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Steel boss sounds alarm on China FTA
31-Jul-2006    
The head of Australia's biggest steel maker, BlueScope Steel, has questioned the value of a free-trade deal with China and urged the Federal Government to even up tariffs on steel traded between the countries.
India says ASEAN-India free trade talks not dead
31-Jul-2006    
Trade talks between India and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations are very much alive, despite reports that they they have been suspended, an Indian minister said Thursday.
PR firm hired to push FTA
31-Jul-2006    
Taiwan has hired a US public relations firm to push the US to sign a free-trade agreement with Taipei, a Taiwanese radio network reported yesterday.
Expert panel wants India, Japan economic pact to get cracking
30-Jul-2006     Financial Express
A joint study group, which was set up during the Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visit to India in 2005, has given the green signal for having a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) between India and Japan.
Coalition mourns one year of CAFTA, calls for trade with justice
30-Jul-2006     Stop CAFTA Coalition
One year after the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) narrowly passed in the US House of Representatives, the agreement has failed to live up to its supporters' claims.
Fighting the US-South Korea free trade agreement
28-Jul-2006     S&L
Participants in the growing movement inside South Korea who are opposed to the proposed U.S.-South Korea Free Trade Agreement held demonstrations in Washington, D.C. during the first week of June while negotiations were being conducted.
Tanzania's multi-block membership reaffirmed by SADC
28-Jul-2006     People's Daily
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has okayed Tanzania's multi-regional block membership, thus paying the way for the east African country to remain in SADC with its East African Community affiliation.
RI-Japan trade deal waiting on new law
28-Jul-2006    
Trade Minister Mari Elka Pengestu says the government cannot sign a much-awaited Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with Japan by the year's end unless the House of Representatives speeds up the passage of the new investment bill.
India denies FTA talks deadlock
28-Jul-2006     Gulf Daily News
India's Commerce and Industry Ministry said yesterday free trade talks with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations were still on and officials from both sides were likely to submit fresh proposals soon.
New Zealand optimistic of sealing FTA with M'sia soon
28-Jul-2006     Bernama
New Zealand is optimistic of concluding a Free Trade Agreement with Malaysia soon, its foreign minister, Winston Peters, said today.