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"To change Mercosur, you need to join first"
25-Jun-2007
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez has to enter the Common Market of the South (Mercosur) as a full member first, before starting to make reforms, as he has hinted he intends to do, said Brazilian Minister of Foreign Affairs Celso Amorim in an interview daily newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo published on Sunday.
Meat group pushes for free trade agreement
25-Jun-2007
Meat and Livestock Australia is pushing the Federal Government for a free trade agreement with Korea and Japan to protect our lucrative export market.
CARICOM views EPAs as way forward
25-Jun-2007
CARICOM has drawn a direct link between the Economic Partnership Agreement [EPA] that it is negotiating with the European Union and a similar pact for which it is lobbying with the United States of America.
Bias seen in int’l dispute arbiters
25-Jun-2007
A little known entity closely affiliated with the World Bank that mediates disputes between sovereign nations and foreign investors appears to be skewed toward corporations in Northern countries, according to an IPS review of pending cases and other independent analyses of the tribunals.
Indonesia free trade deal in sight
25-Jun-2007
Australia and Indonesia are inching towards talks on freer trade, as the imminent collapse of global reform talks puts a greater focus on regional deals.
Philippines says poor APEC members cautious on trade
25-Jun-2007 ABS-CBN
Developing economies within APEC were lukewarm to moves by wealthier members to use the annual forum to hammer out a free-trade area, a senior Philippine diplomat said on Monday.
No FTA Newsletter
24-Jun-2007 Official News of the Korean Alliance Against the Korea-U.S. FTA
In the Newsletter Metal Workers Enter General Strike Police Trying to Arrest Two Co-Chairs of Korean Alliance
Venezuela opposes free trade agreement between CAN and European Union
23-Jun-2007 VHeadline
Chavez warns CAN to reject a free-trade agreement with the European Union (EU) as unacceptable in the present circumstances. The Bolivian President has told Chavez that he agrees and cannot accept the free-trade agreement with the EU.
India’s trade with Thai to touch $7bn by FY’11
23-Jun-2007 Financial Express
India’s trade with Thailand could touch USD 7 billion by 2010-11 propelled by a doubling in transaction under Free Trade Agreement (FTA), but there has been an alarming widening of trade deficit, industry chamber FICCI said on Friday.
US, Vietnam: Trade ties and a China buffer
22-Jun-2007
The United States and Vietnam signed a trade and investment framework agreement (TIFA) June 21 ahead of a June 22 meeting between Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet and U.S. President George W Bush. By warming up its trade relationship with Vietnam, the United States is facilitating an alternative for US investors and businesses that want to set up production operations outside China.
India,Thailand to ink pact on non-conventional energy
22-Jun-2007
A bilateral agreement on non-conventional energy and another on cultural exchanges are among the agreements to be signed when Thai Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont arrives here on a two-day visit on June 26. Leading a 30-member business delegation, the visiting leader is going to push for an early conclusion of the free trade agreement (FTA) between India and Thailand.
US wants KORUS FTA to have reverse discrimination clause
22-Jun-2007
The US, which is carrying out additional negotiations in regard to the KORUS FTA, said on June 22, "Let`s put a clause in which foreign investors are not protected more than their domestic counterparts.” The US seems to want to protect its investors as well as its industries with this clause.
Caricom leaders, US govt issue joint statement
22-Jun-2007
A 17 point statement was released by the White House Wednesday that details a wide range of support that the region is expected to receive from the United States.
Kyerematen: Tie development support to trade accord
22-Jun-2007
Trade and Industry Minister Alan Kyerematen has said that all commitment of development support by the European Union to the African, Caribbean and Pacific countries be drafted into the ongoing free trade agreements between the two regional blocs.
China free trade talks drag on, and on, and on
22-Jun-2007
Chinese philosopher Laozi said a thousand-li journey starts by taking the first step, but Australia’s free-trade agreement team is looking decidedly footsore.
Police seek arrest warrants for two anti-FTA protesters
22-Jun-2007
Police said Tuesday they have sought arrest warrants for two protest leaders in connection with illegal street demonstrations.
SKorean farmers rally against US free trade pact
22-Jun-2007 The Raw Story
8,000 South Korean farmers rallied Wednesday against a free trade agreement with the United States as US officials arrived for re-negotiations.
Should labor standards have a role in US trade agreements?
22-Jun-2007 CFR
Charles Kernaghan of the National Labor Committee and Claude Barfield of the American Enterprise Institute debate the merits of labor standards in trade pacts.
US auto industry wants Korea to open its market
21-Jun-2007
The American auto industry and lawmakers representing the auto sector have made “nonnegotiable” complains about the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA). They have showed disagreements over a wide range of FTA provisions, indicating a bumpy road ahead to be ratified.
Government announces tariff reductions
21-Jun-2007
Pakistan has announced tariff reduction on the import of 6936 items under five bilateral and regional trade agreements.