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Caricom to talk possible deal with US
8-Apr-2006     AP
Caribbean foreign ministers will discuss a possible free trade agreement with the US when they meet next week with the US trade representative.
New TRT government to proceed with FTA talks
8-Apr-2006     Bangkok Post
Thailand's new Thai Rak Thai government will proceed with the negotiations of free trade agreements.
First death in Ecuador FTA riots
8-Apr-2006     Prensa Latina
The violent police repression against Ecuadorian demonstrators protesting the free trade agreement with the US has claimed its first life, university students denounced Friday.
Panel pushes 16-nation FTA in Asia, mulls boosting foreign workers
8-Apr-2006     TMCnet
A government policy-setting panel on Friday welcomed a proposal by the trade minister to launch negotiations between Japan and its 15 Asian neighbors to create a free trade zone, and discussed whether to accept more foreign workers amid the aging of society, economic and fiscal policy minister Kaoru Yosano said.
Filipino and Japanese workers to lose out in JPEPA
7-Apr-2006    
Both Filipino and Japanese workers will lose out under the proposed Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) according to a report by Mr. Takemasa Ando, a researcher from Waseda University in Tokyo.
USTR 2006 National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers
7-Apr-2006     USTR
USTR has recently released its latest annual country-by-country assessment of barriers to US trade around the world, Washington's basis for unilateral trade sanctions.
US-Uruguay BIT (2005)
7-Apr-2006     USTR
US in relentless bid to forge FTA with Southeast Asia
7-Apr-2006     AFP
More than three years after President George W Bush unveiled an initiative to forge free-trade agreements with Southeast Asian nations, a deal aimed at prising open the 500-million-strong regional market remains elusive.
UAE FTA with USA: Impact will be on services sector
7-Apr-2006     MENAFN
A new study by the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry analyses the impact of the UAE's FTA with the US.
ADB attacks bilateral trade deals
7-Apr-2006     Financial Times
“A lot of these bilateral deals have nothing to do with economics. Instead, they [Asian Development Bank's members] are mostly doing it for diplomatic reasons, including efforts to gain access to natural resources.”