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Sheikha Lubna hopes to sign FTA with US soon
Minister of Foreign Trade Sheikha Lubna Al Qassimi said on Tuesday that she hoped the UAE would soon sign a free trade agreement (FTA) with the US.
Guardian not put off by FTA woes
Guardian Industry, one of the world's largest manufacturers of float glass and fabricated glass products, is confident of expanding its investment in Thailand despite the failure of talks on a free-trade pact between Thailand and the United States.
US favours Nafta-type investment pact with India
The US wants to include labour and environment standards in the proposed bilateral investment agreement with India. While India wants to structure the pact on the lines of similar agreements that it has with other nations, the US wants to structure it on the lines of the investment chapter in the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta).
Feds Defend Trade Pacts
Federal officials and business leaders this week dismissed calls by the Democratic presidential candidates to renegotiate NAFTA, saying free trade deals help American small businesses and the U.S. economy grow.
US seeks power in Asia via FTA with Korea
The United States is seeking to prevent Asian countries from pushing for closer economic cooperation while excluding Washington, a senior U.S. government official suggested Thursday.
NAFTA prohibits collective bargaining in North Carolina
Male and female workers in North Carolina, USA, request the right to freedom of association to carry out collective bargaining and to choose their representatives in every work centre.
Lee urges parliament to approve KORUS FTA in May
President Lee Myung-bak on Tuesday (Apr. 22) renewed his calls for the parliament to convene a special session during May to ratify the long-delayed Korea-U.S. free trade agreement (KORUS FTA).
Dominican Government sacrificed RD$2.3B with Free Trade
Figures from the Customs Agency (DGA) show Dominican Government has sacrificed RD$2.3 billion since the United States-Central America Free Trade Agreement began.
A temporary victory: Colombian unions campaign against FTA
The postponement of a vote in the US Congress is just a temporary victory for Colombian workers, due primarily to the hard work of many Colombian trade unionists who have risked their lives visiting the United States to expose the crimes and violence against union leaders in their country.
Lee, Bush connect FTA to alliance
President Lee Myung-bak and U.S. President George W. Bush shared the view that the free trade agreement (FTA) is important for the two countries' alliance.