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Uruguay marches on free trade scam
22-Sep-2006     Prensa Latina
Hundreds of Uruguayan workers marched July 18 in front of the Economy Ministry in this capital to reject signing of a US free trade treaty.
Japanese Cabinet OKs Chile trade pact
22-Sep-2006     AP
Japan's Cabinet approved a bilateral free trade pact with Chile on Friday, an official said.
Colombia sees free-trade deal with Chile signed on Nov 27
21-Sep-2006    
Colombia and Chile will sign a free-trade agreement on Nov. 27 instead of in January as originally announced because negotiations are going faster than expected, President Alvaro Uribe said in New York on Thursday.
Mercosur, EU to resume trade talks in October
21-Sep-2006    
South America's Mercosur bloc will resume negotiations with the European Union on a free trade deal in late October, following the suspension of talks last year, Brazil's Foreign Ministry said Thursday.
Uruguayan workers strike for pay hikes, against U.S. trade deal
21-Sep-2006    
Uruguay Labor groups demanding higher wages and an end to Uruguayan efforts for a trade deal with Washington walked off the job for four hours on Thursday, though public transport ran normally and shops and offices stayed open.
S. Korean trade deal will cost jobs: CAW
21-Sep-2006    
A free-trade deal Ottawa is negotiating with South Korea could cost Canada up to 33,000 jobs -- including 4,000 in the auto industry -- this country's largest private sector union warned yesterday.
Japan, Persian Gulf nations hold first meeting to discuss free trade deal
21-Sep-2006    
Japan and six Middle Eastern countries including Saudi Arabia on Thursday began the first round of talks on a free trade agreement, a Japanese Foreign Ministry official said.
Smelters return home from Lanka
21-Sep-2006    
A majority of Indian secondary copper smelters based in Sri Lanka are winding up their operations in that country because of economic problem as well as threat perception over local environmental issues.
Political parties flip-flop over US-SK FTA
21-Sep-2006    
Regarding the proposed South Korea-US free trade agreement (FTA), the true "stance" of the nation's two main political parties seems to be, "if it succeeds, we are for it. If it fails, we are against it".
International court rules in favor of Hungary in Telenor case
21-Sep-2006    
The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) has ruled in favor of the State of Hungary in a case brought against it by Norwegian telco Telenor, business daily Világgazdaság reported on Monday.