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Bolivia, Andeans limp, LatAm grows
22-Apr-2006     Prensa Latina
Bolivia has ruled out Friday leaving the Andean Community of Nations (CAN) but agreed the bloc has been mortally wounded by the Free Trade Agreements (FTA) of two of its partners with the US.
US FTA to hit service industry hard
21-Apr-2006     Korea Times
With low productivity and lack of competitiveness, Korea's service industry is expected to face a critical test as the result of a free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States.
Why farmers may block US-Korea FTA
21-Apr-2006     Asia Times
Those outside Korea tend to assume that negotiations for a free-trade agreement (FTA) with the United States are the perfect tool to weaken the South Korean addiction to agricultural protection.
Last rites for Andean Community?
21-Apr-2006     IPS
The Andean Community "is dead" said Presidents Hugo Chávez of Venezuela and Evo Morales of Bolivia Wednesday, referring to the trade bloc that their countries form part of along with Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.
US warns Ecuador free-trade pact at risk
21-Apr-2006     Reuters
The United States warned Ecuador on Thursday that a proposed free-trade agreement was at risk unless Quito acted on a growing list of investment and other concerns.
EU-CAN Political Dialog and Cooperation Agreement (2003)
21-Apr-2006    
EU-CAN association agreement: another FTA in disguise
21-Apr-2006     Movimiento Boliviano por la Soberanía y la Integración solidaria de los pueblos
Analysts within the Bolivian Movement for Sovereignty and Integration of the Peoples studied the recently published results of the Joint Assessment of the Association Agreement between the EU and the Andean Community.
New mantras of regional economic co-operation
21-Apr-2006     Financial Express
India has, of late, engaged itself in forming bilateral/regional economic cooperation in a variety of forms.
Trade-related intellectual property rights, access to medicines and human rights - Morocco
21-Apr-2006     3D
The briefing calls for an independent human rights impact assessment of the effect of intellectual property rules in the US-Morocco Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on access to medicines and the enjoyment of human rights in Morocco.
Malaysians question US free-trade deal
21-Apr-2006     Asia Times
A popular movement opposing government plans to negotiate a free-trade agreement (FTA) with the United States is gaining momentum in Malaysia.