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US business community reaffirms support for US-Malaysia FTA
The American Malaysian Chamber of Commerce whose members include US, Malaysian, and other international companies, has urged the United States and Malaysian governments to consummate the free trade agreement now being negotiated.
What a vote for free trade means for the U.S.
In the 2006 elections, aspiring Democrats attacked the Bush administration's free trade policies, and more than 20 new members of Congress were elected, giving the Democratic Party its new majority in the House of Representatives. Yet, nearly two weeks ago, Democratic Party leaders urged those same members of Congress to vote for a new free trade agreement with Peru.
EU-ASEAN: The beginning of a beautiful friendship?
At present, the economic relationship is asymmetrical, with the EU market much more important to ASEAN than the reverse. But in the long run, the size and growth of the ASEAN market will make it a key source of growth and profitability for EU firms.
S. Korean, Japanese business groups to push for resumption of free trade talks
South Korean and Japanese business lobby groups agreed to forge close cooperation to persuade the governments of their countries to resume free trade talks that are suspended over agriculture issues, the Federation of Korean Industries (FKI) said Tuesday.
USA : Combating China more vital than Peru FTA - AMTAC
"The illegal currency subsidies given by China to its manufacturing exporters dwarf the $9 billion in trade covered by the proposed Peru FTA. Rather than focusing on real trade problems, the House instead passed an FTA with a country that only could afford to buy 0.28 percent of U.S. exports in 2006,” American Manufacturing Trade Action Coalition Executive Director Auggie Tantillo said
Colombia: A significant market for US red meat upon FTA ratification
The US Meat Export Federation estimates that around 50 percent of pork production in Colombia comes from family-owned farms
Viet Nam: US set to become top investor, trade leader
The US is set to become Viet Nam's number one investor in the next two years, President of the US-ASEAN Trade Council Matthew P Daley said yesterday.
Retail revolution on hold
Indian protests against home-grown conglomerate are a sobering lesson for prospective foreign investors such as Thai retailers
US pork dependent on new trade agreements
The future of the US pork industry depends on concluding new trade agreements, the National Pork Producers Council today told congressional lawmakers.
AMTAC opposes Peru FTA
The American Manufacturing Trade Action Coalition (AMTAC) announced its opposition to the proposed free trade agreement (FTA) between the United States and Peru.