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Peruvians want Andean summit to speed up trade pact with EU: CAN chief
8-Jun-2006 Xinhua
Peru’s President Alejandro Toledo wants the Andean Community of Nations (CAN) summit set for next Tuesday to push forward negotiations on a trade pact with the European Union, the CAN announced on Wednesday.
Hague backs EU-US free trade zone
8-Jun-2006 ePolitix
Shadow foreign secretary of the UK William Hague has called for a free trade area to be established between the EU and US.
Statements from a press conference challenging the US-Korea free trade agreement
8-Jun-2006 Oakland Institute
"Ever since President Roh Moo Hyun revealed his intent to pursue a FTA with the United States, every aspect of Korean society from labor, agriculture, entertainment, civic groups, and health sectors have voiced their opposition to the proposed deal."
Peru protests could mar FTA debates
7-Jun-2006
Peruvian Congress Agrarian and Foreign Trade Commissions have started to discuss the US-devised free trade agreement.
Government to have an extra RD$2.35B income if Free Trade is delayed
7-Jun-2006
The possible postponement of the Free Trade Agreement with the United States and Central America (DR-CAFTA) would secure for the central government additional income of, at least, RD$2,350 million during the second half of this year.
Washington’s tactical shift on global trade
7-Jun-2006
Seoul and Washington have just launched free trade talks. The negotiations will be complex, acerbic and angry — and will finally bury the Doha Round of World Trade Organization talks.
Pakistan, US to soon sign BIT: Jahangir Karamat
7-Jun-2006
Former Pakistan ambassador to US, Gen (Retd) Jehangir Karamat has hoped Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) will soon be signed between Pakistan and US.
All local Vanaspati factories shut down after India tightens imports
7-Jun-2006
All Sri Lankan factories producing Vanaspati oil have shut down, after controversial Indian regulations to restrict duty free exports of the vegetable oil to India.
Korea, US fail to agree on Kaesong-made goods
7-Jun-2006
The first round of free-trade negotiations between Korea and the US failed to produce agreement on products made at the joint-Korean Kaesong Industrial Complex in North Korea.
US and Korean labor say ’NO’ to NAFTA repeat
7-Jun-2006 Change to Win
Leaders of the four main labor federations in the United States and Korea — Change to Win, AFL-CIO, KCTU and FKTU — today joined forces to tell their governments to slow down negotiations of a US-Korea Free Trade agreement (KORUS FTA).
NAFTA hasn’t delivered: legislators
7-Jun-2006 CanWest
The North American Free Trade Agreement is "a continental tragedy" according to parliamentarians from Canada, Mexico and the United States who are fighting to replace it with a "people-centred approach."
New Peruvian president-elect keeping Washington at arm’s length
7-Jun-2006 AP
President-elect Alan Garcia on Tuesday stressed his support for free markets and said he will vigorously court foreign investment for Peru, but he said he plans to renegotiate a trade accord with the United States signed by the outgoing government.
FTA could be met with court action
7-Jun-2006 Bangkok Post
Thai citizens could file a lawsuit with the Constitutional Court if the caretaker government signs a free trade agreement with Japan, said Somchai Preechasinlapakun, dean of law at Chiang Mai University.
Pak-Asean talks for FTA agreed
7-Jun-2006 Gulf Times
Pakistan and Association of the South East Asian Nations (Asean) yesteray agreed to begin talks for signing a free trade agreement (FTA), officials said.
Negotiating the Korea-United States free trade agreement
7-Jun-2006 IIE
Policy brief from the US-based Insitute for International Economics.
Truths & myths about proposed Korea-US FTA
7-Jun-2006 Korea Times
Here are some of points that need to be cleared up about the US-Korea FTA according to The Korea Times
Bigger than NAFTA, just as controversial
6-Jun-2006 IPS
The United States and South Korea kick-started the first round of talks in Washington Monday toward a bilateral free trade agreement amid cheers from business groups and denunciations from labour groups and farmers from both nations.
Koreans protest "free" trade agreement talks
6-Jun-2006 Indymedia DC
Koreans descended on Washington this weekend to oppose a proposed US-South Korea "free" trade deal. Listen to the audio report from WSQT Radio.
Ministry fears effects of FTA on healthcare system
6-Jun-2006 Hankyoreh
South Korean consumers will pay more for pharmaceuticals if US demands on a free trade agreement between the two countries are met, according to the Ministry of Health and Welfare.
Economic Partnership Agreement would collapse Ghana’s feeble economy
6-Jun-2006 GNA
Nana Akomea, Chairman of Ghana’s Parliamentary Select Committee on Trade, called for regional integration between ECOWAS countries as the way forward to economic development. An Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Union and ECOWAS, as provided for in the Cotonou Agreement, would only cripple Ghana’s feeble agricultural sector and other local industries.