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27-Dec-2006
BERNAMA
India’s Christmas offer to cut its negative list to mollify the Association of South-East Asian Nations (Asean) to speed up the snail-paced free trade agreement (FTA) talks does not seem to impress the 10-member regional grouping.
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27-Dec-2006
Yonhap
South Korea and the US are expected to miss the March deadline for a free trade agreement (FTA) as their political situations are likely to undergo changes, a report said Wednesday.
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26-Dec-2006
East African
The recent approval of a five-year extension of permission to use foreign fabrics in Africa’s duty-free clothing exports to the US is seen by trade experts in Washington as helping to stabilise East Africa’s textile industries. But the action last week by the US Congress is unlikely to reverse the downward trend in Kenya and Uganda’s apparel sales to the American market.
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26-Dec-2006
Daily India
In what is being described as a success for India and a "failure and punishment for Pakistan" on the economic diplomacy front, India has formed a regional trading bloc excluding Islamabad, and including all the SAFTA members, besides Thailand.
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26-Dec-2006
MCOT
Thailand remained with a deficit of more than Bt1.7 billion (about US$46.6 million) in trade with China under the ASEAN-Sino Free Trade Area (FTA) agreement during the first nine months of this year, according to the Foreign Trade Department.
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26-Dec-2006
Korea Times
Korea is giving hints that it is ready for a "big deal" with the United States, as part of efforts to establish a free trade agreement (FTA).
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25-Dec-2006
The Hindu
In a country where oil diplomacy usually relates to petroleum resources, the year 2006 must have come as a lesson for top trade and foreign policy makers.
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23-Dec-2006
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23-Dec-2006
USTR
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23-Dec-2006
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23-Dec-2006
BruneiDirect
Japan is one of the biggest markets for Brunei’s liquefied natural gas. Undoubtedly the EPA is said to include a clause that ensures a stable supply of natural gas for Japan. More than US$2 billion worth of gas were supplied to Japan in 2005 alone.
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22-Dec-2006
NOW Magazine
South Korea’s countryside is steeped in peasant traditions that could be swallowed by US trade pact
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22-Dec-2006
Bangkok Post
Despite criticism over its possible negative impacts, the Thai government plans to proceed with the Thai-Japanese Free Trade Area agreement, saying the pact would likely be signed before this interim government’s term expires.
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22-Dec-2006
Prensa Latina
Ecuador will refrain from signing a free trade agreement with the United States and will not renew the agreement for use of Manta Air Base by the US military, confirmed President-Elect Rafael Correa Thursday.
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22-Dec-2006
ag-IP-news
The Department of Commerce’s United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced on Thursday that Under-Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property Jon Dudas and Ajay Dua, secretary of the Indian Ministry of Commerce and Industry (IMCI), recently signed a historic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Bilateral Cooperation between the United States and India on intellectual property issues.
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21-Dec-2006
IGTN
Paper presented to the European Commission in Brussels by Liepollo Lebohang Pheko from IGTN-Africa on the gender impacts of liberalization of Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA).
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21-Dec-2006
FoodNavigator
Examines the food industry’s strategy in lobbying EU legislators during 2007 on environmental policies and international trade issues.
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21-Dec-2006
Newsblaze
US Trade Representative (USTR) Susan Schwab, who announced the deal on December 19, said that the agreement is subject to "additional discussions" on labor.
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21-Dec-2006
APP
Pakistan’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Makhdum Khusro Bakhtyar, has proposed to sign an Early Harvest Programme to be followed by a Free Trade Agreement with Myanmar.
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21-Dec-2006
Wisconsin Ag Connection
The National Milk Producers Federation and the US Dairy Export Council expressed support for the recently negotiated Free Trade Agreement between the United States and Panama. The FTA will help the US build on its export presence in Panama, once the agreement is approved by Congress.