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Morales will never agree FTA
President Evo Morales vowed never to negotiate a free-trade agreement with the United States -- then lunched Thursday with the US ambassador and said he wanted to meet with President George W Bush on “fair trade.''
US wants comprehensive RP trade deal
The Philippine exploratory mission to the US on the proposed specific preferential trading for the garment sector was met with cold treatment as top level government officials, Congress representatives and its private sector still prefer a comprehensive free trade area (FTA) agreement.
US industry's free trade wish list
With Korea-US Free Trade Agreement (FTA) talks scheduled to start in May, representatives from US industries bombarded the US government with their own wishes for a Korea-US FTA, asking the government to open the Korean service market and eliminate market regulations.
Penn serves notice on would-be trade agreement participants
Notice from USDA to countries that aren't too well heeled but would like to try to negotiate a new free trade agreement with the United States: Don't bother.
Peru, Colombia spark free-trade-pact déjà vu
Capitol Hill is starting to feel the pangs of trade déjà vu as two pending Latin American free-trade agreements prompt Democrats to demand stronger labor standards and business lobbyists push back.
Investment text proposed by US to Thailand (2006)
Draft investment chapter of US-Thailand FTA as proposed by US
US-Peru FTA in jeopardy
A trade agreement between the United States and Peru could be rejected in Congress because of Peru's weak labor record and the agreement's lack of labor provisions.
US senators want Bush to back NZ trade deal
Two United States senators have written to President George Bush to encourage him to start free trade talks with New Zealand.
US sees trade deal with UAE
The United States is eager to resume trade talks with the United Arab Emirates after the furore over a ports deal with Dubai and hopes to clinch an agreement within the next few months.
'Win-win situation' expected from FTA
While US ambassador to Malaysia Christopher LaFleur last week mentioned about the advantages for Malaysia should its free-trade agreement (FTA) with the US materialise, Malaysian economists prefer to look at both sides of the coin.