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ASEAN concludes FTA with Australia, New Zealand
28-Aug-2008     Kyodo
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations concluded Thursday a free trade accord with Australia and New Zealand that will link up the 10-member grouping with the latter's free trade pact, the sides said.
ASEAN concludes free trade deal with India
28-Aug-2008     AFP
ASEAN nations have concluded a deal for free trade in goods with India, the bloc's seventh-largest trading partner, ministers said Thursday.
ASEAN pledges to ratify FTA with Japan soon
28-Aug-2008     MCOT
Economic ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, meeting in Hanoi, have pledged to work for the speedy ratification of an economic partnership agreement with Japan that is expected to take effect before the end of this year. A Philippine official says the pact will come into force on 1 October.
ASEAN, China make substantive progress on investment pact
28-Aug-2008     Xinhua
The Southeast Asian bloc and China announced here Wednesday that they made substantive progress in the negotiations on the bilateral investment pact which is expected to be signed at the Bangkok Summit in December this year.
Jamaica: Trade unions want EPA signing delayed
28-Aug-2008     Jamaica Observer
The Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions (JCTU) says it will seek to delay the signing of the proposed Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), between CARIFORUM and the European Union, to allow for a review and possible renegotiation of the agreement.
'RP gave too many concessions to Japan in free trade deal'
28-Aug-2008     ABS-CBN
A former dean of the University of the Philippines College of Law on Wednesday criticized as unconstitutional the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) for allowing Japanese citizens to own land, practice certain professions and operate and administer educational institutions in the Philippines.
Honduras: Joining ALBA ‘a step towards the centre-left,' says president
27-Aug-2008     IPS
Honduras has joined the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA), amid criticism from the business community and right-wing political sectors.
Peru-China free trade negotiations could close in November
27-Aug-2008     LIP
Peru's minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism, Mercedes Aráoz, considered today the possibility that negotiations with China in order to reach a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) could end in November.
Labor's opposition continues to Colombia free trade pact
27-Aug-2008     PWW
While Colombian representatives lobby the Democratic and Republican conventions in support of the Bush administration's Colombia Free Trade Act, the US labor movement continues its opposition to the pact, signed in November 2006 but put on hold by Congress last April.
Canada and Jordan reach free trade pact
27-Aug-2008     Forbes
The Canadian government said Tuesday it had wrapped up free trade negotiations with Jordan, along with parallel labor and environment agreements.