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Drop FTA with US, GCC tells Bahrain
24-Nov-2004     Khaleej Times
Gulf Arab states angered by Bahrain's decision to sign up to a free trade pact with the United States say it should back away from the deal and honour a regional agreement.
Bush plan that critics call 'NAFTA on steroids' stalls
22-Nov-2004     LA Times
President Bush's goal for a free-trade zone encompassing the entire Western Hemisphere faces growing opposition in the United States and abroad.
Joint study on the FTA between China & New Zealand
22-Nov-2004     MFAT
New Zealand government has released the report of a joint study on the to-be-negotiated NZ-China FTA.
APEC leaders duck free-trade plan
22-Nov-2004     Channel News Asia
Asia-Pacific leaders have ducked a call from business advisors to study an ambitious FTA among APEC members.
Japan, Philippines reach FTA accord
20-Nov-2004     Japan Times
Japan and the Philippines reached a basic agreement for a bilateral free-trade agreement after striking a deal on the stickiest issue -- steel tariffs.
China, Chile decide to start FTA talks
20-Nov-2004     Xinhua
China and Chile have decided to start talks on a free trade agreement (FTA)
Dominican Republic excluded from CAFTA
19-Nov-2004     DTN
The Bush administration has decided to exclude the Dominican Republic from the Central American Free Trade Agreement because the Dominican Republic has adopted a tax on products containing high fructose corn syrup, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles Grassley said.
Go the whole hog on regional trade pacts, says Kamal Nath
18-Nov-2004    
Commerce and industry minister Kamal Nath said at the economic editors' conference here on Wednesday, that bilateral trade agreements will serve as engines for international trade.
The first victim of the free trade agreement
18-Nov-2004     The Isthmian
He was a Panamanian who lived of what the land gave him. His name? Sabino Rivera. What happened? Death took him when a bomb, abandoned by the United States in Panama, blew him to pieces.
Milking Thailand: The Thai-Australia Free Trade Agreement
18-Nov-2004     Focus on the Global South
In Thailand, the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) debates were heated. Farmers and critics claim that Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's government sold out small farmers to their own big business interests. They took to the streets in protest while Thaksin lambasted them and obscured negotiation details.