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US, NZ 'on a date' for free trade pact
"We have already cut a free trade deal with Australia. We ought to do one with New Zealand," said US Chamber of Commerce president Tom Donohue
We'll break US free trade barrier - Nats
National leader John Key today unveiled plans to negotiate a free trade agreement with the US, which the government is yet to succeed in doing since it came to power in 1999.
Democrats change FTA views
More and more US Democrats, many of whom have been skeptical about the Bush administration's trade agenda in Latin America, now support pending free trade agreements with Peru, Colombia, and Panama.
New Zealand presses case for free trade deal with US
New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark pressed her country's case for a free trade deal with the US Monday, saying it would benefit both countries.
Lawmakers seek probe of free trade deal with U.S.
A non-partisan group of 82 lawmakers filed a request with Korea's National Assembly Monday, asking for a parliamentary probe of a free trade deal between South Korea and the United States which awaits legislative approval in both countries.
US Congress postpones deliberation on KORUS FTA
Leaders of the US Congress have reportedly decided to approve the US-Colombia FTA before deliberating the Korea-US FTA.
Fugitive's election muddles trade deal prospects
Advocates of a US-Panama free trade deal have a new headache: Panama has just elected an official wanted for arrest in the U.S. for allegedly killing an American soldier.
Why is our trade policy benefitting tax cheats?
The pending US trade agreement with Panama isn't really about trade. It's about foreign investor rights, money laundering, and tax dodging.
Open letter to the Prime Minister of India on the Indo-US Knowledge Initiative on Agriculture
Given the interest generated with regard to the US-India nuclear deal, it is time to express our concerns on the US-India Knowledge Initiative on Agriculture, too, and not let it be implemented in a business-as-usual attitude.
Stiglitz: FTAs advantageous to US
Nobel laureate and former World Bank chief economist Joseph Stiglitz believes that no country should enter into free trade agreements with the US, as none of the developing countries has benefited greatly from them.