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EU-Brazil: Commission proposes Strategic Partnership
31-May-2007     EUROPA
The European Commission proposes to address trade and investment issues of specific bilateral relevance between the EU and Brazil that complement EU-Mercosur FTA discussions.
Korean trade agreement: Threat to public health
31-May-2007     News Release Wire
The US-Korea Free Trade Agreement (KORUS) continues the practice of corporate hijacking global trade negotiations to the benefit of transnational drug and tobacco companies, and at the expense of people's health. It threatens core protections for public health, long under fire from NAFTA's notorious Chapter 11.
US complicit in labor abuse
31-May-2007     Argus Leader Media
Why would the business community be applauding an agreement that guaranteed workers' rights in FTAs -- something they'd been fighting against for years? Because they'd been given assurances, relative to American workers, "that the labor provisions cannot be read to require compliance with ILO Conventions."
Korea: No more free downloads of music after FTA
31-May-2007     AsiaMedia
The Korea-US free trade agreement (FTA) means a lot more than the simple scrapping of tariffs. The full text of the pact released by the government showed that the strengthened protection on intellectual property rights will affect our daily lives.
Poisonous articles on IPR chapter in Korea-US FTA (eg. shutting down internet sites)
31-May-2007    
We are very worried about the Korea-US FTA's IPR chapter and its confirmation letters. They have very dangerous things which the former US FTA didn't have. If this Korea US FTA is passed, then the US will request other countries to include these things in the following FTA.
Positive headway made on FTA with European Union.: Humayun Akhtar Khan
30-May-2007    
Minister for commerce Humayun Akhtar Khan has said rise and fall in trade deficit is part of government policies and commerce ministry has no role behind it.
Don't forget to read the trade deal's fine print
30-May-2007    
It's a trade negotiator's nightmare. The Costa Rican Supreme Court has announced plans to review the United States-Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) to assess the impact of that agreement upon civil liberties and human rights.
Minority opinion
30-May-2007    
It remains unclear to me what the advantages of being part of the Saarc grouping are over entering into bilateral relations with each individual Saarc country instead. I have always like the concept of Bimstec instead.
China, India to advance feasibility research on regional trade arrangement
30-May-2007    
Chinese and Indian trade officials will meet in Beijing next month to discuss the viability of initiating a regional trade arrangement, Ministry of Commerce spokesman Wang Xinpei said on Wednesday at a regular press conference.
Merchandise FTA with five ASEAN countries to take effect next month
30-May-2007    
A merchandise free trade agreement between South Korea and five member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will take effect on June 1, officials said Wednesday.