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Guatemalan orgs: No US FTA
11-May-2006     Prensa Latina
The COS (Social Organizations Group) and the MISPEC (Guatemalan indigenous, farmer and popular movement) have joined the vigil Wednesday in front of the Guatemalan Constitutional Court to reject the free trade agreement with the United States.
Colombia postpones signing FTA with US: official
10-May-2006     Xinhua
Colombia will postpone signing a free trade agreement (FTA) with the United State because its English version was inconsistent with the original bilateral pact.
Singapore urges EU to forge trade deal
10-May-2006     AP
Singapore on Tuesday urged the European Union to negotiate a free trade agreement to strengthen their trade and investment ties.
Australia, Japan set to launch FTA talks
10-May-2006     AAP
Australia and Japan expect to launch negotiations on a free trade deal late this year or early in 2007, Trade Minister Mark Vaile said.
DR-CAFTA expected to compel curricula revisions in universities
9-May-2006    
Education minister suggested this Tuesday that universities in the country should be subject of a revision of their respective curricula in light of the upcoming Free Trade Agreement with the Central America and the United States.
Free trade agreements: complicated but unavoidable
9-May-2006    
The 16th Inter-Pacific Bar Association Conference, held in Sydney last week, provided a forum to illustrate the enormous impact FTAs have on the economic and social aspects of their respective countries and the legal issues underlying them.
Free trade pact not to hurt farmers
9-May-2006    
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has assured Congress president Sonia Gandhi that the proposed Indo-Asean free trade agreement (FTA) would not affect Indian farmers.
FTA clears last hurdle with Shura go-ahead
9-May-2006    
Six laws that should allow Bahrain's Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the US to be activated cleared their final hurdle yesterday.
M'sian govt taking strong stand on IPR protection
9-May-2006    
The Malaysian Government is taking a strong stand on the protection of intellectual property rights (IPR), says International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz.
Free-trade agreement: Thailand rejects deal with South Korea
9-May-2006     The Nation
Thailand is the only Asean member not planning to sign the free-trade agreement (FTA) with South Korea and will thus lose export competitiveness, due to higher import tariffs.