28-Jun-2006
The chaotic scene at Tuesday's public hearing on the Korea-U.S. free trade talks requires serious social reflection. The canceled debate not only highlighted Korea's vulnerability to conducting crucial negotiations but also revealed its weakness in calm communication and coordination of differing views and interests.
28-Jun-2006
Peru's Congress overwhelmingly voted to ratify a free trade pact with the United States early Wednesday.
28-Jun-2006
Fewer than a quarter of Australian manufacturing companies support a free trade agreement with China, according a survey by the Australian Industry Group.
27-Jun-2006
Chile and Panama signed a tree trade agreement that severs 98 percent trade tariffs, 15 years in Panama and 10 years in Chile.
27-Jun-2006
The second round of the free trade agreement talks between Korea and the United States to begin on July 10 is expected to determine the shape and future course of the controversial deal, experts say.
27-Jun-2006
A South Korean minor opposition party filed a complaint against the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Tuesday, calling for a copy of the original draft of the first proposals for a free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States.
27-Jun-2006
Angry farmers and activists effectively disrupted a public hearing on ongoing free trade agreement (FTA) talks between Korea and the United States, Tuesday, leading to their suspension.
27-Jun-2006
US President George W. Bush nominated Henry M. Paulson as his new Treasury Secretary on May 30. In his Rose Garden announcement of the nomination, Bush stressed that Paulson will "help ensure that our trading partners play by the rules, respect intellectual property rights and maintain flexible, market-based exchange rates for their currencies."
27-Jun-2006
After calling off negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with five Southern African countries last month, the US has indicated its intentions to negotiate new trade arrangements with several African countries including Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique and Ghana.
27-Jun-2006
A bill sent by President Bush to Congress on Monday enacting a free trade agreement with the Arab Gulf state of Oman triggered a rebuke from the top Senate Democrat, who said it omitted a provision barring goods made with forced labor.
