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  • 25-Mar-2007 AFP
    SKorean activists rally against free trade talks
    Thousands of South Korean farmers and anti-globalisation activists marched in Seoul on Sunday in a rally against free trade talks with the United States.
  • 25-Mar-2007 Hankyoreh
    Roh proposes free trade talks with Arab Gulf nations
    South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun on Sunday unveiled an initiative for future cooperation between South Korea and the Middle East, proposing a free trade agreement (FTA) with member countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).
  • 25-Mar-2007 FTA Watch
    NGOs seek to delay signing of Thai-Japanese pact
    FTA Watch yesterday published a document entitled "The Inconvenient Truth of Jtepa" to increase awareness about issues that it claims the government has hidden from the public.
  • 24-Mar-2007 Kyodo
    US gives up FTA deal with Malaysia before fast-track deadline
    The United States has given up completing negotiations for a free trade agreement with Malaysia in time for submission under President George W. Bush fast-track negotiating authority expires, a spokesman for the US Trade Representative said Friday.
  • 24-Mar-2007 MercoPress
    Uruguay interested in free trade agreement with Chile
    Although Uruguay and Chile belong to Mercosur and have a wide ranging agreement dating back to 1996, Uruguay’s goal is to reach “a free trade agreement similar to that with Mexico”.
  • 24-Mar-2007 Kyodo
    Japan to ease license to take more Filipino nursing caretakers
    Japan’s welfare ministry has decided to introduce a new eased license for nursing caretakers as part of measures to facilitate Japan’s acceptance of Filipino caretakers under a bilateral free trade agreement signed last year, ministry officials said Saturday.
  • 24-Mar-2007 Xinhua
    Mexico, China to push forward bilateral investment agreement
    Mexico and China will seek important progress towards signing a reciprocal investment promotion agreement before the end of 2007.
  • 23-Mar-2007
    Indian para tariffs, non-tariff barriers are denying market access to SAARC countries
    Import Policy Regulations are provided in the import regimes of all SAARC countries and Pakistan had only indicated this requirement in its notification to make it transparent.
  • 23-Mar-2007
    ALBA extends integration to geology and mining
    Representatives from four Latin American countries yesterday approved in Havana a declaration for incorporating geology and mining into the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA), according to an AIN report.
  • 23-Mar-2007
    U.S. trade official gets an earful from lawmakers about coming trade pact with South Korea
    The deputy U.S. Trade Representative faced a largely antagonistic group of lawmakers as he tried to sell the idea that a trade agreement under negotiation with South Korea will be a good deal for the United States.
  • 23-Mar-2007
    PGMA hopes Senate will ratify JPEPA soonest
    President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo expressed hope Friday that the Senate would "ratify speedily" the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) so as to enhance the facilitation of goods and services between the Philippines and Japan.
  • 23-Mar-2007
    ’EU, ACP have agreed on EPAs’
    The European Union Commissioner for Trade Peter Mandelson has said African, Caribbean and Pacific are committed to a consensus on Economic Partnership Agreements before the end of the year.
  • 23-Mar-2007
    On tariffs, do what the EU did and not what it says
    It has been argued that Kenya and other African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries should sign Economic Partnership Agreements to safeguard revenue and jobs and promote growth and development.
  • 23-Mar-2007
    Private sector body formed on EU-SADC negotiations
    An independent private sector body calling itself the Business Trade Forum EU Southern Africa (BTFES) has been inaugurated with the aim of establishing dialogue between business communities and the political leaders in the EU and SADC.
  • 23-Mar-2007
    Reality check on free trade deal
    It was a comment to send a thrill down the spine of rural New Zealand: Democrats, on the centre-left of American politics, traditionally the more sceptical party when it comes to free trade, expressing "long-standing support" for a free trade deal between the US and New Zealand.
  • 23-Mar-2007
    Dominican auto importers say no way prices will drop
    The National Vehicle Distributors Association (ANADIVE) recommended to the Dominican population not to create the false expectations that automobile prices would drop because of the DR-CAFTA free trade deal.
  • 23-Mar-2007
    Southern Africa: Free trade area between SACU and EU
    Namibia’s Minister of Trade and Industry has been instructed by Cabinet to table a trade agreement between southern Africa and the European Union in the National Assembly for ratification.
  • 23-Mar-2007
    Mexico, China to push forward bilateral investment agreement
    Mexico and China will seek important progress towards signing a reciprocal investment promotion agreement before the end of 2007, Mexico’s Secretary of Economy Eduardo Sojo said in the opening session of the 15th Mexico-China Plenary Meeting yesterday.
  • 23-Mar-2007
    Guatemala: Apparel sourcing show to assess CAFTA-DR
    This year’s Apparel Sourcing Show in Guatemala City offers delegates the chance to take stock of the first full year of the US-Central America and Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR).
  • 23-Mar-2007
    Clark’s baggage ensures rock remains on road to trade deal
    Here’s my take on what really went down when Helen Clark met George Bush at the White House. The big international agenda - those issues that are really central to the security of the Western world, such as Iraq - was on the table.