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Nit Pibulsongkram is to resign as head of the Thai team negotiating a free-trade agreement with the United States because of the tremendous political pressure weighing on him, according to a source at Government House.
Colombia and Ecuador will set a common position in negotiations with the US on a free trade agreement, the presidents of both countries said Monday in a press conference.
The Shinawatra family's reported plan to sell off its stake in Shin Corp Plc to Singapore's Temasek Holdings might complicate the Thai-US free trade talks and stall negotiations.
The Cabinet has agreed in principle for Malaysia and the US to begin discussions towards forging a free trade agreement (FTA) as and when both sides are ready.
Bank of Thailand (BOT) Governor M.R. Pridiyathorn Devakula said he felt the mounting opposition to a free trade area (FTA) was due to the lack of an explanation to the public in a concrete manner.
On the last day of the sixth round of Thai-US Free Trade Area talks, several academics and non-governmental bodies were invited to discuss their concerns with US negotiators on aspects of intellectual property rights, with an emphasis on pharmaceutical and life form patents. For a number of reasons, only one academic showed up.
Business leaders have been invited to a top-level meeting which could help push New Zealand's case for a free trade deal with the United States.
The Colombian government declared Friday, based on a Cundinamarca
Administration Court decision, it will not sign the Free Trade Agreement
with the United States.
The ninth round of free trade agreement (FTA) talks between Panamanian government officials and the US wound up without a final accord, amid domestic pressures forcing to act cautiously.
More than anything, this week's trade talks and the howls of opposition they've provoked have spotlighted the starkly different approaches taken by Thai and US negotiators.
