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EU will start negotiation with China on bilateral trade
13-Jul-2006     Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM)
EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson is now carrying out a new policy that is ready to start up negotiation on bilateral trade agreement with China and hopes to relax EU and China trade issues through this mechanism.
The death of Doha signals the demise of globalisation
13-Jul-2006     The Guardian
The failure to reach agreement on the Doha round suggests the era of multilateral trade agreements is coming to an end.
US House Dems vow to oppose Peru FTA on labor standards
13-Jul-2006     Easy Bourse
Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee Wednesday said they would oppose a free trade agreement between the US and Peru, citing inadequate provisions to protect labor standards.
Massive anti-FTA protests paralyze Seoul
13-Jul-2006     Chosun Ilbo
Massive protests against free-trade talks between Korea and the U.S. paralyzed traffic in downtown Seoul on Wednesday.
US House Democrats say Oman labor reform not enough
12-Jul-2006     Reuters
US Democrats opposed to a free trade pact with Oman said on Tuesday that new reforms to the Gulf Arab state's labor laws fall short of what is needed to win their support for the agreement.
New legal threat over Yukos sale
12-Jul-2006     FT
The Kremlin will face yet another legal headache on Tuesday over its role in the break-up of Yukos after US attorneys began an arbitration proceeding in Spain on behalf of Spanish investors who were allegedly hurt by the Yukos affair.
Bolivia advocates alternative vision for trade and integration
12-Jul-2006     Upside Down World
A cornerstone of Bolivia's new economy is the People's Trade Agreement (PTA, or TCP in Spanish), a progressive international trade and integration strategy. Based upon traditional indigenous principles of cooperation, complementarity and solidarity, the PTA is a form of collaboration between nations or communities that reasserts public control over the economy and attempts to recast the role of the corporation from that of "master" to "partner" in a process of sustainable development.
USTR to press Congress on Oman, Peru, Vietnam trade deals
12-Jul-2006     Dow Jones
US trade officials will concentrate on getting Congress to approve trade agreements with Oman, Peru and Vietnam in the run-up to mid-term elections this autumn, a US trade official said Tuesday.
Panama upbeat on US free trade deal by year end
12-Jul-2006     ABC News
Panama could reach a free trade deal with the United States by the end of this year, despite lingering differences over US food safety, a senior negotiator said on Tuesday.
Separate FTAs undermine ASEAN spirit of unity: scholar
12-Jul-2006     People's Daily
The signing of separate free trade agreements (FTAs) by individual ASEAN members with other countries will undermine the ASEAN's spirit of solidarity, a Malaysian scholar said on Tuesday.