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Free trade agreement will help boost UAE-India economic ties
22-Jul-2011    
A free trade agreement (FTA) between India and the UAE would help increase bilateral trade flow between the two countries, a top Non-Resident Indian businessman said.
Trading our future: Tax cheating and the Panama free trade agreement
22-Jul-2011     Huffington Post
From World War II until NAFTA, US trading policies were based on geopolitical needs and what would increase prosperity for America. Since NAFTA, however, the mantra of free trade has been warped to generate rights for international capital and nothing else.
Negotiations over Dhaka-Washington TECF deal to be concluded soon
22-Jul-2011     Financial Express
In Bangladesh, the Prime Minister's Office has asked the ministry of commerce to expedite the process of negotiations with the United States to finalise the proposed Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum deal immediately, sources said.
Key talks up TPP free trade deal in US
22-Jul-2011    
Prime Minister John Key is trying to drum up enthusiasm for a free trade deal on his visit to the United States.
Economic Partnership Agreement Negotiations On Track
21-Jul-2011    
Southern African Development Community (SADC) Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) negotiations are ongoing while efforts are at an advanced stage to consolidate and harmonise market access arrangements for the Southern African Customs Union (SACU), reported Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry Tjekero Tweya in Parliament last Thursday.
Colombia FTA: violence, potential job losses hang over deal
21-Jul-2011     Huffington Post
How will the US-Colombia free trade agreement affect Colombians? Opinions from a sugar cane worker, shop steward and a Colombian labor expert.
The tripartite FTA - Snags in Africa’s grand plan
21-Jul-2011    
At the Chirundu border, along the north-south transport corridor between Zimbabwe and Zambia, commercial trucks used to wait five days to get clearance. Now, they can get through in a matter of hours.
WTO Chief Blasts Small Pacts, Says They Hamper Global Opportunities
21-Jul-2011    
The World Trade Organization's chief on Wednesday took aim at the growing number of small free-trade deals being signed among the group's 153 member nations, saying such deals could limit opportunities with countries outside the group.
Free-trade agreements said to be delayed by Obama amid worker-aid dispute
21-Jul-2011     Bloomberg
President Barack Obama will delay sending free-trade agreements to Congress until lawmakers return from an August recess as a dispute with Republicans over a worker-aid program remains unresolved, according to people familiar with the decision.
Free trade is not what Africa needs, Mr Cameron
20-Jul-2011    
On his trip to South Africa yesterday, David Cameron talked of the need to go beyond debt cancellation and aid "to make African free trade the common purpose of the continent". He lamented there has never once been "a march or a concert to call for … an African free trade area". He pointed to the need for more inter-African trade to facilitate the growth that would mean "businesses growing, new jobs on offer, families on the up, living standards transformed".