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Trade deal to bring harsh competition to Vietnam
16-May-2006     Financial Express
Vietnam's trade deal with the United States -- meant to facilitate Vietnam's accession to the WTO -- lowers Hanoi's tariffs on US industrial and farm products and removes other barriers that block US companies in the telecommunications, retailing, banking, insurance and energy sectors.
Comoros, Libya join COMESA free trade area
16-May-2006     Xinhua
Comoros and Libya have joined the Free Trade Area (FTA) of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), the continent's largest economic group.
Myanmar an obstacle as EU pushes for FTA with Southeast Asia
16-May-2006     Today
The European Union wants to strike a free-trade agreement (FTA) with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), but human rights issues in Myanmar could be a problem, EU trade commissioner Peter Mandelson has said.
Thailand to be left out of ASEAN FTA with S. Korea
15-May-2006    
Thailand will not be included in a free trade agreement to be signed between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)and South Korea this week, the Philippine trade secretary said Monday.
Bad blood over FTA
15-May-2006    
Australia's monopoly blood processor, CSL, has backed Red Cross calls for a ban on plasma imports and warned against opening up the nation's supply network to overseas companies.
Korea completes draft for FTA with US
15-May-2006    
Reducing or scrapping the 40 percent tariff on beef imports will be on the agenda at FTA negotiations with the US scheduled to start on June 5, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade said Monday, under first drafts Korea and the US have completed.
MTMA optimistic on govt's free trade agreement with US
15-May-2006    
The Malaysian Textile Manufacturers Association (MTMA) is optimistic on the International Trade and Industry Ministry's effort to launch a free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States (US).
Honest approach required in Korea-U.S. FTA negotiation
15-May-2006    
I read an article by Woo Seok-gyun, an official from the Korea Federation of Medical Groups for Health Rights (KFHR), regarding the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiation on medical care and education. Mr. Woo described the upcoming negotiation as a 'game of truth' by the government.
S Korean actors to protest FTA with US in Cannes
15-May-2006    
A group of South Korean movie workers left for France Monday to protest at the Cannes film festival against South Korea's plan to sign a free trade pact with the United States, representatives of the group said.
Lanka FTA misused to dump spices
15-May-2006    
The customs authority is probing the misuse of the Indo-Sri Lanka free trade agreement (FTA), whereby cloves and arecanuts of different origins have come into India recently from Sri Lanka.