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Guatemala FTA mostly politics: economists
25-Sep-2005     Taipei Times
Like Taiwan's first free trade agreement (FTA) with Panama its second free trade pact, with Guatemala, will have more significance politically than economically, economists said yesterday.
South Korea mulls clearing way to free-trade pact with US
25-Sep-2005     Tehran Times
South Korea will seriously consider resolving trade issues with the United States that are dampening efforts to forge a free-trade agreement, South Korean Deputy Prime Minister Han Duck-Soo said Friday.
After NAFTA - CAFTA and AFTA
25-Sep-2005     Tehran Times
Instead of heeding the wave of social opposition, the United States has dug into its trenches, and in economic policy those trenches are the bilateral trade agreements.
Pakistan to hold talks with Sri Lanka over FTA
25-Sep-2005     Daily Times
Pakistan is going to hold secret talks to make some changes in the existing Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Sri Lanka, which has been operational since June 2005. Pakistan fears that under the FTA, Indian products can enter its market through Sri Lanka, particularly automobile parts.
Colombian unions worried about free trade with the US
24-Sep-2005     Prensa Latina
Colombia and Peru say 85 percent of the FTA is already negotiated, but representatives from Andean agricultural unions say the other 15 percent is more important. The US ultimatum states the FTA should be signed at the latest on November 20.
Peruvian farmers say the government allows dishonest FTA
24-Sep-2005     Prensa Latina
Peruvian National Farming Convention (COVENAGRO) chair Luis Zuñiga asserted that his government does not provide protection alternatives to the sector's workers, faced with an eventual Free Trade Agreement with the United States.
Colombia: US-Andean free trade talks could wrap up by Nov
24-Sep-2005     DowJones News
Colombia's government on Friday praised the latest round of talks on establishing a free trade area that would also include the US, Ecuador and Peru, saying a final deal could be reached by November.
Chile close on China FTA
24-Sep-2005     The Age
Chilean President Ricardo Lagos said his country could sign the first free trade agreement with China in November following the conclusion of the final round of talks in October.
Andean FTA opposed by sugar interests
24-Sep-2005     Brownfield
Speculation is that negotiations for a US-Andean FTA are nearing completion. House Ag Committee ranking member Collin Peterson of Minnesota says Administration officials may be making similar mistakes to those made in CAFTA.
EIU: Andean FTA talks near conclusion
23-Sep-2005     EIU ViewsWire
An Economist Intelligence Unit briefing paper