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US rejoiced when AG quit, pushed for investment treaty, show cables
The US was not exactly sorry that Pakistan's Attorney General Makhdoom Ali Khan resigned from General Musharraf’s cabinet in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to reinstate ‘suspended’ Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry, according to a ‘confidential’ US diplomatic cable accessed by Dawn News through WikiLeaks.
PH free trade pact with EU means more damage to Manila economy says think tank
Only the EU will benefit from further opening up the Philippine economy and, in effect, will be passing on the burden of adjusting to its crisis to the Philippines, IBON said.
Japan, Peru to ink FTA on Tuesday
Japan and Peru are expected to sign a bilateral free-trade agreement Tuesday when Peruvian Foreign Minister Jose Antonio Garcia Belaunde visits Tokyo.
US Senate Finance Committee members agree on ratification of KOR-US FTA by summer
The US Senate Finance Committee held a hearing on the Korea-US Free Trade Agreement on Thursday, and the members agreed on the need to ratify the trade pact before August this year.
Indoctrinating a New Generation to Think North American
Recent Wikileaks documents confirm what some of us have been warning about for years, that plans for a North American Union dismissed by many as a conspiracy theory are indeed real.
Tariff cuts on Chinese, Korean vehicles pushed
Vehicle importers are urging the government to implement the scheduled tariff cuts under the Asean free trade agreements (FTAs) with China and Korea.
Chile, Thailand conclude second round of FTA negotiations
Chile and Thailand on Thursday concluded here the second round of negotiations on a free trade agreement (FTA).
Peru, Venezuela likely to end trade agreement talks in July
Negotiations on a Trade and Productive Complementation Agreement between Peru and Venezuela will conclude in July, Peruvian Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism Eduardo Ferreyros estimated.
Kan wins Hungary's support for Japan to strike FTA deal with EU
Japan and Hungary have agreed to work closely on Tokyo's intention to sign a free trade agreement with the European Union, Japanese officials said.
Potential FTA impacts studied
The Ministry of Economic Affairs yesterday said it was looking into Taiwanese industries that could suffer a potential blow after a South Korea-EU free-trade agreement (FTA) takes effect on July 1.