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US and Asean agree on stronger links
18-Nov-2005     Bangkok Post
Kantathi Suphamongkhon, the Thai foreign minister, said the partnership, known as the Asean-US Trade and Investment Framework, could lead to a regional free trade area agreement between the 10 members and the US.
Protests turn violent near APEC venue
18-Nov-2005     Reuters
About 2,000 farmers and farm activists and 3,000 union workers took to the streets of Pusan to denounce APEC, the World Trade Organisation and US President George W Bush, who was attending the leaders' meeting.
Apec admits dangers of bilateral deals
18-Nov-2005     Financial Times
Criticised by business leaders and alarmed by the possible failure of next month's world trade talks in Hong Kong, Asia-Pacific governments are acknowledging for the first time the dangers of the tangled "spaghetti bowl" of bilateral trade deals they have spawned in the past few years.
Ecuadorean Indigenous vs. FTA
18-Nov-2005     Prensa Latina
Members of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE, in Spanish) are once more staging protests this Thursday to reject the signature of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with United States.
Peru close to sign FTA with US
18-Nov-2005     MENAFN
The proposed free trade pact with the US has caused big demonstrations in Peru due to the farmers of sugar cane, rice, corn, potatoes and cotton fear that US agricultural subsidies will make it impossible for them to compete.
FTA plea by Bush
18-Nov-2005     Gulf Daily News
US President Bush yesterday urged the US Congress to approve a long-awaited Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Bahrain.
China, Chile sign free-trade agreement
18-Nov-2005    
China and Chile signed a free-trade agreement Friday, the first between China and a Latin American country.
Andean Nations seek US patent protection for native medicines
18-Nov-2005     Bloomberg
Colombia, Ecuador and Peru are turning the tables on U.S. trade negotiators accustomed to winning tough safeguards for drug patents by demanding similar protections for traditional therapies such as roots and leaves.
EU group sees regional deals' potential
17-Nov-2005    
European Union (EU) trade organisations have called for regional free trade agreements to complement World Trade Organisation negotiations for a global open market.
Israel seeks free trade agreement with Mercosur bloc
17-Nov-2005    
At the end of last week, Minister of Finance and Industry, Trade and Labor Ehud Olmert met with Brazil's State of Sao Paolo Governor Geraldo Alckmin in order to promote a free trade region with the Mercosur bloc (Mercado Comun del Sur), comprising Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay. The signing of a framework agreement is expected in December.