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Lee to link US beef import to visa waiver
17-Apr-2008     Korea Times
President Lee Myung-bak is expected to promise a full opening of the domestic beef market to the United States in exchange for U.S. authorization of South Koreans to tour the United States under the Visa Waiver Program (VWP).
EU Free Trade Agreements Manual
17-Apr-2008     Oxfam GB
Eight briefings on the European Union's approach to Free Trade Agreements published jointly by ActionAid, Christian Aid, and Oxfam
New free trade accord with China soon: Musharraf
17-Apr-2008     Dawn
President Pervez Musharraf said on Tuesday that Pakistan and China were close to signing another Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on trade and services that would further boost their economic and commercial ties.
New Zealand-China FTA (2008)
17-Apr-2008     NZ-China FTA website
Arroyo can't pressure Senate on JPEPA--Senator Pia Cayetano
16-Apr-2008     PDI
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo should not be pressuring the Senate to ratify the controversial Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA), Senator Pia Cayetano said Wednesday. "Anyone attending the hearings on JPEPA would have concluded that this agreement has so many loopholes and that the government panel miserably failed to secure terms favorable to Filipinos."
Industry group urges Congress to unfreeze Colombia trade agreement
16-Apr-2008     Market Wire
The United States Council for International Business (USCIB) called on Congressional leaders to approve the trade pact claiming considerable progress in Colombian government efforts to protect trade unionists.
Eight reasons to reject the JPEPA
16-Apr-2008     IBON
The Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) can be best described in three words: unequal, defeatist and destructive. Recent government propaganda, however, has been trying to depict the JPEPA as an indispensable agreement-- even as the country is currently reeling from a food crisis brought about by the same neoliberal framework that JPEPA was designed from. A statement from IBON.
Egypt to discuss FTA with India
15-Apr-2008     Hindu Bussiness Line
Egypt on Tuesday said it would explore the possibility of a Free Trade Agreement with India to boost trade and investment between the two countries.
S Korea, EU to meet next week for FTA talks
15-Apr-2008     Trading Markets
Top trade officials from South Korea and the European Union (EU) plan to meet in Japan next week to discuss how both sides will carry out the ongoing free trade negotiations
Australian trade minister to visit China for FTA negotiation resumption
15-Apr-2008     Trading Markets
Australian Trade Minister Simon Crean said China has agreed to unfreeze negotiations