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Prospects for Seoul-Washington FTA look shaky: officials
12-Jan-2007 Hankyoreh
Apparently upset by the US refusal to address its key demand for easing anti-dumping rules, South Korea said Friday it will refuse formal discussion of automobile and other issues of US concern at the upcoming free trade talks between the two countries.
US negotiator says more talks needed to reach FTA with Malaysia
12-Jan-2007 AP
The US and Malaysia need at least two more rounds of negotiations to overcome obstacles and reach a free trade agreement, a top American trade negotiator said Friday.
S Korea won’t include rice in FTA with US: minister
12-Jan-2007 Yonhap
South Korea’s agriculture minister confirmed Friday that his government will not open its rice market under a proposed free trade agreement with the United States.
China-Pakistan FTA (2006)
12-Jan-2007 Ministry of Commerce of the PRC
Australia-China Trade and Economic Framework (2003)
12-Jan-2007
Framework agreement establishing basis to study feasibility of a bilateral FTA
Trade pact with Pakistan on way
12-Jan-2007 Gulf Daily News
Bahrain and Pakistan have vowed to step up negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA), which could be signed before the end of the year.
APEC ’too busy’ for free trade deal, says Canberra
12-Jan-2007 The Australian
Australia has dismissed plans for an APEC free trade agreement, arguing that member countries are too busy cementing other trade deals to give it serious attention.
Turkey to initiate free trade accords with Serbia, Kosovo, Montenegro
12-Jan-2007 SEEurope
The Foreign Trade Undersecretariat will initiate free trade agreement (FTA) talks with four countries in the first half of 2007: Georgia, Montenegro, Kosovo and Serbia.
FTA kills! Stop negotiations with USA now!
12-Jan-2007 bangkit.net
It was an uncommon sight at the Bangunan Rawatan Utama, Universiti Malaya Medical Centre this morning, when 30-over anti US-Malaysia FTA coalition members suddenly gathered holding banners and placards at the outpatient unit lobby.
US FTA: Will we lose out, too?
11-Jan-2007 Sun2Surf
Other countries’ experiences and international research have proven that signing a US FTA could be a raw deal for Malaysia.
Chavez move piles on legal, insurance risks for US companies
11-Jan-2007 Bloomberg
Unlike Paris-based Total SA or London-based BP Plc, Exxon Mobil Corp. and other US companies aren’t protected by any bilateral investment treaty with Venezuela.
Malaysian rice farmers, activists, demand halt to free trade talks with US
11-Jan-2007 Sharewatch
The United States and Malaysia this week started a fourth round of talks for a free trade agreement (FTA), which Washington wants to complete before President George W Bush’s trade-negotiating authority expires in June. The Coalition Against the US-Malaysia FTA delivered a memorandum to Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi calling on him to intervene, and urged transparency on the details and implications of the deal.
Triangular cooperation Mauritius-India-Africa: The Mauritian perspective
11-Jan-2007 L’Express
The Comprehensive Economic Cooperation and Partnership Agreement (CECPA) was yet again the focal point of discussions between Mauritian International Trade Minister Madun Dulloo and his Indian counterpart Kamal Nath last week in Delhi. CECPA, whilst being a powerful bilateral instrument to enhance trade and economic ties between our two countries, is also an inventive collaborative effort which will ultimately make of Mauritius the ideal step-stone on the India to Africa economic route.
Forward with the struggle to stop the EPAs
11-Jan-2007 Third World Network Africa
From 11-14 December 2006, the 9th Annual Review Meeting of the Africa Trade Network took place in Accra, Ghana. This is the final declaration that came out of the meeting.
Singapore and Morocco agree to start FTA talks
11-Jan-2007 Channel News Asia
Singapore and Morocco have agreed to start talks on a Free Trade Agreement, but only at a pace that Morocco is comfortable with.
UN body invites Pak to join Asia Pacific trade group
11-Jan-2007 Daily Times
The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific (ESCAP) of the United Nations has invited Pakistan to join the Asia Pacific Trade Agreement (APTA) suggesting that this would help its membership to other important trading blocks such as ASEAN, AFTA, BIMSTEC and SCO.
Comesa trade tops $7.8 billion as FTA membership reaches 13
11-Jan-2007 AllAfrica.com
Business among Comesa countries has doubled in the past two years, and currently stands at more than $7.8 billion. And the number of countries that have joined the club’s Free Trade Area (FTA) has grown to 13, with others waiting on the sidelines.
NAFTA anxiety: Trade agreement has not produced expected gains in Mexico’s economy
11-Jan-2007 Winston-Salem Journal
As NAFTA’s final provisions take effect next year, tying Mexico’s fortunes more tightly to world markets, how will its economy adjust? And how will the latest wave of trade liberalization alter the calculations for millions of Mexicans wanting to stay home, but constantly feeling the tug of the north?
S. Korea, India to exchange initial tariff cut offers at CEPA talks
11-Jan-2007 Yonhap
South Korea and India will exchange initial offers on tariff reduction levels at the bilateral comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA) meeting in India this week.
Push on Capitol Hill to boost US-Caricom ties
11-Jan-2007 The Nation
With the Democrats getting ready to take charge of Capitol Hill in Washington, a multifaceted initiative designed to boost economic and political ties between the United States and CARICOM has been placed on the table. It’s the brainchild of Manchester Trade, a private firm of international business advisors in Washington.