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Thailand finds formula to settle rice dispute with SKorea, officials say
23-Aug-2007     IHT
Thailand has found a way to settle a dispute over rice with South Korea, allowing it to eventually join a free-trade deal between fellow Southeast Asian countries and Seoul, officials said Thursday.
Abe: India on FTA fast track
23-Aug-2007     Japan Times
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called Wednesday for the rapid completion of a free-trade agreement with India and pledged to help finance a $90 billion freight corridor to spur a doubling of investment in the South Asian nation.
The swell of boycott
23-Aug-2007     New Matilda
The Irish Congress of Trade Unions has called for divestment from Israeli companies: a campaign aimed at the European Union, which accounts for two-thirds of Israel's exports under an EU-Israel Association Agreement. The UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Jean Ziegler, has said that human rights conditions in the agreement should be invoked and Israel's trading preferences suspended. This is unusual, for these were once distant voices.
Clouds loom despite Swiss-US trade boom
23-Aug-2007     swissinfo
The biggest trade storm of late between the US and Switzerland has been the failure to establish a free trade agreement between the two countries. Negotiations broke down last year over agriculture.
ASEAN ministers to finalise FTAs with Japan, China
23-Aug-2007     Reuters
Southeast Asian economic ministers will finalise a blueprint for economic cooperation in the region and push free trade deals with six dialogue partners at a weekend meeting in Manila
APEC eyes merging trade pacts in region to create APEC-wide FTA
23-Aug-2007     Kyodo
Pacific Rim leaders are expected at their summit next month to consider combining existing bilateral and regional free trade agreements in the region as a way of creating a Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific, according to a draft report of policy recommendations to the leaders.
Tamaki Makaurau Declaration against corporate control and for global justice
23-Aug-2007     Our World Is Not For Sale
A declaration for organisations to sign-on to about the negative effects of a New Zealand-US free trade agreement.
University students protest tribunal resolution on CAFTA campaigns
23-Aug-2007     Tico Times
Students from the University of Costa Rica and National University organized the protest against a Supreme Elections Tribunal resolution of July 12 which said that university personnel, like other public officials, cannot use public resources to campaign for or against the Central American Free-Trade Agreement with the United States (CAFTA).
FTA between Pakistan and South Africa to boost trade urged
23-Aug-2007     APP
A Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Pakistan and South Africa is necessary to boost trade and investments between the two countries according to Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Peru-Mexico to negotiate free trade agreement (FTA) in September
22-Aug-2007     LIP
Peru and Mexico will begin negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on September 17. Because Peru's agricultural products do not directly compete with Mexican products, it is hoped that agreements will be reached.