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No more CAFTAs!
The process of negotiating, ratifying, and implementing so-called "free" trade agreements like CAFTA is out of control, and the time has come to say "enough is enough!"
Narrow vote on Oman free trade agreement exposes continuing shift in US trade politics
Last July’s one-vote passage of CAFTA and today’s narrow vote on a pact with tiny Oman reflects American rejection of status quo NAFTA-style trade policy.
Kenya: Horticulture industry in treaty plea
Kenya’s horticultural sector is appealing to the Government to lobby other east and southern Africa countries for agreement on the ongoing trade talks between the region and the European Union.
Australia-Japan trade study to end in Dec.
A feasibility study examining a possible free trade deal between Australia and Japan will be finished by December, possibly allowing negotiations to begin in early 2007, the trade minister said Frida
Oman: Another deeply flawed trade agreement
Since the passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), more and more Americans have become convinced that the model our government uses to secure trade deals is fundamentally flawed and has caused our nation and our workers serious economic harm.
US ambassador to S Korea calls criticism of FTA premature
"The opponents of the FTA are fighting a ghost, as they have no knowledge of what the final outcome of the talks will be."
Aussie envoy: FTA will stir interest in Malaysia
An agreement to liberalise trade of goods and services between Malaysia and Australia will help attract more Australian firms to invest in and trade with Malaysia.
Morocco: Trade & liberalisation
USAID has launched the Morocco New Business Opportunities (NBO) project. NBO is a four-year, $9m programme to help Moroccan firms take advantage of new opportunities for entry or expansion in the US market emerging from the Morocco-US FTA.
India Trade Agreements
Links to India’s trade agreements
Pakistan edges closer to FTA with South American trade bloc
Pakistani Commerce Minister Humayun Akhtar Khan will visit Argentina and Brazil for the signing of the Framework Agreement on Trade between Pakistan and Mercosur - a customs union comprising Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Venezuela and Uruguay.
Mega FTA with Mercosur, SA union on cards
Even as the Indian government faces the heat over the impact of free trade agreements (FTAs) on farmers, a detailed plan for the country’s first trilateral FTA has landed up at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s doorstep.
South America: towards union or disintegration?
Is South American integration doomed, as much of the press reports? Or is there steady progress towards wider and deeper union, as the agenda of the Mercosur summit in Cordoba, Argentina, on 20-21 July, suggests?
CentAm: FTA violates right to live
The free trade agreement between the US and Central America will have a negative effect on the human right to live, according to a thesis by regional analysts in Guatemala.
National Assembly committee demands free trade data
A Korea National Assembly committee said it would request data from the government regarding agricultural, fishing, and livestock products discussed at South Korea-US free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations.
House narrowly approves trade deal with Oman
The US House of Representatives on Thursday narrowly approved a free trade pact with the Gulf Arab state of Oman, after a debate focused on the safety of US ports and protections for Omani workers.
Rafidah: US investors adequately protected
International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz said Malaysia’s existing regulations on IP protection provide adequate protection for US investors, helping its negotiation on free trade agreement (FTA) with the US.
Jordan, Turkey conclude fourth round of talks on free trade agreement
Jordan and Turkey on Wednesday concluded the fourth round of talks on free trade agreement.