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Vegie growers face $500m a year FTA loss
22-Apr-2005    
Vegetable growers stood to lose $500 million a year and 5,000 jobs if Australia struck a free trade deal with China, the industry says.
Japan settles for 'low-risk, low-return' FTA goals
22-Apr-2005     Japan Times
Prudish about bilateral free-trade agreements just five years ago, Tokyo is now fielding partnership requests from 25 economies and regional blocs. But there is no denying an element of haphazardness in the way it is selecting some of the candidates.
China FTA could harm fruit and veg growers
22-Apr-2005     ABC
The South Australian Farmers Federation (SAFF) says the introduction of a comprehensive free trade agreement (FTA)with China could decimate the state's horticulture industry.
Farmers want guarantee on Japan FTA
22-Apr-2005     ABC
The National Farmers Federation says a free trade agreement (FTA) between Australia and Japan would be counterproductive if it did not include agriculture
Statement of Farabundo Martí National Liberation Party
22-Apr-2005     House and Ways Committee
The FMLN rejects the mercantilist logic of the “free trade” agreements. A critical analysis of the CAFTA texts reveals the many negative impacts of the agreement, which would have on the daily life of the people and ecosystems of our countries--especially on women and impoverished families--as national sovereignty is eroded, legal frameworks are corrupted, and the neo-liberal nature of public policy is reinforced.
Singapore, South African Customs Union to discuss FTA
22-Apr-2005     Channel News Asia
Singapore and the South African Customs Union will begin talks on a free trade agreement later this year.
Brazil says no to US plan for hemispheric free trade
21-Apr-2005     Canadian Press
Clinching a deal for a 34-country free-trade zone that would stretch from Alaska to Argentina is "off the agenda" for Brazil, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Wednesday.
Agriculture must be in Japan FTA: Labor
21-Apr-2005    
There is no point proceeding with a feasibility study into a free trade agreement between Australia and Japan if agriculture is excluded from the deal, Labor says.
FTA might ignore farmers
21-Apr-2005    
Agriculture might not feature in a free trade deal between Australia and Japan, with Prime Minister John Howard acknowledging it may be too big an obstacle to overcome.
Andean nations, US advance on environmental issue in FTA talks
21-Apr-2005     Xinhua
The Andean countries and the US have advanced on the environmental issue in their talks about a free trade agreement (FTA), Peru's chief negotiator said on Wednesday. "The United States proposed for the first time a text on biological diversity. The issue has been made an item in the article on Environmental Cooperation."