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Chief US negotiator likens South Korean-US trade process to dating
7-Dec-2006     MSU
Wendy Cutler, the chief negotiator of a proposed free trade agreement with South Korea, told an audience at Montana State University Tuesday that the process is much like dating -- both countries were ready to find out how compatible they could be on trade issues.
Workers protest US, S Korea FTA
7-Dec-2006     NDTV
Thousands of farmers and factory workers took to the streets of Seoul on Wednesday to protest against a free trade agreement (FTA) between South Korea and the US.
S. Korean prime minister says FTA with EU is mandatory, not optional
7-Dec-2006     Yonhap
A free trade agreement betwen South Korea and the European Union (EU) is mandatory, not optional, South Korean Prime Minister Han Myeong-sook said Wednesday.
A US-Middle East trade agreement: A circle of opportunity?
6-Dec-2006     Peterson Institute
In 2003 President George W Bush proposed a US-Middle East free trade agreement (FTA) to bring “an expanding circle of opportunity” to the region. This new book from the Peterson Institute examines whether an FTA can achieve this goal and the trajectory for a likely agreement.
South-South strategic alternatives to the global economic system and power regime
6-Dec-2006     TNI
An exciting development is the number of new South-South inter-governmental alliances that are emerging to defend their interests and challenge the bias of the current global trade and investment regime.
US-India MoU on IPR (2006)
6-Dec-2006    
Rights Commission urges end to FTA protest ban
6-Dec-2006     Chosun Ilbo
Korea's National Human Rights Commission recommended Tuesday that the police lift a ban on a protests against a free trade agreement between Korea and the US.
China's grand plans for Africa a two-way trade
6-Dec-2006     AllAfrica.com
Trade with China is likely to become an increasingly politically sensitive issue for a number of countries on the continent. That is because China is essentially buying the continent's oil and minerals and selling back manufactured goods, a type of relationship redolent of a colonial one and similar to most of Africa's existing trade relations with Europe and the US.
Senators in no rush to OK RP-Japan pact
6-Dec-2006     INQ7
The Philippine Senate isn't keen on convening the committee of the whole to tackle the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) this month, further setting back the ratification of the economic deal.
Old trade beefs to resurface at ACP meet
6-Dec-2006     IPS
Not many Caribbean leaders are expected to attend the two-day summit of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group starting in Sudan Thursday, but the region will follow its agenda quite keenly, including a proposed Economic Partnership Agreement with the European Union and a new threat to its ailing banana industry.