7-Jun-2006
CanWest
The North American Free Trade Agreement is "a continental tragedy" according to parliamentarians from Canada, Mexico and the United States who are fighting to replace it with a "people-centred approach."
7-Jun-2006
AP
President-elect Alan Garcia on Tuesday stressed his support for free markets and said he will vigorously court foreign investment for Peru, but he said he plans to renegotiate a trade accord with the United States signed by the outgoing government.
7-Jun-2006
Bangkok Post
Thai citizens could file a lawsuit with the Constitutional Court if the caretaker government signs a free trade agreement with Japan, said Somchai Preechasinlapakun, dean of law at Chiang Mai University.
7-Jun-2006
Gulf Times
Pakistan and Association of the South East Asian Nations (Asean) yesteray agreed to begin talks for signing a free trade agreement (FTA), officials said.
7-Jun-2006
IIE
Policy brief from the US-based Insitute for International Economics.
7-Jun-2006
Korea Times
Here are some of points that need to be cleared up about the US-Korea FTA according to The Korea Times
6-Jun-2006
IPS
The United States and South Korea kick-started the first round of talks in Washington Monday toward a bilateral free trade agreement amid cheers from business groups and denunciations from labour groups and farmers from both nations.
6-Jun-2006
Indymedia DC
Koreans descended on Washington this weekend to oppose a proposed US-South Korea "free" trade deal. Listen to the audio report from WSQT Radio.
6-Jun-2006
Hankyoreh
South Korean consumers will pay more for pharmaceuticals if US demands on a free trade agreement between the two countries are met, according to the Ministry of Health and Welfare.
6-Jun-2006
GNA
Nana Akomea, Chairman of Ghana's Parliamentary Select Committee on Trade, called for regional integration between ECOWAS countries as the way forward to economic development. An Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Union and ECOWAS, as provided for in the Cotonou Agreement, would only cripple Ghana's feeble agricultural sector and other local industries.
