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  • 1-Jan-2008 The Canadian
    US uranium mining company plans poses threat to over one million Canadians
    Thanks to politicians corrupted by the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), a US mining company is poised to make commercial profit by spreading uranium contamination across eastern Ontario and western Quebec.
  • 1-Jan-2008 Epoch Times
    NZers raise concerns over free trade with China at global rights event
    Christchurch supporters of the Human Rights Torch Relay are asking how New Zealand can consider a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with China — a regime facing allegations of large-scale genocide and organ harvesting.
  • 31-Dec-2007 Manila Standard
    Japan scoffs at review of economic deal
    Tokyo is not amenable to a renegotiation of the Economic Partnership Agreement it has signed with Manila, according to an official of the Japanese Embassy in the Philippines.
  • 29-Dec-2007 Prensa Latina
    Human wall on Mexico-US border to protest NAFTA
    On January 1, Mexican farmers and social groups will make a human wall on the border checkpoint in Ciudad Juarez to protest against the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
  • 29-Dec-2007 Macau Daily Times
    China and Arabic countries forge economic strategic partnership
    The Arab world holds an important position in Chinese enterprises’ global strategies. It is predicted that China and the Gulf Cooperation Council will sign a free trade agreement soon.
  • 29-Dec-2007 Economic Times
    India allows Bangla cos to invest
    The Foreign Exchange Management Act has been amended allowing Bangladeshi companies to invest in India. These changes will clear the way for India-Bangladesh bilateral investment promotion agreement.
  • 29-Dec-2007 Daily News
    Broken promise for Mexican truckers bodes ill for free trade
    Just before breaking for the holidays, US Congress effectively reneged on the North American Free Trade Agreement’s promise to give Mexican truckers full access to US roads.
  • 29-Dec-2007 FInancial Post
    Select few see benefits of free trade: report
    The Canadian Business Council on National Issues, whose CEOs pushed for free trade with the United States two decades ago, and that remain members of the since-renamed Canadian Council of Chief Executives, have cut jobs since even as their revenues have soared
  • 28-Dec-2007 Earth Times
    India-GCC: Petrochem industry fears free trade with the Gulf
    A leading industry body has urged the Indian government to keep key petrochemical products outside the purview of the proposed free trade agreement with the Gulf Cooperation Council, fearing unfair competitive advantage.
  • 28-Dec-2007 Al-Ahram
    Vying for position
    The European Union and the United States are increasingly involved in a widening medley of trade and other agreements in the Middle East and North Africa region. As the EU and US push for more and varied free trade agreements, rivalries between these global economic giants also spur competition among Arab countries.
  • 27-Dec-2007 AllAfrica.com
    Uganda: Workers get nod for Epas talks
    The government is to involve labour unions in all future Economic Partnership Agreement (EPAs) negotiations with the European Union.
  • 27-Dec-2007 Canadian Press
    Free trade with US a boom for elites, a bust for most: report
    Canada’s 20-year-old free trade agreement with the United States has not lived up to its billing and the promises of its proponents, says a new report that seeks to debunk the conventional wisdom that the deal was the best thing for Canada since sliced bread.
  • 26-Dec-2007 IPS
    Grim present, dim future for Andean integration
    The Andean countries are passing through the gates of the new year with their trade bloc, the Andean Community of Nations (CAN), fraying at the edges.
  • 25-Dec-2007 Korea Times
    Lawmakers to clash over US FTA
    Korea’s parliamentary "yes-or-no without amendment" vote on the Korea-US FTA motion may not be carried out before Roh’s term expires on Feb. 25.
  • 25-Dec-2007 Korea Times
    FTA talks with Japan to resume
    Korea’s stalled and deadlocked free trade talks with Japan might see a breakthrough under the economic stewardship of President-elect, and former Hyundai CEO, Lee Myung-bak.
  • 24-Dec-2007 Prensa Latina
    Mexican lawmakers fear social destabilization
    The president of the Agriculture Committee at the House of Deputies, Hector Padilla, said on Sunday that the agricultural chapter of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) will cause social destabilization in Mexico.
  • 24-Dec-2007 Korea Times
    Seoul, New Delhi to resume trade talks in April
    South Korea is holding back on farm products
  • 24-Dec-2007 Business 24/7
    US puts UAE free trade deal on ice
    Negotiations for a free trade agreement between the US and the UAE will not be resumed under the current US administration, according to the US Trade Representative office
  • 24-Dec-2007 Mexidata
    NAFTA at fourteen: Historic Mexico-USA showdown looms
    As the 14th anniversary of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) fast approaches, rural opponents of the trinational pact are stepping up their mobilizations on both sides of the US-Mexico border. Mexican farm groups and their supporters are gearing up for border-wide actions on January 1, 2008 to protest the final elimination of tariffs on corn, bean, sugar and powdered milk.
  • 23-Dec-2007 Gulfnews
    US benefits most from free trade pact with Bahrain
    The US-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement (FTA) has proven to be beneficial to the American side. The deal came into effect at the start of August 2006. Available statistics indicate that American exports have increased a hefty 28 per cent during the first year of FTA’s implementation. Bahrain’s exports dropped by 10 per cent in the same period.