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FTA: Facing The Apocalypse?
12-Jan-2005    
The graffiti on the walls in Quito ask if the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) that the US is pushing on Colombia, Peru and Ecuador means that our days are numbered.
A world united? The US approach to the protection of regulatory data
12-Jan-2005     Patent World
The US has been using Free Trade Agreements to push a US-style system for data exclusivity.
Global week of action on trade: 10-16 April 2005
12-Jan-2005     Global Week of Action on Trade
The main aims of the week are to challenge the free trade myth, put forward our alternatives, strengthen the already existing trade campaigns and show the strength of the global movement, campaigning in solidarity.
Yemen, US planning free trade
12-Jan-2005     Yemen Times
The UPI has reported that Yemen and the United States of America are preparing a plan to start a free trade zone between the two countries.
Conrad: Sugar negotiations are a recipe for disaster
11-Jan-2005    
"Negotiating sugar trades in bilateral free trade agreements is a recipe for disaster for the U.S. sugar industry," warned Sen. Kent Conrad Friday.
Stiglitz raps bilateral trade pacts
10-Jan-2005     Bangkok Post
Unilateralism, in which the largest economies, notably the United States, impose their will on smaller ones, is the main driver for the proliferation of bilateral trade agreements and represents a growing risk for the global economy, according to Joseph Stiglitz, the 2001 Nobel laureate for economics.
Trade agreement hits snag on Guatemala law
10-Jan-2005     Houston Chronicle
The USTR's Office said Friday that Guatemala violated the terms of a pending Central American trade agreement with a new pharmaceutical data law the United States objects to.
FTA opens new horizon for China's economic growth
9-Jan-2005     Xinhua
China has started talks with 23 countries across the world in a bid to build free trade areas (FTA) that experts say will open new horizon for China's economic growth.
The quest for the holy grail
8-Jan-2005     AmCham Egypt
The push is on once again to secure an Egypt-US free trade agreement (FTA) with the usual optimism in the state press, but few are buying it this time.
Saudi Arabia says it will impose legal measures against unilateral free trade agreements
8-Jan-2005     Ain-Al-Yaqeen
Saudi Finance Minister Dr. Ibrahim Al-Assaf said the Kingdom will be forced to take measures, including legal action, to protect its interests from being harmed by unilateral free trade agreements concluded by Gulf Cooperation Council states with other countries.