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FTAs may not be worth their weight, says academic
20-Jul-2006     Bangkok Post
Thailand's benefits from bilateral free trade agreements (FTAs) may not be worth the cost, according to an academic.
Chilean legislators ratify FTA with China
20-Jul-2006     People's Daily
Legislators in Chile's lower house of Congress on Wednesday approved a free trade agreement with China. The agreement, China's first with a Latin American nation, now passes to the Senate for final ratification.
Guiterrez holds talks with Kuwaiti officials
19-Jul-2006     Arab Times
US Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez met today with HH the Amir of Kuwait to discuss the Kuwaiti-American commercial dialogue and Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA).
Pakistan to sign FTAs with Singapore, China, Malaysia
19-Jul-2006     Reuters
Pakistan will sign free trade agreements (FTA) with Singapore, China and Malaysia by the end of 2006, the country's commerce minister said on Tuesday.
Dreaming of a different kind of FTA
19-Jul-2006     Hankyoreh
NGOs such as the Oxford Committee for Famine Relief suggest a new FTA as an alternative of unfair trade situations. The new FTA is not a free trade agreement, but rather a "fair trade agreement."
FTA stalemate derails plan for Malaysian pact
19-Jul-2006     Economic Times
The standoff between India and the Asean over the proposed Free Trade Agreement (FTA) has started rubbing over to India's bilateral relations with individual Asean members.
Still no deal to get Russia into WTO
19-Jul-2006     San Francisco Chronicle
The United States is the sole remaining large WTO member that hasn't signed a bilateral pre-admission deal with Russia.
DR and Panama make advances on a commerce treaty
19-Jul-2006     Dominican Today
Dominican ambassador in Panama, Virgilio Alvarez Bonilla, affirmed that governments from both nations are making advances in the negotiations of a Free Trade Agreement, which in his esteem, will be ready to be implemented by the beginning of next year.
Michaud leads fight against Oman free trade agreement
19-Jul-2006     Magic City Morning Star
"It is bad enough that we are asked to support agreements that will ship more jobs overseas, that undermine our environmental standards, and that ask us to stick our head in the sand over serious human rights violations - but it is simply unacceptable to ask this Congress to support legislation that could potentially undermine the security of our nation," said US Congressman Mike Michaud.
Oman trade pact bad for US security -lawmakers
19-Jul-2006     Reuters
Congressional opponents of a free-trade pact with Oman raised concerns on Tuesday about provisions they said could jeopardize US port security, but other lawmakers said they were misstating the facts.