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EU-Korea FTA prospects good: envoy
5-Feb-2007 Korea Herald
"Everything will be on the table" when Korea and the European Union start official negotiations for a free trade agreement in March, said EU Ambassador Brian McDonald.
More trade concessions likely for Mercosur bloc
5-Feb-2007 Business Standard
India may expand the list of items on which it will offer concessional imports to the Mercosur trading bloc as the two parties work towards an FTA.
US targets Malaysia in drive to sign Muslim countries to free trade agreement
4-Feb-2007 Media Monitors Network
FTAs are increasingly being regarded by many countries as Washington’s economic analogue of a nuclear bomb.
UAE weights price of trade pact with US
4-Feb-2007 ANTARA
The United Arab Emirates is mulling whether to make political concessions to the United States in a free trade pact that has eluded both countries for nearly two years.
Deadlock of Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA) in Ouagadougou
3-Feb-2007 TWN Africa
EPA negotiators from West Africa and the European Union meeting in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, from the 23 -26 January, failed to reach agreement on key issues regarding the results of the mid-term review of the EPA negotiations and the way forward.
Court: free trade draft stays under wraps
3-Feb-2007 Hankyoreh
A South Korean court ruled that the government is not required to disclose a current draft of the proposed South Korea-US free trade agreement.
US eyes closer trade, investment ties with Vietnam
3-Feb-2007 Thanh Nien News
The US hopes to open negotiations with Vietnam on a Trade and Investment Framework Arrangement (TIFA), an important step towards establishing a free trade agreement (FTA) with Vietnam, a USTR official said Friday.
Japan-Thailand FTA (JTEPA): draft chapter on intellectual property
3-Feb-2007
Uruguay signs a TIFA with the US: Will this mean an unraveling of Mercosur?
2-Feb-2007 COHA
On January 25, Uruguay signed a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) with the United States that could ultimately dismantle Mercosur and isolate Uruguay in the southern cone.
Malaysia threatens to halt FTA talks with US after call to scrap Iran deal: report
2-Feb-2007 IHT
Trade Minister Rafidah Aziz told Washington to stay out of Malaysia’s affairs and warned the government will not bow to any threats, the Malay-language Utusan Malaysia reported. "I am ready to advise the government to cancel the FTA discussions immediately," she was quoted as saying.
US-Uruguay TIFA (2007)
2-Feb-2007 US Embassy in Montevideo
Time to get serious about Israel
1-Feb-2007 The Guardian
The UK House of Commons international development committee is calling on the Labour government to press for sanctions against Israel over its treatment of the Palestinian people. As a first step in putting pressure on the Israeli government to end this oppression, the UK should now urge its fellow members in the EU to consider suspending the EU-Israel association agreement, the cross-party committee says.
Corporate boss leads charge for free trade
1-Feb-2007 The Australian
Fujio Mitarai, the Nippon Keidanren chairman who leads a powerful business mission to Australia at the weekend, belongs to the Japanese establishment’s inner elite. His position is often described as "prime minister of business".
US asked to suspend free trade talks with Malaysia over Iran deal
1-Feb-2007 Channel News Asia
A key US lawmaker on Wednesday called on the administration of President George W Bush to suspend free trade talks with Malaysia in protest over its mega energy deal with Iran.
EU to spend 200 million Euros in Pakistan’s northern areas
1-Feb-2007 playfuls.com
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz visited EU headquarters for talks on future relations and brought up Pakistan’s desire to forge a free trade agreement with the 27-nation bloc, along the lines of deals being proposed for India, South Korea and members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
Japan resurfaces global IPR enforcement framework; EU refers to FTAs
1-Feb-2007 IP Watch
The EU is planning a more detailed intellectual property chapter in its FTAs. In form, not in content, it would be closer to the “US-type” with “detailed things” listed.
Canada to discuss free trade with Peru
1-Feb-2007 Embassy
Peru and Canada could start discussions for a bilateral free trade agreement as early as February, according to Peruvian Agriculture Minister Juan Jose Salazar.
Campaigners call for caution, transparency in free trade deal with Japan
1-Feb-2007 MCOT
Critics of the proposed Japan Thailand Economic Partnership Agreement have warned the Thai government not to rush the draft free trade agreement through the National Legislative Assembly.
S Korea mulls free trade deal with Gulf states
31-Jan-2007 Times of Oman
South Korea is actively considering forging a free trade agreement with six Gulf nations, its top economic official said Wednesday.
US asks Bangladesh to resume TIFA negotiations
31-Jan-2007 AHN
The United States has asked Bangladesh to re-examine the possibility of restarting negotiations on the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) between the two countries.