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Opposition lawmaker cries foul over FTA
12-Apr-2006     Korea Times
An opposition party lawmaker Tuesday raised suspicions that the government tried to fabricate the estimated trade balance over a free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States in order to gain favorable public opinion.
Peru president in US to sign FTA
12-Apr-2006     Prensa Latina
Peru's President Alejandro Toledo is in the United States for four days, during which he and George W Bush will be present to sign a free trade treaty in spite of considerable Peruvian demands against it.
Oxfam warns of FTA blow to Thai farmers
12-Apr-2006     Bangkok Post
The livelihoods of Thai farmers might be put into jeopardy if the free trade area agreement (FTA) between the US and Thailand is put in place, warned Oxfam America, a humanitarian organisation.
US, Peru sign free trade agreement
12-Apr-2006     AP
The United States and Peru on Wednesday signed a free trade agreement that the US administration said will lead to increased prosperity in both countries.
Pitfalls aplenty on the fast track to trade
11-Apr-2006     New Straits Times
The distorting aspects of bilateral free trade agreements can be avoided by adopting a multilateral approach, argues Mohamed Ariff.
Postponement of implementing free trade agreement with USA
11-Apr-2006     Black Enterprise
The American government demands that the Bahrain government enact laws protecting intellectual property rights for computer programs and patent registry as a condition for implementing the free trade agreement.
Indo-ASEAN free trade deal in trouble
11-Apr-2006     IPS
A proposed free trade agreement (FTA) between India and the ten-nation Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) has hit a major roadblock with India's agriculture ministry objecting to the inclusion of commodities like pepper, rubber, palm oil, coffee and tea in an ambitious tariff liberalisation programme.
Change or risk losing market share, New Zealand told
10-Apr-2006    
Asean has told New Zealand, whose big dairy and meat product trade to the regional grouping has slowed in recent years, that it risks losing market share to newer competitors muscling their way into the area unless its exporters turn more creative and move quickly to meet changing regional consumer needs.
Asian FTA would simplify trade rules
10-Apr-2006    
Thai business leaders have welcomed a Japanese proposal to create an East Asian Free Trade zone to integrate economies in the region, but they were sceptical about whether Japan would liberalise its sensitive agricultural sector. If Japan's idea comes true, they said, it would help countries in the region overcome the ''spaghetti bowl'' effect of proliferating bilateral free trade agreements with different trade rules.
Tanzania, Comoros sign trade agreement
10-Apr-2006    
The governments of Tanzania and the Comoros have signed a trade agreement to facilitate economic development in the two countries.