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FTA kills! Stop negotiations with USA now!
12-Jan-2007     bangkit.net
It was an uncommon sight at the Bangunan Rawatan Utama, Universiti Malaya Medical Centre this morning, when 30-over anti US-Malaysia FTA coalition members suddenly gathered holding banners and placards at the outpatient unit lobby.
APEC 'too busy' for free trade deal, says Canberra
12-Jan-2007     The Australian
Australia has dismissed plans for an APEC free trade agreement, arguing that member countries are too busy cementing other trade deals to give it serious attention.
Turkey to initiate free trade accords with Serbia, Kosovo, Montenegro
12-Jan-2007     SEEurope
The Foreign Trade Undersecretariat will initiate free trade agreement (FTA) talks with four countries in the first half of 2007: Georgia, Montenegro, Kosovo and Serbia.
US FTA: Will we lose out, too?
11-Jan-2007     Sun2Surf
Other countries' experiences and international research have proven that signing a US FTA could be a raw deal for Malaysia.
Chavez move piles on legal, insurance risks for US companies
11-Jan-2007     Bloomberg
Unlike Paris-based Total SA or London-based BP Plc, Exxon Mobil Corp. and other US companies aren't protected by any bilateral investment treaty with Venezuela.
Malaysian rice farmers, activists, demand halt to free trade talks with US
11-Jan-2007     Sharewatch
The United States and Malaysia this week started a fourth round of talks for a free trade agreement (FTA), which Washington wants to complete before President George W Bush's trade-negotiating authority expires in June. The Coalition Against the US-Malaysia FTA delivered a memorandum to Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi calling on him to intervene, and urged transparency on the details and implications of the deal.
Triangular cooperation Mauritius-India-Africa: The Mauritian perspective
11-Jan-2007     L'Express
The Comprehensive Economic Cooperation and Partnership Agreement (CECPA) was yet again the focal point of discussions between Mauritian International Trade Minister Madun Dulloo and his Indian counterpart Kamal Nath last week in Delhi. CECPA, whilst being a powerful bilateral instrument to enhance trade and economic ties between our two countries, is also an inventive collaborative effort which will ultimately make of Mauritius the ideal step-stone on the India to Africa economic route.
Forward with the struggle to stop the EPAs
11-Jan-2007     Third World Network Africa
From 11-14 December 2006, the 9th Annual Review Meeting of the Africa Trade Network took place in Accra, Ghana. This is the final declaration that came out of the meeting.
Singapore and Morocco agree to start FTA talks
11-Jan-2007     Channel News Asia
Singapore and Morocco have agreed to start talks on a Free Trade Agreement, but only at a pace that Morocco is comfortable with.
UN body invites Pak to join Asia Pacific trade group
11-Jan-2007     Daily Times
The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific (ESCAP) of the United Nations has invited Pakistan to join the Asia Pacific Trade Agreement (APTA) suggesting that this would help its membership to other important trading blocks such as ASEAN, AFTA, BIMSTEC and SCO.