that with Mexico”.
24-Mar-2007
Kyodo
Japan’s welfare ministry has decided to introduce a new eased license for nursing caretakers as part of measures to facilitate Japan’s acceptance of Filipino caretakers under a bilateral free trade agreement signed last year, ministry officials said Saturday.
24-Mar-2007
Xinhua
Mexico and China will seek important progress towards signing a reciprocal investment promotion agreement before the end of 2007.
23-Mar-2007
Import Policy Regulations are provided in the import regimes of all SAARC countries and Pakistan had only indicated this requirement in its notification to make it transparent.
23-Mar-2007
Representatives from four Latin American countries yesterday approved in Havana a declaration for incorporating geology and mining into the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA), according to an AIN report.
