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Egypt, EFTA to sign free trade agreement Saturday
24-Jan-2007 People’s Daily
A free trade agreement is scheduled to be signed between Egypt and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) on Saturday in Davos.
Trade agreement with the EU one of the easiest: Nath
24-Jan-2007 Zee News
Sensing little differences in the proposed free trade agreement with the European Union, India today said the negotiations on the pact should begin soon.
Pakistan decides to initiate dialogue with EU for free trade agreement: PM
24-Jan-2007 Pak Tribune
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said Pakistan has decided to initiate talks with European Union (EU) for signing free trade agreement.
Japan must enter FTA or lose market to China: Humayun
24-Jan-2007 The News International
Pakistan asked Japan to strike Free Trade Agreement (FTA) otherwise the import of auto parts and machinery from Japan will suffer in the wake of FTA with China, Humayun Akhter Khan, Commerce Minister said Monday.
US reaffirms beef issue must be resolved before FTA conclusion
23-Jan-2007 Yonhap
"The FTA is not going to happen unless the [Korean] market is fully reopened to US beef," says Wendy Cutler, assistant US trade representative.
Textile FDI shifting from China to M’sia
23-Jan-2007 The Edge Daily
Foreign direct investments are shifting back to Malaysia from China, at least in the textile industry, with some multinationals planning to relocate their operations ahead of the signing of the Malaysia-US Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
Via Campesina inaugurates the World Social Forum
22-Jan-2007 Via Campesina
"We fight against those that are seeking to impose the neoliberal model upon us, a model that seeks to privatize our land, our seeds and our water; a model of free trade that makes it impossible for us to make a living in a dignified manner."
US unions oppose free trade with Malaysia
22-Jan-2007 IPS
Trade unions from the United States have joined forces with their Malaysian counterparts to strongly oppose ongoing negotiations for bilateral free trade agreements (FTAs) until workers’ concerns are first addressed.
Documento explicativo del TPC entre Panamá y EEUU
22-Jan-2007 MICI
El Ministro de Comercio e Industrias, Alejandro Ferrer, entregó hoy ejemplares del documento explicativo del Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLC) acordado con los Estados Unidos a los representantes de los partidos políticos del país.
US-Panama FTA (2007)
22-Jan-2007 USTR
Draft as of 19 January 2007
New anti-FTA protests in Colombia
22-Jan-2007 Prensa Latina
Senator Jorge Robledo announced on Sunday new demonstrations against the congressional approval of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the governments of Colombia and the US.
Chávez, Morales seek transformation of MERCOSUR trade bloc
21-Jan-2007 ZNet
As South American presidents gathered in Rio de Janeiro this week to negotiate regional trade and integration strategies, including the possible ascension of Bolivia as a full member of the Southern Cone trade bloc MERCOSUR, Presidents Hugo Chávez and Evo Morales challenged the bloc to abandon its free market neoliberal roots.
Unification remains elusive at Mercosur
21-Jan-2007 AP
Discord at the two-day Mercosur summit that ended Friday left many to wonder about the future of a trade bloc that has never lived up to its promise of integrating much of South America into an influential body like the European Union.
US, Japanese bosses call for ambitious trade pact
20-Jan-2007 The News International
Powerful US and Japanese business leaders called Friday for a free-trade agreement to link the world’s two largest economies.
US Business Roundtable and Nippon Keidanren position statement on US-Japan EPA
20-Jan-2007 US Business Roundtable
Business Roundtable and the Nippon Keidanren believe that a United States-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) holds tremendous potential for the US, Japanese, and world economies, and urge their governments to begin discussion toward a framework for negotiation of such an agreement as soon as possible.
ALBA: Justice in deeds
20-Jan-2007 Granma
The Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) welcomed Nicaragua as its fourth full member as the FSLN returned to power in that country, while in Ecuador, President Rafael Correa adds new support to the movement for Latin America integration.
Afrique de l’Ouest: APE - Ce que les paysans attendent de la CEDEAO
20-Jan-2007 AllAfrica.com
Le Réseau des organisations paysannes et des producteurs de l’Afrique de l’Ouest (ROPPA). Cette organisation est en campagne contre les APE dans leur formule actuelle, et propose de ne pas les signer. Basiaka Dao est le président de la Confédération paysanne du Faso, membre du ROPPA. Il dit en quoi ces accords ne sont pas bons pour les agriculteurs et les économies des pays de la CEDEAO.
West Africa to seek delay to European trade deal
20-Jan-2007 Reuters
West Africa plans to ask the European Union for a two-year delay to a planned economic partnership agreement (EPA), leaders said at a summit on Friday, but the EU’s executive Commission ruled out a postponement.
The US-Korea FTA’s public conclusion
20-Jan-2007 Hankyoreh
The FTA negotiations are nearing an end and, as a result, more Korean citizens are expressing their opposition to it. Even now, however, our government has yet to produce an effective proposal for how it would secure the public’s interest and welfare. Instead, it has actually become more secretive and is trying to quiet the opposition of civil society. Has it given up being a government at all?
Letter from RECALCA to US Rep Charles Rangel
19-Jan-2007 Mingas
As a coalition of union, environmental, peasant, and small business organizations, communities of Afro-Colombians and indigenous people, and women’s and human rights groups, we would like to give you our views about some of the impacts that the US-Colombia FTA will have on Colombia.