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  • 3-Nov-2006 ABS-CBN
    RP ready to engage US in sectoral bilateral free trade talks
    The Philippines is ready to officially engage the US on a possible sectoral bilateral free trade agreement, Trade and Industry Secretary Peter B. Favila said Thursday.
  • 3-Nov-2006 Al-Hayat
    The importance of free trade agreements
    The European relations with the Arab World can be regarded as a model that the US should follow. The evidence lies in the welcome of free trade agreements between the EU and Arab countries, and in the doubts about free trade agreements with the US.
  • 3-Nov-2006 Channel News Asia
    South Korea seeks free trade talks with EU, China next year: president
    South Korea wants to open free trade talks with the European Union and China as soon as next year, President Roh Moo-Hyun said.
  • 3-Nov-2006 People’s Daily
    China, ASEAN move toward closer quarantine cooperation ahead FTA
    China and ASEAN should set up a mechanism to facilitate the cooperation on inspection and quarantine against public health risks posed by tremendous people and goods flow after the formation of the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area (FTA), experts and officials said Thursday.
  • 3-Nov-2006 VNA
    Japan to prioritize FTA negotiations with ASEAN
    Japanese cabinet ministers agreed on Thursday to accelerate negotiations on bilateral free trade agreements (FTA), placing top priority on FTA talks with the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
  • 3-Nov-2006 KUNA
    Japan to accelerate FTA talks with GCC, East Asia
    Japan will revitalize its efforts to conclude free trade agreements (FTAs) and investment accords with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), East Asia and India, the top government spokesman said Thursday.
  • 3-Nov-2006 People’s Daily
    US offers huge government procurement for FTA with Malaysia
    The United States is offering about 250 billion U.S. dollars worth of government procurement to Malaysia as the two countries is proceeding with the third round of negotiations of the US-Malaysia Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday.
  • 3-Nov-2006 China Daily
    China willing to have FTA discussion with Japan
    China is willing to discuss with Japan the establishment of free trade area (FTA), said Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao on Thursday.
  • 3-Nov-2006 USTR
    US-Uruguay bilateral investment treaty enters into force
    The US-Uruguay BIT is the first BIT the United States has concluded since 1999, and is the first BIT concluded on the basis of the US model BIT text, which was finalized in 2004.
  • 2-Nov-2006 Aotearoa Indymedia
    A citizen’s guide to an emerging empire
    This article is an introduction or guide to PICTA, PACER and the WTO in the Pacific. The ’guide’ gives readers basic knowledge of both trade agreements and the stepping stone function they provide towards the WTO re-colonising the Pacific.
  • 2-Nov-2006 Bulatlat
    RP stands to lose P9b a year in tariff revenues under JPEPA
    The Philippines stands to lose more than P9 billion annually in tariff revenues under the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA). Meanwhile, the gains to Philippine exports that government economic managers claim will happen under JPEPA are similarly overstated. Some 80% of Philippine exports to Japan already enter tariff-free and will not be affected by the free trade pact.
  • 2-Nov-2006 The Australian
    BCA lists its China goals
    Australia’s business leaders have outlined an ambitious set of goals for the free trade negotiations with China.
  • 1-Nov-2006
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  • 1-Nov-2006 Thais News
    PM has suggested agriculturists to study FTA and plan for long-term
    Thailand’s Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont has advised farmers to study the impacts of the China-ASEAN free trade area (FTA) and find ways to handle them.
  • 1-Nov-2006 AFP
    US vote could leave free trade in trouble
    President George W Bush’s agenda to tear down global trade barriers appears headed for trouble whoever wins US elections next week, analysts believe.
  • 1-Nov-2006 Scoop
    NZPBC welcomes prospect of FTA with USA
    The New Zealand Pacific Business Council (NZPBC) welcomes news that the US has now decided to discuss prospects for a Free Trade agreement with NZ.
  • 1-Nov-2006 Bernama
    Malaysian and US business communities support FTA
    The Malaysian and American business communities have announced their support for successful completion of the third round of US-Malaysia Free Trade Agreement (USMFTA) negotiations this week.
  • 31-Oct-2006 INQ7.net
    Int’l group urges Senate to reject RP-Japan trade pact
    Saying Japan’s motives were "highly suspect," an international monitoring group urged the Philippine Senate on Tuesday to reject a controversial economic deal with Japan unless toxic wastes were removed from the list of products that could be brought into the Philippines.
  • 31-Oct-2006 TWN
    Multiple problems in EPAs highlighted at workshop
    The absence of development content and the severe effects of rapid trade liberalization were among key problems highlighted by policymakers and NGO participants at a workshop held here on the Economic Partnership Agreements between the European Union and the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group.
  • 31-Oct-2006 IWPR
    EU hails Balkan free trade deal as milestone
    The drive to create a free trade area in the Western Balkans ended more or less successfully on October 20, after negotiations closed on extending the Central European Free Trade Area, CEFTA. Trade integration is nothing new for the Western Balkans, where countries have signed at least 32 bilateral agreements freeing the movement of goods and services. “CEFTA will turn the spaghetti bowl into a lasagne,” said an EC official.