4-Apr-2008
Business leaders are optimistic that the free trade agreement with China will be comprehensive and have quicker phaseout periods for tariffs than a similar pact New Zealand signed with Thailand in 2005.
3-Apr-2008
A U.S. congressional aide expressed distrust of the pending free trade agreement (FTA) with South Korea, claiming Wednesday it does not eliminate trade barriers, especially on beef and autos.
2-Apr-2008
Bangkok Post
While the government moves to strengthen Thailand's global position through free-trade agreements, more efforts are needed to consider the environmental impact of increased industrial activity.
2-Apr-2008
The US and China have agreed to implement a new bilateral food safety system by initially focusing on four product categories, said FDA officials.
1-Apr-2008
The Dominican Republic and Guatemala are the only two countries in DR-CAFTA that have not been able to access money from the Millennium Account due to internal issues.
1-Apr-2008
The Korean government made yet another plea to local assemblymen to pass the much-disputed free trade agreement with the United States before the National Assembly session ends in May, calling the inability to ratify the pact in both countries "very regrettable". But the bill, signed on April 2 one year ago, faces diminishing hopes. Legislators in both countries are dragging their feet amid upcoming elections, rural American voters are demanding the resumption of U.S. beef imports to Korea and the U.S. Congress is struggling with the ratification of other FTAs.
1-Apr-2008
Fiji Times
Senior trade officials from around the Pacific region will finalise trade deals as an extension to the existing Pacific Islands Countries Trade Agreement by October.
1-Apr-2008
IGJ
Statement from the Institute for Global Justice in Indonesia
1-Apr-2008
In apartheid days, support for rugby tours used to be called "building bridges".
Opponents, among them today's Prime Minister, thought sports boycotts more likely to effect change. The argument spilled into the streets in 1981.
