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Vietnam, Japan to continue free trade talks
20-Mar-2007     Thanh Nien News
The second round of an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) featuring a free trade agreement between Vietnam and Japan will be held in Hanoi on March 26-27.
International day of action against the Korea-US FTA and all US FTAs
20-Mar-2007    
We, the Korean Alliance against Korea-US FTA (KoA), call for an international day of joint action on Sunday, March 25, 2007. To the people struggling to stop the spread of neoliberal globalization, we ask for your solidarity and strength in stopping the Korea-US FTA and all US FTAs.
UNCTAD meeting warns of effects of bilateral, regional FTAs
20-Mar-2007     TWN
An expert meeting was held in Geneva last week on the interface between the multilateral trading system and regional trade arrangements, organized by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
FICCI seeks rationalisation of customs duties
19-Mar-2007    
Industry body Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) has demanded rationalisation of cut in peak customs duties proposed in budget 2007-08 claiming that it is affecting manufacturing of around 20 consumer durables.
PM under trade deal pressure
19-Mar-2007    
National is stepping up pressure on Prime Minister Helen Clark to elevate a trade deal to the top of her talks with United States President George Bush as Washington refuses to offer any hope of a breakthrough soon.
Economist says DR-CAFTA “will bring poverty”
19-Mar-2007    
Dr Emilio Cordero Michel has warned that the Free Trade Agreement between the United States and Central America, known as DR-CAFTA, far from being a panacea, “will only fill the Dominican Republic with poverty and problems that we will never be able to solve”.
Free trade pact is factor in confirmation of Prime Minister nominee
19-Mar-2007    
A dark cloud hung over the confirmation of prime ministerial nominee Han Duck-soo at the National Assembly yesterday.
Norway and Peru next trade targets
19-Mar-2007    
Peru and Norway are China's next target as trade partners even as the country is busy discussing free trade agreements (FTAs) with two dozen economies.
Taiwan seeks support for FTA with US
19-Mar-2007    
Taiwan's representative to the WTO, Lin Yi-fu, yesterday called for Taiwanese entrepreneurs operating in the US to help drum up US support for a free trade agreement (FTA) between the two countries.
S. Korea, US remain divided in FTA agriculture talks
19-Mar-2007    
Agriculture free trade talks between South Korea and the United States remained in a stalemate on Monday as neither side made any concessions on critical issues, South Korean negotiators said.