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  • 1-Mar-2007 New Straits Times
    Too big a price to pay for an FTA
    Letter from the Malaysian Organisation of Pharmaceutical Industries contesting the American Malaysian Chamber of Commerce’s claim that that the country’s generic medicine manufacturers will do better if the Malaysia-US free trade agreement is signed.
  • 1-Mar-2007 The Point
    Gambia Social Forum condemns EU-EPA negotiations
    The executive members of the Gambia Social Forum have condemned the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) that is being negotiated between the European Union and ECOWAS member states. They say that these proposed free trade agreements would exacerbate the current agricultural crisis that farmers already face, increase poverty, and violate human rights.
  • 1-Mar-2007 ISSA News
    Philippines pursue US free-trade accord
    According to the Philippines’ Department of Trade and Industry, the Philippines and the United States have agreed to pursue talks for a comprehensive free-trade agreement (FTA).
  • 1-Mar-2007 The News
    Pakistan may lose EU market as FTA rejected
    The 25-country European Union - the biggest market for Pakistani products - is likely to be closed down for Pakistan, as the EU refused to sign a free trade agreement (FTA), arguing that the size of Pakistan’s economy is not enough for such a trade deal, a senior government official told The News.
  • 28-Feb-2007 KUNA
    European-Gulf FTA talks falter anew
    European-Gulf negotiations on a joint free trade agreement have faltered anew due to fresh European economic preconditions for the signing, an Omani representative said Wednesday.
  • 28-Feb-2007 Houston Chronicle
    Leaders praise CAFTA as US exports climb
    US exports to four Central American countries grew more than 18 percent last year, after the Bush administration began a free-trade agreement with those nations, while imports from those countries were unchanged.
  • 28-Feb-2007 Nyéléni2007.org
    Declaration of Nyéléni
    What are we fighting against? Imperialism, neo-liberalism, neo-colonialism and patriarchy, and all systems that impoverish life, resources and eco-systems, and the agents that promote the above such as international financial institutions, the World Trade Organisation, free trade agreements, transnational corporations,and governments that are antagonistic to their peoples...
  • 28-Feb-2007 Gulf Times
    Qatar: US ’presents draft on free trade deal’
    The US has presented a "first draft" of a free trade agreement to Qatar, HE the Finance Minister Yousef Hussain Kamal said.
  • 28-Feb-2007 Jerusalem Post
    ’There is still a lot to be done,’ EU’s Ferrero-Waldner tells Post
    Despite its commitments under the Association Agreement and the European Neighbourhood Policy, the EU commissioner for external relations said, Israel "has not yet made up its mind how to work with us."
  • 28-Feb-2007 MercoPress
    Lula da Silva and Vazquez agree to another patch for Mercosur
    Presidents from Uruguay and Brazil, meeting in Colonia Monday, seem to have smoothed strained economic and political ties with promises of stronger bilateral relations and a new boost to the battered Mercosur block, although Argentina, just fifty kilometers away was not present at the summit.
  • 28-Feb-2007 People’s Daily
    Mexican, EU legislators seek to improve trade agreement
    Legislators from Mexico and the European Union (EU) met on Tuesday to discuss improving the free trade agreement signed in 2000.
  • 28-Feb-2007 Yonhap
    Roh says FTA won’t result in Americanization of Korean society
    In an interview with domestic Internet media, the president said an FTA between Seoul and Washington will not lead to the Americanization or polarization of Korean society.
  • 28-Feb-2007 Prensa Latina
    Cuba calls regional FTA meeting
    The Continental Social Alliance and its Cuban Chapter convened on Tuesday the 6th Hemispheric Meeting of struggle against Free Trade Accords (FTA) and for people s integration in this capital.
  • 28-Feb-2007
    Group calls for halt to US-Malaysia FTA negotiations
    Malaysia should stop all negotiations with the US on a free trade agreement (FTA) as it has failed to conduct an assessment on the implications of such an agreement on the people, a grouping of concerned Malaysians urged on Tuesday.
  • 28-Feb-2007 Malaysiakini.com
    M’sia pressured to ease up on GM food regulations
    The Malaysian government has been urged not to bend to US pressure, under their bilateral FTA talks, to scrap its proposed laws that would bring in mandatory labeling of genetically-modified (GM) foods.
  • 28-Feb-2007 Reuters
    Pakistan regrets Indian review of trade concessions
    Pakistan regrets an Indian decision to review tariff concessions extended to Pakistan under a regional trade agreement but will not retaliate, a senior Pakistani government official said on Tuesday.
  • 27-Feb-2007 Swazi Observer
    Taiwan willing to sign free trade agreement with SD
    Taiwanese Ambassador Leonard Chao has pledged his country’s willingness to sign a free trade agreement with Swaziland.
  • 27-Feb-2007 Business Europe
    UNICE strategy on an EU approach to free trade agreements
    Past EU bilateral and regional agreements have been strongly influenced by political concerns. The new generation of FTAs must be based on economic criteria: where the EU’s current and future markets lie.
  • 27-Feb-2007 Peterson Institute
    Toward a Free Trade Area of the Asia Pacific
    At their latest annual summit in Vietnam in November 2006, the leaders of the 21 members of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum agreed to “seriously consider” negotiating a Free Trade Area of the Asia Pacific (FTAAP).
  • 27-Feb-2007 The Nation
    No renegotiation on Thai-Japan trade deal
    Thai Foreign Minister Nitya Pibulsonggram told a powerful Japanese business association on Monday that Thailand would not renegotiate on any issues in the controversial economic agreement with Japan.