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Bilateral deal-making involving governments of Asia and the Pacific region.

APEC moves towards free trade mining
15-Feb-2007     Herald Sun
Asia Pacific mining ministers wound up a talkfest in Perth today vowing to explore a free trade agreement between Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) members that would dwarf all other FTAs.
ASEAN for the people
15-Jan-2007     Melbourne Indymedia
We call on Governments to review existing FTAs and, to postpone for further examination and public scrutiny the FTAs currently being negotiated or proposed, particularly the proposed EU-ASEAN FTA, and FTAs with Japan and the United States under consideration by several ASEAN members.
East Asian countries urged to form region-wide free-trade zone
15-Jan-2007     Playfuls
East Asian countries must promptly form a region-wide free-trade zone to maintain its competitiveness as well as ensure stability and prosperity, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said Monday.
Turkey to initiate free trade accords with Serbia, Kosovo, Montenegro
12-Jan-2007     SEEurope
The Foreign Trade Undersecretariat will initiate free trade agreement (FTA) talks with four countries in the first half of 2007: Georgia, Montenegro, Kosovo and Serbia.
APEC 'too busy' for free trade deal, says Canberra
12-Jan-2007     The Australian
Australia has dismissed plans for an APEC free trade agreement, arguing that member countries are too busy cementing other trade deals to give it serious attention.
New markets for Turkish businessmen
10-Jan-2007     Turkish Daily News
Turkey's Undersecretariat of Foreign Trade will begin Free Trade Agreement (FTA) talks with four countries in the first half of this year in order to find new markets for Turkish businessmen and to extend current ones.
Brunei: Cheaper Japanese goods here
23-Dec-2006     BruneiDirect
Japan is one of the biggest markets for Brunei's liquefied natural gas. Undoubtedly the EPA is said to include a clause that ensures a stable supply of natural gas for Japan. More than US$2 billion worth of gas were supplied to Japan in 2005 alone.
US bilateral free trade agreements in Asia
8-Dec-2006     IRDF
In an effort to create more informed actions among groups working on food sovereignty and fairer trade rules in the region, the Asia Pacific Network for Food Sovereignty launched a research on US FTAs that looked at the common features of existing US FTAs and those that are being negotiated in the region like the US-Thailand FTA and analyzed their implications on developing countries' agriculture particularly on small-scale farmers' livelihoods; food security; farmers' access to and control of their land, seed and productive resources; and rural development.
Fishers planning summit protest alarmed by security measures
7-Dec-2006     INQ7
Fisher folk groups are opposing the ASEAN's Roadmap to Fisheries Integration, saying the facilitation of free trade of fisheries products without consideration for the biological limits to fisheries productivity would lead to overfishing and adversely affect artisanal fishers who could not compete with commercial fishing fleets.
APEC puts off consideration of region-wide free-trade deal
15-Nov-2006     INQ7.net
A US proposal to set up a massive Pacific Rim free-trade zone will be set aside for study until a regional meeting next year in Australia, a Japanese official said Wednesday.