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Malaysia says FTA deal with US cannot be completed before July deadline
17-Jan-2007     IHT
A free trade pact with the United States is unlikely to be concluded before a July 1 deadline because of differences over opening up services and Malaysian government contracts, the trade minister said Wednesday.
SK-US free trade deal would violate 169 Korean laws: critics
17-Jan-2007     Hankyoreh
The Korean government has already promised to the US to revise some of the laws. Cases in point are the fair trade law and the labor law. It will also have to rewrite Korea's copyright act and patent regulations, and revise domestic law on taxation and real estate.
Rafidah skirting main FTA issues
17-Jan-2007    
International Trade and Industry Minister Rafidah Aziz has not addressed the main concerns surrounding the US-Malaysia Free Trade Agreement (FTA), claimed a regional grouping of fishermen and farmers today.
In Colombia, free trade means murder and migration
16-Jan-2007     New America Media
If ratified by Congress, the US-Colombia Free Trade Agreement, which President Bush and Colombian President Alvaro Uribe signed in mid-November, could lead to more hydropower and mining projects in Colombia -- and more displacement and violence.
Thousands of protesters voice opposition to FTA amid bolstered police presence
16-Jan-2007     Yonhap
Thousands of farmers, workers and progressive lawmakers gathered Tuesday afternoon in downtown Seoul to protest ongoing free trade talks between South Korea and the United States, threatening to march to the site of the negotiations despite police warnings.
Japan, Vietnam kick off FTA talks
16-Jan-2007     Forbes
Japan and Vietnam began free trade talks in Tokyo, an official said Tuesday, following an agreement last year between the leaders of the two countries.
UAE free trade agreement with US at risk
16-Jan-2007     AXcess News
Free trade negotiations between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the United States is at risk of unraveling if an agreement can not be reached next month, UAE government officials said Monday. US oil and gas exploration and development companies stand to lose billions if the Bush administration cannot work it out in time.
Anti-FTA groups stage rally
15-Jan-2007     Korea Times
Civic groups and labor unions staged a series of rallies against the Korea-U.S. free trade agreement (FTA) as new round of FTA talks opened Monday. The anti-FTA groups estimated at about 2 million people will also have a large-scale protest at downtown Seoul on Tuesday.
Unbundling water from land
15-Jan-2007     Online Opinion
In excluding water from GATS but not from the Australia-US FTA, we have simply swapped one lot of water lords for another.
Progessive lawmakers go on hunger strike opposing FTA
15-Jan-2007     Yonhap
Nine progressive lawmakers went on a hunger strike Monday against the free trade talks between Seoul and Washington as the two sides began the sixth round of the negotiations.