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Mercosur and EU willing to compromise on trade
6-Nov-2006     MercoPress
Mercosur and European Union delegates begin Monday a two days meeting in Rio do Janeiro with the purpose of re-launching negotiations for a free trade agreement.
A citizen's guide to an emerging empire
6-Nov-2006     Aotearoa Indymedia
This article is an introduction or guide to PICTA, PACER and the WTO in the Pacific. The 'guide' gives readers basic knowledge of both trade agreements and the stepping stone function they provide towards the WTO re-colonising the Pacific.
Fair Trade statement on JPEPA
6-Nov-2006     Fair Trade Alliance
We, at the Fair Trade Alliance (FTA), bewail the lack of transparency in the way the executive branch of the Philippine government is crafting the JPEPA.
China, Africa set up new partnership, sign trade deals
6-Nov-2006     AFP
China and Africa have signed trade deals worth 1.9 billion dollars on the final day of a historic summit that saw the Asian giant deepen economic and political ties with the resource-rich continent.
US wants APEC-wide free trade pact: report
5-Nov-2006     Khaleej Times
The United States has sounded out its Asian and Pacific partners on the possibility of creating a regional free trade agreement as a ‘middle- and long-term' objective, a press report said on Sunday.
KMP threatens boycott of Japanese products: Farmers' group urges Japan not to push through with JPEPA
5-Nov-2006     Business Mirror
The Japanese government will send its big commercial fishing vessels to the Philippines' most productive fishing grounds in search of yellowfin tuna and skip jack instead of importing it directly from the Philippines under the controversial trade pact between the two countries.
Thailand negotiating FTA w/ Peru
4-Nov-2006     Thais News
Thailand will press forward in negotiating the free trade area (FTA) agreement with Peru, hoping to promote the export sector and create gateways to Brazil and Argentina.
Panelists want eight more FTAs, no farm snags
4-Nov-2006     Japan Times
Four private-sector members of Japan's key governmental economic panel insist that Tokyo should triple the number of its FTA partners in two years.
US-Malaysia trade talks may not meet US deadline -- US official
4-Nov-2006     Forbes
Malaysia and the United States have made good progress towards forging a free trade deal, but negotiations may fail to meet Washington's deadline to sign a pact, a senior US trade official said.
JPEPA will allow Japan to exploit RP's tuna resources--group
3-Nov-2006     PDI
A militant coalition of fishermen groups protested the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) as it will allow Japanese transnational fishing companies to corner the country's tuna resources.