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India FTA likely by December
15-Sep-2007     Bangkok Post
India and Thailand plan to finally sign a free-trade agreement by the end of this year, which could bring an end to talks that have dragged on for years
Peru free trade agreement set to move in House after delays
15-Sep-2007     Bloomberg
The long-delayed free trade agreement between the US and Peru is heading for approval in US Congress next month. AFL-CIO, the country's largest labor federation, testified this week that it won't support the agreement, but won't work to defeat it, either.
Bosnia faces tough choices over free trade
15-Sep-2007     BIRN
Bosnian opponents of CEFTA -- the Central European Free Trade Agreement -- argue that the country's agriculture and food industries are not yet ready to compete with their neighbors.
Differing motives propel India and US to finalize nuclear agreement
15-Sep-2007     World Socialist Web Site
India and the United States simultaneously released the text of a 22-page treaty that stipulates the terms under which the two countries will trade civilian nuclear fuel and technology. The fact is that the two sides are approaching the agreement with differing and even contradictory strategic agendas.
Senators slam ‘fuzzy' gov't presentation of JPEPA
15-Sep-2007     INQUIRER.net
Philippine government officials are having a hard time justifying the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement to the Senate
Roux still in limbo
15-Sep-2007     Namibia Economist
The fate of the Meatco researcher, who got suspended for expressing a sceptical opinion on the EU-SADC Economic Partnership Agreement negotiations in May, is yet to be decided.
Mass mobilizations mark the first Senate hearing on JPEPA
15-Sep-2007     APL
A crowd of more than 300 laborers, farmers, fishers, and environmentalists from the Magkaisa Junk JPEPA Coalition today called on the Senators of the 14th Congress to look beyond the rosy projections and government hype surrounding the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA), and to carefully assess its short-term and long-term implications.
South Korea, EU to hold 3rd round of free trade talks in Brussels
14-Sep-2007     Yonhap
South Korean officials say they hope to reach a deal by the end of this year.
US wants Panama Congress chair out
13-Sep-2007     Prensa Latina
The US is stepping up pressure to remove the president of Panama's National Assembly, who it claims killed a US marine, so that the case will not block passage of the US-Panama FTA.
EU waiting for right political climate to seal Syria accord
13-Sep-2007     AFP
A senior European Parliament official said on Wednesday that the EU and Syria were waiting for the political climate to improve to allow the signing of an association agreement. The accord, on which the two sides completed negotiations in October 2004 but which needs ratification, aims to set up a free-trade zone by 2010.