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Mercosur, EU to resume trade talks in October
21-Sep-2006
South America’s Mercosur bloc will resume negotiations with the European Union on a free trade deal in late October, following the suspension of talks last year, Brazil’s Foreign Ministry said Thursday.
Uruguayan workers strike for pay hikes, against U.S. trade deal
21-Sep-2006
Uruguay Labor groups demanding higher wages and an end to Uruguayan efforts for a trade deal with Washington walked off the job for four hours on Thursday, though public transport ran normally and shops and offices stayed open.
S. Korean trade deal will cost jobs: CAW
21-Sep-2006
A free-trade deal Ottawa is negotiating with South Korea could cost Canada up to 33,000 jobs — including 4,000 in the auto industry — this country’s largest private sector union warned yesterday.
Japan, Persian Gulf nations hold first meeting to discuss free trade deal
21-Sep-2006
Japan and six Middle Eastern countries including Saudi Arabia on Thursday began the first round of talks on a free trade agreement, a Japanese Foreign Ministry official said.
Smelters return home from Lanka
21-Sep-2006
A majority of Indian secondary copper smelters based in Sri Lanka are winding up their operations in that country because of economic problem as well as threat perception over local environmental issues.
Political parties flip-flop over US-SK FTA
21-Sep-2006
Regarding the proposed South Korea-US free trade agreement (FTA), the true "stance" of the nation’s two main political parties seems to be, "if it succeeds, we are for it. If it fails, we are against it".
International court rules in favor of Hungary in Telenor case
21-Sep-2006
The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) has ruled in favor of the State of Hungary in a case brought against it by Norwegian telco Telenor, business daily Világgazdaság reported on Monday.
Japan, Chile reach basic agreement on free trade
21-Sep-2006
Japan and Chile have agreed on a bilateral free trade pact, a Foreign Ministry official said Thursday.
Japan trade talks set to start
21-Sep-2006
The Federal Government has flagged the possibility of negotiations for a free trade agreement with Japan, beginning in December.
The Philippine struggle against neoliberal globalization
21-Sep-2006
A PowerPoint file presented at the FTA Workshop in Bangkok on July 28, 2006.
Trade agreements for the future, not the past
21-Sep-2006 Hankyoreh
Politicians tend to be very backward looking people. They are usually the last to notice important trends and to recognize the ways in which the world is changing. Perhaps this is why many politicians in South Korea place such a high priority on a new trade agreement with the United States.
Rough trade: the Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement
21-Sep-2006 Canadian Business
The Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA), signed 10 years ago, has some discouraging lessons to offer would-be bilateralists. And lesson No. 1 would be: Don’t expect such agreements to boost trade.
US expresses support for transatlantic free trade zone
21-Sep-2006 MSNBC
Susan Schwab, US trade representative, on Wednesday welcomed the news that Germany was considering reviving plans for a transatlantic single market, saying these were unlikely to clash with attempts to relaunch the Doha round of multilateral trade talks.
EU-US free trade agreement mooted in Berlin
21-Sep-2006 EU Observer
Centre-right members of the German government are in favour of closer economic ties between the EU and the US, possibly resulting in a free trade agreement.
US still hopeful of free trade agreement
20-Sep-2006 Business Week
The impact of Thailand’s coup on negotiations on a free trade agreement with the United States wasn’t immediately clear, but Washington still hoped to secure a pact when democracy is restored, the top US trade official said on Wednesday.
US likely to want autos out of trade deal: sources
20-Sep-2006 Hankyoreh
The US is likely to push for the exclusion of its automobile industry from the ongoing negotiations on a proposed free trade agreement (FTA) with South Korea, trade sources said.
Rice, Caribbean diplomats to discuss trade deal at UN gathering
20-Sep-2006 IHT
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and foreign ministers from the Caribbean Community will discuss a possible new free trade deal at UN headquarters next week, officials said Tuesday.
Australia: Trade pact with Indonesia in cold storage
20-Sep-2006 Fibre2fashion.com
Though plans were announced for a feasibility study on a bilateral deal between the two countries, a Free Trade Agreement between Indonesia and Australia is still a distant dream.
Labor group calls strike for Nov. 15
20-Sep-2006 Korea Herald
The Korean Confederation of Trade Unions may stage an indefinite strike beginning Nov. 15 in protest over new labor reform bills and free trade agreement talks with the United States.
United States, Mauritius sign trade agreement
20-Sep-2006 AllAfrica.com
The United States and Mauritius signed a trade and investment framework agreement (TIFA) on September 18. It provides a formal mechanism to address bilateral trade issues and help enhance trade and investment relations.