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Six countries could lose US trade benefits: USTR
21-Dec-2006     Reuters
Six countries -- including Brazil, India and Venezuela -- could lose duty-free access to the US market for some of their key exports under a revamped U.S. trade program signed into law on Wednesday by President George W Bush, US trade officials said.
US, Panama reach free-trade agreement: US official
20-Dec-2006     Reuters
The United States and Panama have reached a free-trade agreement in talks delayed repeatedly by agricultural issues and Panama's concern over losing control of a major Panama Canal expansion project, US trade officials said on Tuesday.
Korea claims US cancels FTA talks over beef dispute
20-Dec-2006     Cattle Network
The United States canceled scheduled free trade talks today and tomorrow after Seoul refused to discuss the ongoing beef dispute during the talks, Korean officials told Agence France Presse.
EU welcomes signing of new Central European Free Trade Agreement
20-Dec-2006     ABHaber
Prime Ministers of South Eastern European countries and territories have today signed a new Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA).
India to adopt utmost flexibility in trade talks with Nepal
20-Dec-2006     Zee News
India has decided to hand over a virtual blank cheque to Nepal as it prepares to start talks for extending the trade treaty between the two countries.
Chile, Japan to sign FTA next March: FM
20-Dec-2006     People's Daily
Chilean Foreign Minister Alejandro Foxley Rioseco said in Santiago on Monday that Chile and Japan would sign a free trade agreement (FTA) in March 2007, following the conclusion of bilateral negotiations on the issue last month.
Critique of the Japanese government's strategy to export wastes to developing countries
19-Dec-2006    
A Citizen Groups Joint Statement of Opinion to the Japanese government on the inclusion of toxic wastes in Japan's FTAs, such as JPEPA.
Services, investment to be covered by new trade deal with EU
19-Dec-2006     East African
The service sector will be included in the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Union and the East and Southern African (ESA) countries as the parties enter the final stages of agreeing on a deal.
Peru, Colombia trade deals would lock in more bad investment rules
18-Dec-2006     FPIF
The investment rules in the Colombia and Peru trade pacts with the US deserve special scrutiny. They grant protections for private foreign investors that are virtually identical to those in NAFTA, CAFTA and myriad bilateral investment treaties signed over the past two decades. And yet these countries are being pulled on board at a time of a dramatic awakening about these rules' potential for harm.
Thai-Japan FTA: Govt warned again not to rush into any trade deals
18-Dec-2006     Bangkok Post
The Thai Foreign Ministry's plan for cabinet acknowledgement today of the proposed free trade deal with Japan has raised questions from critics, including the National Economic and Social Council, which called for adequate information and time for the people and the country's legislative body to study its impact.