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Talks between the US and the UAE over a free trade agreement have been suspended after both parties failed to agree on how the Gulf state would open up its markets to US investors and banks. The FTA will now miss the March 31 deadline.
US Trade Representative Susan C Schwab and the Liberian Minister of Commerce, Industry, & Trade Olubanke King-Akerele signed a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) yesterday that will provide a forum to address trade issues and will help build trade and investment relations between the United States and Liberia.
A scandal over suspected Colombian government links to illegal right-wing militias could hamper President Alvaro Uribe's bid to clinch a free-trade deal with the United States.
"A majority of people are opposed to this," Hyun Lee of the group Korean Americans Against War and Neoliberalism told OneWorld. "None of the benefits of these trade agreements go to ordinary people and ordinary workers. They only go to fatten the pockets of transnational corporations."
Major sticking points still obstruct a deal, including Washington's insistence on improvement of labourers' rights and the country's overall human rights record.
US-South Korea free trade talks netted some progress this week, but at least one more session will be needed to reach a final deal, the lead US negotiator said.
US Ambassador to Japan Thomas Schieffer sounded a positive note Wednesday over a possible free trade agreement between the world's two major economies and indicated that resolving farm issues would be the key.
Farmers release animals in protest, 500 attend all-night vigil; KoA protest delegation holds all-night vigil, congressional briefing in DC; Limiting access to healthcare: FTA and pharmaceuticals
Vice President Dick Cheney on Wednesday urged the nation's manufacturers to lobby Congress in what he said would be a difficult battle to extend President Bush's special trade authority.
Will the bilateral free trade agreement between Malaysia and the US be signed?
