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Musharraf's visit to China boosts chances of free trade accord
19-Jun-2006     Gulf News
Pakistan's interest not withstanding, there are many who believe that a free trade deal with China would adversely affect the south Asian country's economic prospects.
Indo-Jap deal holds productive promise
19-Jun-2006     Economic Times
If commerce minister Kamal Nath's statements in Tokyo are any indication, the proposed trade agreement with Japan will mark a distinct shift from the free-trade agreements India has favoured with other countries.
Korea FTA threatens Thai leather industry
19-Jun-2006     Bangkok Post
Bangkok is continuing to negotiate with the Seoul government after refusing to sign an Asean-Korea trade pact last month because of Korea's resistance to opening up its rice market.
EU promises are hollow: Pacific society groups
19-Jun-2006     Scoop
Civil society groups from 12 Pacific countries meeting in Nadi, question what's in it for the Pacific in negotiations on a Pacific Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the EU.
US-Jordan free trade agreement descends into human trafficking
19-Jun-2006     NLC
Tens of thousands of foreign guest workers are stripped of their passports, trapped in involuntary servitude, sewing clothing for Wal-Mart, Gloria Vanderbilt, Target, Kohl's, Thalia Sodi for Kmart, Victoria's Secret, L.L.Bean and others.
Interview: Protect Korean cinema
17-Jun-2006     OMNI
"The fight to save the Korean screen quota isn't only for the benefit of the Koreans, but it is also for the global cultural movement."
World health: A lethal dose of US politics
17-Jun-2006     Asia Times
An Asia Times Online investigation reveals that at the time of his death, World Health Organization (WHO) director general Lee Jong-wook, a South Korean national, had closely aligned himself with the US government and by association US corporate interests, often to the detriment of the WHO's most vital commitments and positions.
US/Colombia: Dead unionists no hurdle to free trade
17-Jun-2006     IPS
The US government is not only a step away from ratifying a new free trade agreement, but also from rewarding persistent and severe human rights abuses in Colombia, where each year more trade union leaders are murdered than in all other nations put together, a new report charges.
Malaysia and America as free trade partners?
17-Jun-2006     Daily Times
The American-backed FTA is certainly not designed to serve the interest of ordinary Malaysian or American workers (it may well lead to the practice of dumping and out-sourcing instead), but it will invariably open up the Malaysian economy to the rigours and discipline of the global market.
Bolivia changes mind on US trade deal
17-Jun-2006     AP
The government of President Evo Morales said Friday it hopes to negotiate a free trade agreement with the U.S., a policy turnaround apparently influenced by pressure from business groups.