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Uri Party to set up Assembly FTA Panel
14-Jun-2006    
The governing Uri Party Wednesday decided to create a special National Assembly panel on a free trade agreement (FTA) to better prepare for the next round of talks with the United States.
A chance for social movements, or a chance for transnationals?
14-Jun-2006     KoA
In the context that the KorUS FTA is taking more specific form of neo-liberal globalization, it gives new possibility of anti-globalization movement to be as a just intellectuals' and activists' but a mass movement in South Korea.
US urged to act on FTA with Thailand
14-Jun-2006     AllHeadlineNews
Due to recent major political volatility, a senior US negotiator is warning Washington to act fast in signing a free trade pact (FTA) with Thailand.
TSX CEO urges PM to discuss adding securities trading to free trade agreement
14-Jun-2006     Canadian Business Online
The head of Canada's largest stock exchange wants Prime Minister Stephen Harper to discuss the possibility of adding securities trading to the North American Free Trade Agreement when he meets with US President George W Bush next month.
Andean bloc seeks US trade extension
14-Jun-2006     Aljazeera
Andean leaders have agreed a new course for their trade bloc without Venezuela. They plan to urge Washington to extend expiring trade benefits designed to help counter cocaine production in the South American region.
Honest Tony, peace broker
14-Jun-2006     The Guardian
Rather than rebuke Israel, the UK and its fellow EU member states are actually sitting down today with Israeli representatives in Brussels to seal the continuation of the EU-Israel association agreement. The agreement grants Israel important trading preferences for its exports into the EU, even though these are supposedly conditional on respect for human rights from both sides.
House could delay major trade votes
14-Jun-2006     Reuters
A group of US lawmakers pushed on Tuesday for a new trade deal with Vietnam, but a senior Republican said Congress may not vote on trade legislation until after November's congressional election.
Peru's Alan Garcia to revise free trade deal with the US
14-Jun-2006     Pravda
In a news conference in Lima last week, Garcia suggested one change he might seek would be to add language to discourage Peru's importing of subsidized US crops.
Guatemalan bishop: Free trade widens gap between rich, poor
14-Jun-2006     Catholic Online
Free trade under the current economic rules can only widen the gap between rich and poor in the Americas, said the head of the Guatemalan bishops' conference.
Is free trade just? Church speaks for those who fall through cracks
14-Jun-2006     Catholic Online
Free trade agreements have become a bone of contention again in the Andes, and Catholics must take a stand, said an international economic development policy adviser for the US bishops.