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Trade deals to position UAE as economic hub
24-Feb-2007     Zawya
The UAE is negotiating eight free-trade agreements with key economic blocks that will have an impact on trade worth Dh388 billion, according to 2005 figures, and cement the country's position as the economic hub of the Middle East.
Entering into a dangerous battle
24-Feb-2007     Bangkok Post
The military-installed Thai government is entering into a risky new battle with farmer's groups and the anti-FTA movement by pressing ahead with the Thai-Japan free trade agreement. Thousands of farmers, environmental activists and medical patients now plan to stage a mass protest next month against the government's pro-FTA policy.
Coup-installed govt seeks Japan's approval via rushed trade pact
24-Feb-2007     Bangkok Post
Despite an earlier announcement that all signing and negotiating of free trade agreements would be halted, the government of Gen Surayud Chulanont bit its tongue yet again, with the issuing of a cabinet resolution on Feb 20 stating its readiness to go ahead with the Japan-Thailand Economic Partnership Agreement (JTEPA).
S Korean trade official hints at resolution of beef spat with US
23-Feb-2007     Yonhap
South Korea's chief negotiator in free trade agreement (FTA) talks with the United States on Friday said the two sides could resolve a trade dispute over his country's rejection of US beef shipments, one of a few lingering obstacles in the nine-month-old negotiations.
RI-Japan economic partnership agreement almost finished
23-Feb-2007     Antara
For Indonesia, the only issue left is about cooperation assistance for increasing its industrial capacity. Japan, meanwhile, is still awaiting the result of the discussion on the country's draft capital investment law before it would sign the EPA.
India, Nepal begin talks to review trade treaty
23-Feb-2007     Times of India
With 11 days left for the bilateral trade pact between India and Nepal to lapse, the two neighbours started their two-day talks on Thursday to review the 11-year-old Indo-Nepal trade treaty.
US inspectors to examine trucks on Mexican soil
23-Feb-2007     Houston Chronicle
US safety inspectors will be allowed to inspect trucks on Mexican soil before they enter the United States under a program announced on Thursday that officials said will remove the last barrier to the long-delayed opening of US highways to Mexican truckers.
Peru, China to start trade talks this year
23-Feb-2007     Xinhua
Peru and China are expected to begin free trade talks this year with expert-level discussion to open next month, Peru's Tourism and Foreign Trade Minister Mercedes Araoz said Thursday.
Free trade never was, never will be
23-Feb-2007     Lebanon Daily News
Free trade is now and always has been something of a fraud. No one ever advocates, much less implements, real free trade. Markets have to be managed, and everyone knows it. The question is, for whose benefit?
US "free trade": Death, drugs and despair in Colombia
23-Feb-2007     Huffington Post
The so-called "free trade" deal between Colombia and the US would likely displace hundreds of thousands of poor rural Colombians from their lands, sending them into far deeper economic despair-and forcing many of them to work for the very groups that violently displaced them from their lands. You can not make this agreement--or any similar past agreement--better by tinkering around the edges.
US not ready for Japan free trade talks: USTR
22-Feb-2007     Washington Post
A top US trade official on Thursday quashed business community hopes for the United States to begin talks on a free trade agreement with Japan after it finishes negotiations on a proposed pact with South Korea.
Chantiers maritimes: Les constructeurs craignent le libre-échange
22-Feb-2007     Radio Canada
L'industrie de la construction navale au Canada surveille avec inquiétude les négociations entre Ottawa et des pays spécialisés dans la construction de navires en vue de conclure des accords de libre-échange. Des chantiers navals canadiens affirment que leur avenir pourrait être compromis si les tarifs douaniers actuels, de 25 %, devaient disparaître.
Fast approval of text rapped
22-Feb-2007     Bangkok Post
The National Human Rights Commission and FTA Watch yesterday rebuked the Thai government for endorsing the text of the Japan-Thailand free trade agreement without revising the 940-page deal thoroughly. FTA Watch said it would consult with others opposing the agreement to stage a major rally against the interim government if it rushed into signing the deal.
S Korea-US FTA may encourage North Korea to choose non-nuclear path: paper
21-Feb-2007     Yonhap
A US-South Korea free trade agreement (FTA) could show North Korea that economic liberalization would be a better guarantee of prosperity than nuclear brinkmanship, according to a paper re-issued by a conservative think tank on Tuesday.
Envoy says FTA talks to continue
21-Feb-2007     Gulf News
The UAE and the United States have confirmed that the negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) will continue, officials said. "The talks are not suspended. What happened is that the documentation will not be ready by the March 31 deadline," US Ambassador Michele J. Sison told Gulf News yesterday.