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  • 9-Apr-2008
    Rudd urged to drive a hard bargain on car FTAs
    The Rudd Government had to be more demanding than its predecessor when negotiating the automotive elements of free trade agreements, according to a leading car industry spokesman.
  • 9-Apr-2008
    White House and Democrats clash over trade pact
    The dispute between the White House and Democrats on the economy escalated sharply Wednesday over a surprise move by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to scrap the House’s rules and hold hostage a trade accord sought by the administration until President Bush agrees to more economic relief for Americans.
  • 9-Apr-2008
    Deputy commerce minister ready to revise FTA agreements
    Deputy Commerce Minister Wiroon Techapaiboon on Wednesday stated he was prepared to revise free trade area (FTA) agreements made with many countries to ensure that Thailand benefits most from them.
  • 9-Apr-2008
    Social Movements Crushed ALCA
    The social movements stopped and crushed the Free Trade Area for the Americas (FTAA), said the president of the World Economics Study Center Osvaldo Martinez.
  • 9-Apr-2008
    Tariff barriers hitting export to South Asia: Iftekhar
    Foreign adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury has said export of Bangladesh’s commodities to its South Asian neighbours is facing hurdles because of tariff barriers and restrictions.
  • 9-Apr-2008
    NZ First’s China advertisement to be investigated
    The Electoral Commission will consider a New Zealand First advertisement that appeared in daily papers this morning at their next meeting.
  • 9-Apr-2008
    U.S. or E.U.? Tico politicos split over best foreign investor
    Costa Rican lawmakers are divided over who makes a better investor in their country, the United States or the European Union, according to a recent questionnaire.
  • 9-Apr-2008
    RP trade deal not on US agenda
    Filipino exporters will have to wait until a new US president opens up more markets and expands trade with the country’s largest trading partner, with a bilateral free trade deal with the Philippines absent in the Bush administration’s final policy agenda.
  • 9-Apr-2008
    Japan and Vietnam speed up EPA talks
    Japan and Vietnam started the seventh negotiation round on a bilateral Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), in Tokyo on April 7.
  • 9-Apr-2008
    Caricom sees EU trade deal by end of June - minister
    The Caribbean region expects to sign a new trade agreement with the European Union by the end of June, Trinidad and Tobago’s trade and industry minister said on Tuesday.
  • 9-Apr-2008
    AU Ministers Call for EPA Trade Reviews
    African Union (AU) trade and finance ministers want the recently initialled trade deals between the European Union (EU) and African countries to be re-negotiated in the context of a comprehensible full agreement saying it has contentious issues.
  • 9-Apr-2008
    Ministry unit to sway public stance on FTAs
    The Commerce Ministry yesterday said it was forming a special unit to improve the public’s understanding of free-trade agreements (FTAs) and why they should be signed.
  • 9-Apr-2008
    Winston’s message: No to the FTA
    Foreign Minister Winston Peters says New Zealand could have done better than it did in the free trade agreement it signed on Monday with China, and that is why his New Zealand First party won’t support it.
  • 9-Apr-2008
    Trade pact is front page news
    China’s trade deal with New Zealand has made the front pages in Beijing.
  • 7-Apr-2008 PMC
    China: Local activist groups soft pedal on NZ free trade deal
    Chinese activist groups cool on opposition to New Zealand’s fair trade deal with China. Katie Small checks out the marginal minorities’ views after the crackdown in Tibet.
  • 6-Apr-2008
    Momentous trade deal signing tomorrow
    New Zealand will sign up to its biggest bilateral trade deal in 25 years in a ceremony in Beijing tomorrow.
  • 5-Apr-2008 WSJ
    Clinton aide met on trade deal
    Hillary Clinton’s chief campaign strategist met with Colombia’s ambassador to the US on Monday to discuss a bilateral free-trade agreement, a pact the presidential candidate opposes. Mark Penn wasn’t there in his campaign role, but in his separate job as chief executive of Burson-Marsteller Worldwide, an international lobbying firm. The firm has a contract with Colombia to promote congressional approval of the trade deal.
  • 5-Apr-2008
    Paraguay backs Venezuela’s bid for full membership of Mercosur
    Paraguay supports Venezuela’s bid for full membership of the Common Market of the South (Mercosur), visiting Paraguayan Foreign Minister Ruben Ramirez said here Tuesday.
  • 5-Apr-2008
    Pakistan, Mauritius to activate FTA in 18 months
    Pakistan and Mauritius on Friday agreed to operationalise a free trade agreement between the two countries within 18 months to boost South-South trade.
  • 5-Apr-2008
    Pakistan-Malaysia FTA in final stages
    Government is working on Pakistan-Malaysia Free Trade Agreement (FTA) Technical Support Project to exploit the potential at the optimum level under this arrangement.