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Iglesias: Minister repeats demand that Bogotá, Lima drop deals with Washington
26-Apr-2006    
Light Industry and Trade Minister María Cristina Iglesias reiterated the government's position that Colombia and Peru would have to abandon the bilateral trade deals they recently signed with the United States if Venezuela were to stay in the Andean Community of Nations.
A US Free Trade Agreement could threaten access to medicine in Thailand
26-Apr-2006     Oxfam
New stringent drug patent and marketing rules being negotiated in a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the US and Thailand would limit competition and reduce access to affordable medicines in Thailand.
US free trade deals leave a bitter taste with Latin Americans
26-Apr-2006     AP
"Nobody who sat across the negotiating table from the United States came out of the talks feeling they got a fair deal," said Peter Hakim, president of the nonpartisan Inter-American Dialogue think tank in Washington. "And many feel they've been outright cheated."
Asean-Korea trade deal sealed soon
26-Apr-2006     Manila Times
Member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations expect to conclude a free trade agreement with South Korea in a meeting to be held in the Philippines next month, the Department of Trade and Industry said.
Free trade pact with Bahrain shortly
26-Apr-2006     Dawn
Pakistan and Bahrain will shortly ink Free Trade Agreement (FTA) which would boost trade between the two countries.
Shifting centres of gravity in Latin America
26-Apr-2006     Scoop
COPA the Panamanian airline is now flying the Brazilian company Embraer's E-190 commercial airliners on routes previously dominated by Boeing 737s. This detail highlights broader shifts in the economic balance of power in Latin America away from United States corporations.
FTA with Japan, China would hurt local fisheries sector: report
26-Apr-2006     YONHAP
A free trade pact between South Korea, China and Japan could damage South Korea's fisheries industry, a report said Wednesday.
Hopes of US duty-free access fading for Asian countries
26-Apr-2006     Emerging Textiles
The road to US duy-free access could be longer than expected for a series of emerging countries. While Pakistan was recently refused that textiles and apparel benefit from preferential treatment, chances of duty-free access for Bangladesh, Sri Lanka or Cambodia are progressively fading.
US free trade accord divides Latin American leaders
26-Apr-2006     AFP
The US free trade agreements "are destroying the CAN," Bolivian President Evo Morales said.
Turkey: FTA with Tunisia & Morocco vital for textile sector
26-Apr-2006     Fibre2fashion
Currently, Turkey has inked Free Trade Agreements (FTA) with 19 countries and now, the formation of Mediterranean Basin Free Trade Area, is being added which will improve economic and commercial transactions between the Mediterranean countries.