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Slowing the free-trade bulldozer
1-Dec-2006     TomPaine
Long a bipartisan crusade in Washington, “free trade” is now set to face some overdue opposition. And there's no better time to start the rumble than in the lame duck session of Congress.
US, Lebanon ink framework deal to foster bilateral trade
1-Dec-2006     Daily Star
Shaun Donnelly, assistant US trade representative for Europe and the Middle East, and Lebanese Minister of Economy and Trade Sami Haddad signed a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) on Wednesday to provide a forum for expanding and strengthening bilateral trade and investment relations between the two countries.
S. Korean artists oppose talks with US for free trade deal
1-Dec-2006     Yonhap
Dozens of South Korean artists took to the streets Friday to oppose a free trade deal with the United States, adding their voice to protests just days before the trade talks were to resume.
Israel mulls FTA with India
1-Dec-2006     Business Standard
Israel is considering a free trade agreement (FTA) with India to reach a bilateral trade target of $5 billion, deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade and Industry Eliyahu Yishai has said.
Japanese farmers oppose FTA with Australia
1-Dec-2006     ABC
Australia's proposed Free Trade Agreement with Japan is facing stiff opposition from Japanese farmers. The deal, if finalised, would be Australia's largest bilateral trade agreement, and could open the traditionally closed Japanese market to Australian agricultural products. But Japanese farmers say the deal puts their futures at risk.
EU seeks to complete trade deals in two years
1-Dec-2006     European Voice
The European Commission hopes to complete bilateral trade agreements with South Korea, India and ten south-east Asian countries within two years at the latest, according to negotiating mandates for trade agreements which it is expected to adopt on 6 December.
Cindy Sheehan & Medea Benjamin leading delegation to South Korea
1-Dec-2006    
American peace activists Cindy Sheehan and Medea Benjamin are leading a delegation of U.S. peace and social justice activists to South Korea to oppose the expansion of Camp Humphrey, the US military base in Pyeongtaek, South Korea and to protest the proposed Korea-US Free Trade Agreement.
One-Way St: Solve market access issues on bilateral basis, says US
30-Nov-2006     Economic Times
While the US has ruled out the possibility of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with India, it is prepared to sort out market access issues with the country on a bilateral basis.
Free trade deal may fast track nanotech
30-Nov-2006     ABC
Australia may be forced to rush through inadequately tested and unsafe medical nanotherapies because of its free trade agreement with the US, a health technology regulation expert says.
The mass people's resistance against KorUS FTA has started - KoA
29-Nov-2006     KoA
The Korean government repression that began on November 22nd is continuing to spread like a forest fire. However, the people's struggle to block the KorUS FTA will not end here.