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Japan needs new FTA strategy
17-Apr-2007     Yomiuri Shimbun
South Korea-US trade pact could leave Japan lagging in world market, according to the Yomirui Shimbun.
BIO commends USTR for successfully concluding US-Korea free trade agreement
17-Apr-2007     BIO
BIO congratulates US Chief Agricultural Negotiator Richard Crowder and his staff for negotiating a separate understanding on several agricultural biotechnology issues. The FTA will go a long way in providing additional market access opportunities in Korea for US biotechnology companies.
India offers new concessions for Asean FTA
17-Apr-2007     Business Standard
India has offered a new set of concessions to the 10-member Association of South East Asian Nations (Asean), during the negotiations in the last two months for a proposed free trade agreement.
Aust-US FTA 2 years later - 'How to Kill a Country' Interview
16-Apr-2007     ABC Radio - Counterpoint
Twenty months after the free trade agreement with the United States was signed, what have been the outcomes for Australia? Professor John Mathews from the graduate school of management at Macquarie University provides an update.
Weaving webs of influence: The United States, free trade agreements and dispute resolution
16-Apr-2007     Australia National University
Peter Drahos looks at the issue of dispute settlement in the gowing web of US bilateral free trade agreements, how this relates to the WTO's dispute settlement system and the implications for developing countries.
Egypt-Turkey FTA (2005)
16-Apr-2007    
Talks with Efta for signing FTA soon
16-Apr-2007     Business Recorder
Pakistan will start negotiations with the European Free Trade Association (Efta) for signing Free Trade Agreement (FTA), which the Commerce Ministry hopes will boost Pakistan's exports.
KCTU union member dies from self-immolation attempt in protest of the KOR-US FTA
15-Apr-2007     KCTU
On 11:23 am, April 15th, KCTU union member, Bro. Heo Se-Wook, passed away from septicemia as a result of the massive immune system response to the third degree burns all over his body after he attempted to commit suicide by setting himself on fire as an act of resistance against the KORUS FTA on April 1st.
US, India trade motorcycles for mangoes
15-Apr-2007     Miami Herald
Indian mangoes will hit US shelves for the first time in 18 years, while Harley Davidson motorcycles will soon be cruising India's roads, senior officials said Friday.
Brazil may ratify Mercosur PTA with India by June
15-Apr-2007     Zee News
Brazil today said it would ratify the Mercosur preferential trade agreement (PTA) with India by June this year. However only Brazil would ratify, not the other members of Mercosur.