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18-Nov-2006
Bernama
Malaysia is starting Free Trade Agreement (FTA) talks with Chile, which will pave the way to turn the latter as the launch pad for the country’s exports to Latin American markets of 550 million people and worth US$298 billion.
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18-Nov-2006
China Daily
China and the Republic of Korea (ROK) has agreed to start feasibility study on the establishment of a free trade area (FTA) at the official level in early 2007.
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18-Nov-2006
FT
Susan Schwab, US trade representative, on the prospects for turning the 21 economies of Apec into a Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific (FTAAP); current talks about bilateral trade deals in Asia; the expiration in June next year of trade promotion authority (TPA); and the expected signing of a bilateral trade agreement between the US and Russia.
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18-Nov-2006
BusinessWeek
Chile is considering signing a free trade agreement with Vietnam, Chilean President Michelle Bachelet said Friday.
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18-Nov-2006
People’s Daily
Canada and Peru on Tuesday signed a Foreign Investment Protection and Promotion Agreement, the first one of its kind that Canada has signed with a foreign country in eight years.
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18-Nov-2006
People’s Daily
Chile and Canada extended their existing free trade agreement on Wednesday, said a statement of the Chilean Foreign Ministry.
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18-Nov-2006
The Mercury News
The American worker, not Corporate America, will be the central focus of US trade policy as far as the new Democratic majority of Congress is concerned.
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17-Nov-2006
The Hindu
India and the European Union will begin negotiations soon for an ambitious and comprehensive bilateral trade and investment agreement though it may take nearly two years for the pact to become a reality.
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17-Nov-2006
Forbes
Malaysia will not sign trade pacts with any country, including the United states, if it involves sacrificing the interest of the majority ethnic Malays, Trade Minister Rafidah Aziz said.
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17-Nov-2006
Zee News
A slew of trade and investment agreements will be signed between India and China during the visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao next week, even though the Indian government and industry are not yet ready for a free trade agreement between the two Asian giants.
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17-Nov-2006
IP Watch
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17-Nov-2006
Scoop
Not one single organization representing urban workers, rural workers, indigenous peoples, students, intellectuals and other popular sectors in Colombia supports the Free Trade Treaty with the United States.
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17-Nov-2006
Hankyoreh
South Korea and China will begin joint research into a possible free trade agreement from the beginning of next year, according to Korean government officials.
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17-Nov-2006
Gulf Times
Qatar should open up the insurance sector to 100% foreign ownership, do away with agents and consultants from trade deals and revoke the ban on American beef, a senior US Department of Commerce official urged yesterday.
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16-Nov-2006
Business Report
Negotiations towards a free trade agreement with the US have "all but come to a halt", according to Tshediso Matona, the director-general of South Africa’s department of trade and industry.
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16-Nov-2006
BERNAMA
Umno Youth urged the Malaysian government to be careful in its negotiations with the United States over the proposed Free Trade Agreement between the two countries to ensure it is not one-sided and puts the country a loss.
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16-Nov-2006
Bangkok Post
The interim Thai government is looking to the 120th anniversary of Thai-Japanese diplomatic relations next year as a possible time to sign the Economic Partnership Agreement with Japan, Deputy Foreign Minister Sawanit Kongsiri said yesterday.
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16-Nov-2006
AllAfrica.com
The European Union (EU) and South Africa have agreed to start negotiations for a comprehensive update and revision of the Trade, Development and Cooperation Agreement (TDCA).
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16-Nov-2006
Prensa Latina
The Social Summit for the People’s Integration, to be held in December in Cochabamba, will condemn Washington-encouraged free trade agreements, members of the organizing committee informed.
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16-Nov-2006
Manila Bulletin
While the result of the recent US elections has put on hold the proposed bilateral Philippine-US free trade negotiations, the Philippines should pursue competitiveness efforts in areas that can not benefit from FTA deals like mining, IT, intellectual property rights, call center and business processing outsourcing, according to Matthew Daley, president of the US-ASEAN Business Council.
