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NZ wants FTA talks with Japan
25-Apr-2007     Japan Today
New Zealand farm minister Jim Anderton expressed hope Tuesday that Japan will start talks to conclude a free trade agreement with the country after completing its recently commenced FTA negotiations with Australia.
The Free Trade Agreement between Colombia and the United States should be rejected by the respective Congresses of both nations
25-Apr-2007     Mingas
Open letter to US Congress, signed by hundreds of Colombia organizations
Questions States must ask about EPAs
25-Apr-2007     AllAfrica.com
There have been myriad commentaries on the ongoing negotiations on Economic Partnership Agreements between the European Union and the African, Caribbean and Pacific countries. The first thing in these debates is the jargon and how much a regular member of our communities would not understand. It's about time that those who know anything about trade and economic agreements explained this agreement to the rest in simple 'Wanjiku' language.
Peru, Colombia and Panama lobby for US free-trade pacts
25-Apr-2007     Miami Herald
As crunch time nears, Peru, Colombia and Panama have embarked on a nearly unprecedented lobbying effort to salvage their free-trade agreements with Washington.
EU: Conclusions on the recommendations to open negotiations with countries of ASEAN, India and South Korea
25-Apr-2007    
The EU Council, and the Representatives of the Member States meeting within the Council, officially gave the Commission "the green light" to start FTA negotiations with India, Korea and ASEAN.
JPEPA: The Philippine fall into the IPR bilateral trap
25-Apr-2007     SEARICE
The Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement poses serious questionable intellectual property provisions which ultimately undermine the rights of Filipino farmers, communities and the public in general.
Fear of dumping
25-Apr-2007     The Star
Rice farmers in northern Peninsular Malaysia have another reason to call on the Government to quit the on-going Free Trade Agreement negotiations with the United States. Besides the concern over highly subsidised US rice competing with locally produced rice, there is fear of the US dumping the Liberty Link 601 (LL601) contaminated rice here.
Moroka off for EPA talks
24-Apr-2007    
Botswana's Ministry of Trade and Industry has announced that the Minister, Neo Moroka, leaves for South Africa today for the Southern African Development Community (SADC) trade talks.
Bush, Peru's Garcia press for congressional passage of US-Peruvian free trade pact
24-Apr-2007    
President George W Bush and his guest from Peru, President Alan Garcia, urged the Congress on Monday to pass the pending US-Peruvian free trade agreement.
Malaysia won't hasten FTA negotiations with US
24-Apr-2007    
Malaysia considers a free trade agreement (FTA) with the US to be "a serious concern" and that is why it does not want to be rushed into wrapping up the negotiations, International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz stressed, Tuesday.