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The United States decision to get involved in forging a trade accord involving New Zealand is a major milestone in the quest for a US-NZ free trade agreement, says the American Chamber of Commerce in New Zealand (AmCham). AmCham has been lobbying hard for a US-NZ FTA for nearly 10 years now.
Hypocritical euphemisms belie the real intent of PeruFTA, which is to strike a blow against the growing movement toward the creation of a regional trading block in Latin America.
Negotiations on a free trade agreement between Malaysia and the United States have hit a sticky patch. There are 58 issues still unresolved and no fixed date scheduled for the sixth round of talks.
As US presidential candidates jockey for position in the primaries, free trade has taken a more prominent role than anyone expected. And with the nation grappling with the threat of recession, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has been coming under fire. A recently introduced bill would require improving NAFTA -- or withdrawing from it.
The US and Mexican sugar industry are trying to get a deal adopted by their governments to regulate sugar trade, now that NAFTA has dismanteled all remaining tariffs between the two countries as of 1 January 2008.
The United States remains lukewarm to the Philippines' push for a free trade agreement. While the US is seeking Philippine support in the WTO talks, the Philippines is asking the US government to move forward on an FTA or at least craft a new trade and investment framework agreement.
A trade war has erupted between the US and Honduras. The two countries are fighting over...socks. Bush says Honduran socks are causing serious damage to American sock-makers, so he wants to impose a hefty import tax on socks from Honduras.
Malaysian and US trade officials are working towards concluding a strong US-Malaysia free trade agreement by this summer ahead of the US election on Nov 4.
The East African Community (EAC) is preparing to negotiate a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) with the United States.
It was in late June last year that the much-touted Korea-US free trade agreement was signed between the two countries. More than six months later official ratification of the deal has yet to be made by either US Congress or the Korean National Assembly. Korean business organizations say if the stamp of approval is not given by February's end, the hard-won trade deal could go down the drain.
