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A Korea-U.S. trade agreement: what is at stake?

26-Jul-2006 The Hankyoreh

This examines macro-economic issues, intellectual property and patent protections, the potential impact on pharmaceuticals, and other issues at stake in the US-Korea FTA.

The death of the WTO’s Doha talks

26-Jul-2006 BBC News

You don’t have to declare multilateralism dead, just because this round of talks is over, but there are three particular, potential consequences of the collapse in the talks.

India considering trade pacts with EU, Japan

26-Jul-2006 Reuters

India is considering economic cooperation agreements with the European Union and Japan to boost trade, Commerce Minister Kamal Nath said on Tuesday, a day after global free trade talks collapsed.

Taiwan presses for US trade pact

26-Jul-2006 AFP

Taiwan urged the United States to move quickly to forge a free-trade agreement (FTA) with America’s eighth biggest trading partner, despite bitter objections from China.

Zimbabwe farmers claim for land grab

25-Jul-2006 Business Day

A group of 11 dispossessed Zimbabwean farmers of Dutch origin are poised to take their case for compensation in respect of confiscated land to an international tribunal.

Sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) concerns in agricultural trade

25-Jul-2006

Many US Congress Members are interested in how FTAs might address SPS matters. These Members are concerned that as trade agreements lower agricultural tariffs, more countries may turn to SPS measures to protect their farmers from import competition.

EU trawlers get fishing rights off Africa for £350m

24-Jul-2006 The Independent

The EU has signed its biggest-ever fisheries deal with an African nation, sparking a debate on the deal and the other 13 bilateral fisheries agreements in force.

Burgeoning trade ties no guarantee of Asian peace: analysts

24-Jul-2006 AFP

Burgeoning economic links through a web of free trade agreements (FTAs), financial cooperation and investments may reduce the risk of war in Asia but are no guarantee of peace, analysts say.

U.S. FTA will batter banking sector: study

23-Jul-2006

The much-touted benefits of a free trade agreement with the United States will be confined to commercial enterprises, while other sectors of the Korean economy, particularly the banking industry, will take a battering, a think thank warned yesterday.

Mexico bid to join Mercosur as associate member

23-Jul-2006 People’s Daily

Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Ernesto Derbez said on Friday that his government had formally requested the accession to the Common Market of the South (Mercosur) as an associate member.

Lobbyists push for deal with Peru, but vote remains elusive

23-Jul-2006 Miami Herald

The business community is off and running in its attempt to push the latest Latin American free-trade agreement through Congress.

Swiss minister promises a favour

23-Jul-2006 The Star

Switzerland’s Economics Minister, Joseph Deiss, led a business delegation comprised of senior officials from Novartis, Credit Suisse, SACC and Economy Swiss, to Malaysia.

US hails progress in latest Malaysia trade talks

23-Jul-2006 Channel News Asia

The US government said Friday it had achieved "solid progress" in a second round of free-trade talks with Malaysia this week.

East Africa: Comesa’s transformation into customs union to benefit exporters

23-Jul-2006 AllAfrica.com

The transformation of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) Free Trade Area (FTA) into a Customs Union in the next two years will open up bigger markets for exporters, an industrialist has said.

Japan-Korea BIT (2002)

23-Jul-2006

Japan-Bangladesh BIT (1999)

23-Jul-2006

Japan-Hong Kong BIT (1997)

23-Jul-2006

Japan-Pakistan BIT (1998)

23-Jul-2006

Japan-China BIT (1988)

23-Jul-2006

Japan-Mongolia BIT (2001)

23-Jul-2006