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Iran-Armenia FTA (1995)
8-Aug-2007    
Mercosur-Venezuela: Integration - Easier said than done
7-Aug-2007     IPS
Above and beyond the political rhetoric in favour of South American integration, Mercosur and Venezuela have not eliminated their mutual suspicions, which are delaying Venezuela's admission to the trade bloc as the fifth full member
CARICOM, CentAm to discuss free trade agreement
7-Aug-2007     New Kerala
Countries from Central America and the Caribbean will come together to discuss a free trade agreement
“Free trade” to deepen poverty and inequality in Southeast Asia
7-Aug-2007     APL
Statement of the Asia-Europe Peoples Campaign vs. FTAs on the 40th ASEAN Minister's Meeting in Manila (July 30-August 2, 2007)
Pakistan hopes for US action on trade zones
7-Aug-2007     Reuters
Pakistan wants the United States to pass legislation on "reconstruction opportunity zones" that would allow it and Afghanistan to export textiles, clothing and other goods without paying US duties.
KMP calls for junking of RP-China economic agreements
7-Aug-2007     KMP
The RP-China agricultural agreement, for example, provides China with the capability to produce food using Philippine territorial lands and waters.This would inevitably mean massive displacement of peasants from their lands, and the crops to be planted are not for Filipino consumption but for export to China.
South Pacific, European Union aid funds wrangle ends
6-Aug-2007     IHT
Samoa's Deputy Prime Minister said the Pacific trade ministers "have had some schooling and know how to read English. It is untrue that the Pacific misinterpreted the meaning (of the EC warning)."
ASEAN hype
6-Aug-2007     Bulatlat
The press releases churned out about the 40th Ministerial Meeting of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the annual ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) last week give the impression that ASEAN is well on the way to becoming a formidable economic bloc and a force to reckon with in the geopolitical landscape. Nothing could be farther from the truth.
El Salvador to sign FTA with three countries
6-Aug-2007     People's Daily
El Salvador's President Elias Antonio Saca will travel this coming week to Colombia to sign a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras
ALBA = real fair trade
6-Aug-2007     Green Left
At the APEC protests in September, while APEC leaders discuss new ways to exploit poor countries and increase profits for rich countries, we should demand our own ALBA-style agreement for the Asia Pacific as a way to build a world based on justice and equality.