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On free trade, Democrats and Bush can't even agree on facts
24-Jul-2007    
Free-trade agreements can create new opportunities for consumers and exporters, but making them law isn't always easy.
End to US FTA talks won't affect trade, says commerce chief
24-Jul-2007    
The current level of trade between the United States and Thailand will not be negatively affected if Washington ends the free trade area (FTA) negotiations with Thailand as previously reported, according to Permanent Secretary for Commerce Karun Kittisathaporn.
Korea, Russia agree to pilot FTA talks
24-Jul-2007     Chosun Ilbo
Korea has agreed with Russia to launch study group talks on a bilateral free trade agreement in September.
Africans fear 'ruin' in Europe trade talks
24-Jul-2007     AllAfrica.com
African governments, policy analysts, regional economic groups and civil society organizations are increasingly speaking with one voice: the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) now being hammered out between Europe and the ACP countries must be significantly modified to safeguard those countries' prospects for development.
Discontent Down Under: US officials say free-trade pact has been a great success, but Australians are unhappy
24-Jul-2007     IATP
Much of the criticism in Australia focuses on the fact that the pact mandates changes in Australian laws that reflect US traditions, but not Australian traditions.
Ma: better ties with China needed for FTA with the US
23-Jul-2007    
Kuomintang (KMT) presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou says the government should improve ties with China first if Taiwan wants to sign a free trade agreement with the US.
Fish exporters set conditions for EPAs
23-Jul-2007    
With barely five months to go before the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) come into force, it is still unclear whether agreements in the negotiations will be reached.
Free trade pact with US is unlikely, Asean official says
23-Jul-2007    
The 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations probably will not reach a free trade agreement with the United States, Secretary General Ong Keng Yong said Monday in Singapore.
Guiding ourselves by the African stars
23-Jul-2007    
What does the “grand debate” about a United States of Africa have to do with the fate of SA's provinces?
New trade deals: Africa to lose out as EU gains
23-Jul-2007    
As Africa's leaders met in Accra, Ghana, last week to consider ways of consolidating continental unity through increased trade, pertinent questions were being raised over the impact that a new trade arrangement between the European Union and the 75-member ACP trading bloc will have on regional integration.