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Japan, Chile reach basic agreement on free trade
21-Sep-2006    
Japan and Chile have agreed on a bilateral free trade pact, a Foreign Ministry official said Thursday.
Japan trade talks set to start
21-Sep-2006    
The Federal Government has flagged the possibility of negotiations for a free trade agreement with Japan, beginning in December.
The Philippine struggle against neoliberal globalization
21-Sep-2006    
A PowerPoint file presented at the FTA Workshop in Bangkok on July 28, 2006.
Trade agreements for the future, not the past
21-Sep-2006     Hankyoreh
Politicians tend to be very backward looking people. They are usually the last to notice important trends and to recognize the ways in which the world is changing. Perhaps this is why many politicians in South Korea place such a high priority on a new trade agreement with the United States.
Rough trade: the Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement
21-Sep-2006     Canadian Business
The Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA), signed 10 years ago, has some discouraging lessons to offer would-be bilateralists. And lesson No. 1 would be: Don't expect such agreements to boost trade.
US expresses support for transatlantic free trade zone
21-Sep-2006     MSNBC
Susan Schwab, US trade representative, on Wednesday welcomed the news that Germany was considering reviving plans for a transatlantic single market, saying these were unlikely to clash with attempts to relaunch the Doha round of multilateral trade talks.
EU-US free trade agreement mooted in Berlin
21-Sep-2006     EU Observer
Centre-right members of the German government are in favour of closer economic ties between the EU and the US, possibly resulting in a free trade agreement.
US still hopeful of free trade agreement
20-Sep-2006     Business Week
The impact of Thailand's coup on negotiations on a free trade agreement with the United States wasn't immediately clear, but Washington still hoped to secure a pact when democracy is restored, the top US trade official said on Wednesday.
US likely to want autos out of trade deal: sources
20-Sep-2006     Hankyoreh
The US is likely to push for the exclusion of its automobile industry from the ongoing negotiations on a proposed free trade agreement (FTA) with South Korea, trade sources said.
Rice, Caribbean diplomats to discuss trade deal at UN gathering
20-Sep-2006     IHT
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and foreign ministers from the Caribbean Community will discuss a possible new free trade deal at UN headquarters next week, officials said Tuesday.