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Tecom land dispute risks damaging US FTA
20-Apr-2008     Arabian Business
A $1 billion lawsuit between Tecom Investments and a US company could hinder free trade talks between the US and the UAE, a US Congressional document shows.
Vietnam, Chile eye free trade agreement
20-Apr-2008     Viet Nam Net
Vietnam and Chile have established a joint mission to study the feasibility of a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA).
Business executives plan to stress free trade to Bush, Harper, Calderon
20-Apr-2008     Globe and Mail
Leading business executives from Canada, US and Mexico will try to rally NAFTA leaders against increasing protectionist sentiment next week by issuing a call for greater co-operation in the face of cries by Democratic presidential candidates to review free trade.
Filipino fishers JPEPA's biggest losers, says leftwing group
20-Apr-2008     Inquirer
If approved, an estimated 200,000 metric tons of tuna would be fished annually by the Japanese in Philippine waters under the agreement. This would amount to $970 million annual loses for the Philippine fisher folk sector.
Diet to open door to foreign nurses, care workers
20-Apr-2008     HDR Japan
The Diet (Japan's Parliament) is set to approve an economic partnership agreement (EPA) with Indonesia, which will open the door to foreign nurses and care workers for the first time in history, government officials said.
Emirates persists on US trade agreement
20-Apr-2008     Emirates Business 24/7
The UAE has taken a second route to an FTA with the US after failing to meet the time frame originally established by the Trade Promotion Authority granted by Congress: the Tifa-Plus (Trade and Investment Framework Agreement) process, which provides a framework for further discussions on the FTA and on short-term issues.
Handled with tact, FTAs can do what WTO can't
20-Apr-2008     China Daily
Compared with a multilateral organization like the WTO, FTAs are much more convenient for China in several aspects.
Dealing with the Proliferation of Bilateral Trade Agreements
19-Apr-2008    
In this paper, we consider the various options proposed in dealing with the spaghetti bowl, and assess their ability to do so.
US-SKorea free trade pact still in limbo after beef deal
19-Apr-2008     AFP
The United States and South Korea may have ended a longstanding row over beef but the headway seems insufficient to convince the Democratic-controlled Congress to ratify a free trade agreement between the two allies.
USTR fact sheet on opening South Korea to US beef
19-Apr-2008     USTR
The United States and Korea concluded an agreement on April 18, 2008 to fully reopen South Korea's market to all US beef and beef products irrespective of whether or not the FTA is ratified