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  • 17-Dec-2006 Houston Chronicle
    Japan, India agree to begin trade talks
    The leaders of Japan and India agreed Friday to start talks on forging a bilateral free-trade agreement within two years and to increase cooperation between the two countries’ navies and coast guards.
  • 16-Dec-2006 UNPO
    Taiwan: Nicaraguan congress ratifies free trade agreement
    Nicaragua’s Congress has ratified a free trade agreement with Taiwan, the legislative body said in a statement Thursday.
  • 16-Dec-2006 Washington Post
    A foothold for free trade?
    Trade integration in the Americas is quickly approaching a major milestone. If agreements with Colombia, Peru and Panama are ratified in the coming year, more than half of Latin America will have free trade accords with the United States.
  • 15-Dec-2006 Hindustan Times
    Go for free trade pact with India after N-deal: US senator
    An influential Republican senator has asked President George Bush to negotiate a full scale free trade agreement with India following the successful conclusion of the India-US civil nuclear deal.
  • 15-Dec-2006
    bilaterals.org now in Spanish and French
    Starting today, the bilaterals.org website is available in Spanish and French, apart from the original English version.
  • 15-Dec-2006 Bangkok Post
    Critics given sneak peak of free trade deal
    In a bid to secure a smooth passage for a public hearing on the Thai-Japanese free trade agreement, the Thai Foreign Ministry yesterday allowed a group of critics to gain access to the text of the controversial deal.
  • 14-Dec-2006 ICTSD
    Harmonisation of TRIPS-plus IPR policies and potential impacts on technological capability: A case study of the pharmaceutical industry in Thailand
    This study examines the impacts of TRIPS-plus rules on pharmaceutical patents as enshrined in US FTAs by looking at the case of Thailand.
  • 14-Dec-2006 AllAfrica.com
    SA fends off EU deals for SACU partners
    South Africa is resisting European Union (EU) efforts to treat it differently from its southern African neighbours — a move which could result in the country getting less market access for its exports.
  • 14-Dec-2006 Cattle Network
    US senators: Will oppose S. Korea trade pact without beef trade
    Seven US senators pledged Wednesday that they will work to block a free trade agreement being negotiated between the US and South Korea if South Korea refuses to pull back restriction on US beef exports.
  • 13-Dec-2006 Chosun Ilbo
    Washington wishes to hold high-level FTA agriculture talks
    Washington hopes to hold high-level talks — above the ministerial level — on freeing up the agricultural markets in Korea and the US before holding the sixth round of free trade agreement negotiations.
  • 13-Dec-2006 News.com.au
    Fears FTA brings in contaminated blood
    Road crash victims and haemophiliacs were at risk of contracting blood-borne diseases such as HIV under the Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement (FTA), an academic warned today.
  • 13-Dec-2006 The West Australian
    Farmers plead with govt over Japan FTA
    Australian farmers have pleaded with the federal government not to forget them when it meets with Japan for negotiations on a free trade agreement next year.
  • 13-Dec-2006 People’s Daily
    Officials: China-ROK FTA talks have many hurdles
    The Republic of Korea (ROK) is not fully prepared to enter free trade area (FTA) talks with China despite such a deal being widely believed to be positive for both economies, Shin Bong-kil, a minister with the Embassy of the ROK in China, said yesterday.
  • 13-Dec-2006 Epoch Times
    ’Tis the season for free trade dealings
    New Zealand’s rush for Asia-Pacific free trade agreements was slowed by a typhoon in the Phillipines, but sped up through a partnership agreement with the Republic of Korea.
  • 13-Dec-2006 NASDAQ
    Panama, US to restart free trade agreement talks Friday
    Panama’s government will restart free trade talks with the US on Friday, seeking an important tool to combat poverty, Panama President Martin Torrijos said Tuesday.
  • 13-Dec-2006 Asia Times
    China, EU search for new agreement
    China and the European Union are making efforts to map out a new agreement aimed at establishing a legal framework for their strategic partnership amid ever stronger political and economic relations.
  • 13-Dec-2006 FreshPlaza
    EU: fourth phase agenda with Caribbean EPA passed
    The meeting of Caribbean Ministers with Europe’s Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson resulted in the agreement of the agenda for the fourth phase of negotiations of the EPA (Economic Partnership Agreement). The main objective of this phase is to reconcile texts of previous phases.
  • 13-Dec-2006 ABC
    Aust, Japan free trade agreement likely worth billions
    Despite growing concern in Japan over the impact a free trade agreement could have on local farmers, Prime Minister John Howard and his Japanese counterpart, Shinzo Abe have agreed to begin formal negotiations in the new year. Mr Howard says agriculture will be included.
  • 13-Dec-2006 CSM
    Free trade vs. economic pain in Ecuador
    The country is split over a possible permanent trade deal with the US.
  • 13-Dec-2006 Asia Times
    Slow starter Japan revs up FTA drive
    Japan is revving up its drive toward free-trade agreements (FTAs), a move largely fueled by an intensifying rivalry with China over leadership in regional economic integration and increasingly tough global competition for oil, gas and other resources.