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Activists protest Colombia FTA outside White House
Close to one hundred activists gathered outside the White House Monday, asking President Obama to make a radical change to the US's political relationship with Colombia.
SKorean parliamentary committee approves US FTA
A South Korean lawmaker says a parliamentary committee has approved a free trade agreement with the United States, paving the way for the deal to be voted on by the entire legislature.
Free Trade Alliance forms new Cross Border Trucking Coalition
The coalition is being formed to address the US Department of Transportation's recent cancellation of its Cross Border Trucking Demonstration Project and will be comprised of companies, industry organizations, trade associations and business chambers that support the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Espionage and property theft triggers call to suspend Israeli access to US market
A major legal filing urges the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to suspend preferential Israeli access to the US market.
Assembly Committee to vote on KORUS FTA motion Wednesday
The Korean National Assembly Foreign Affairs and Trade Committee will vote on a motion to forward a free trade pact signed with the US government to the full Assembly for ratification.
US Security Council 'wants FTA with Korea ratified'
"Inside US Trade", an American magazine, last Saturday quoted sources as saying NSC officials believe that the passage of the FTA bill will cement the Korea-U.S. alliance at a time when tension is mounting on the Korean Peninsula in the wake of North Korea's launch of a long-range rocket.
FTA talks have begun: Colombia
US president Barack Obama has given "instructions" to his Trade Representative Ron Kirk to start talks with Colombia about the pending free trade agreement between the two countries, Colombia's Trade Minister Luis Guillermo Plata said Friday.
Cross-strait trade pact could aid FTA talks with US: Taiwan's rep
If Taiwan signs an economic cooperation framework agreement (ECFA) with China, this would definitely contribute to future negotiations with the United States on a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA), Taiwan's representative to Washington, D.C. said Wednesday.
'GM to determine fate of S Korea-US FTA'
How the US President Obama administration deals with General Motors will determine the fate of the free trade agreement between Korea and the United States, the former first deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said.
US firms urge Washington to cultivate Asia-Pacific links
The Asia-Pacific Council of American Chambers is urging the Obama administration, while AmCham Philippines is lobbying the Macapagal Arroyo government, to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade area