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Peru - strike against Free Trade Agreement announced
14-Dec-2005     PULSAR
The president of Peru's National Agrarian Confederation, Antolin Huascar Flores, announced a national strike against the recently signed Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States. "Only grapes, asparagus and some textile is going to benefit, and the other Andean products will not. Because of this, we are preparing for a nationwide agricultural strike," he said.
S Korea signs trade deal with Asean
14-Dec-2005     Financial Times
The Korea-ASEAN FTA will include the free flow of goods, services and investments, but a stumbling block emerged with a dispute over rice imports from Thailand. The issue is a sensitive one when Korean farmers are protesting about the removal of trade barriers on farm products under the WTO.
South Korea seeks FTA with India
13-Dec-2005    
President Roh Moo-hyun Tuesday held back-to-back summits with his counterparts from India and New Zealand on the sidelines of a regional conference here to discuss ways to strengthen South Korea's bilateral ties with those countries.
China talks going well, Clark says
13-Dec-2005    
Prime Minister Helen Clark says talks on a free-trade agreement with China are going pretty smoothly.
Vietnam, Japan conclude WTO talks, eye FTA
13-Dec-2005    
Vietnam and Japan yesterday concluded bilateral negotiations over the former's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) while agreeing to hold preliminary talks on a bilateral free-trade agreement (FTA).
Japan can help ASEAN integration
13-Dec-2005    
Japan plays a key role in promoting economic integration in Southeast Asia by helping to narrow the gap between developed and less developed countries in the region, scholars from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations told a recent symposium in Tokyo.
FTA will open up new avenues: US official
13-Dec-2005    
The immediate effect of the free-trade agreements would help unleash the economic potential of both the US and Oman, a top US official said yesterday.
South Korea signs free trade pact with ASEAN, excludes Thailand
13-Dec-2005     Jakarta Post
South Korea and Southeast Asian nations on Tuesday inked a tariff-slashing Free Trade Agreement (FTA), with Thailand choosing to be excluded from the pact which does not include rice in its list of items.
ASEAN+3 leaders urge efforts for regional free trade bloc
13-Dec-2005     Asia Pulse
South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun and leaders of the 10 ASEAN countries, Japan and China held a one-day "ASEAN Plus Three Summit" in the Malaysian capital on Monday and adopted a joint statement calling for redoubled efforts for the formation of the so-called East Asia free trade agreement.
FTA 'to bar cheap Aids drugs'
12-Dec-2005    
Aids patients are unlikely to gain access to cheaper drugs after the free trade agreement between Thailand and the United States is signed, as the planned Thai-US FTA is likely to protect only American patented drugs.