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GCC FTAs: Dead ends or new beginnings?
15-May-2007     MENAFN
What do the Gulf Cooperation Council countries want from FTAs?
Bipartisan trade deal: full text
14-May-2007     Committee on Ways and Means
Full text of the bipartisan trade deal reached between the US' Democrat-led Congress and the Bush Administration
Japan, Switzerland launch FTA talks
14-May-2007     Ohmynews
Switzerland is the first European country with which Japan negotiates an FTA.
Agreement on 'Trade in Goods' in the proposed ASEAN-Japan economic pact to be finalized November
13-May-2007     Balita Organization
On the contentious issue of transboundary movement of toxic waste, which inclusion in the JPEPA had caused an uproar locally, Philippine Trade Secretary Peter B Favila said it is likely that the same provision would be carried in the Japan-ASEAN trade deal.
Letter from Lebanon: Farmers risk losing big
13-May-2007     Scoop
As Lebanon heads down the fast track to trade liberalisation, some commentators are predicting a devastating impact on small-holder farmers. Unable even to sell produce on the Lebanese market let alone for export, farmers are painfully unprepared to compete with subsidised imports. Yet little is being done to fortify the agricultural industry as the fruits of major bilateral and multilateral free trade agreements (FTAs) and liberalising reforms loom on the near horizon.
Bipartisan trade deal: USTR "fact sheets"
13-May-2007     USTR
Korea hopeful of trade pact with India by Dec
12-May-2007     Moneycontrol India
South Korea hopes to wrap up a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) with India by December 2007. The CEPA would encompass trade in goods and services and investment.
Ecuador maintains no to free trade with the US
12-May-2007    
The visit of US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte to Ecuador has reconfirmed the government of Rafael Correa's rejection of negotiating a free trade agreement with Washington, reported Prensa Latina.
Teamsters oppose trade deal that sells out American workers
12-May-2007     International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa released the following statement today about new trade policy guidelines forged by House Democratic leaders in Congress and the Bush administration:
Duty free bloc lifts value of Comesa trade to Sh420bn
12-May-2007    
Trade among the 19 Comesa member states is currently worth more than Sh420 billion.