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  • 24-Jul-2004 Morocco gets US free trade deal
    Morocco gets US free trade deal
    A free trade agreement between Morocco and the United States has come into immediate effect.
  • 22-Jul-2004
    Tridge fears FTA patent war
    One of Australia’s most recognised Linux developers, Dr Andrew Tridgell, has attacked the proposed Australia-US Free Trade Agreement (FTA), claiming it could pit local open source developers against Microsoft in a "patent war".
  • 21-Jul-2004
    Australian Senate urged to block the FTA
    Leading unions, doctors and welfare groups are urging the Senate to block the free trade agreement with the United States.
  • 21-Jul-2004
    FTA: Empowers the rich and weakens the poor
    The beginning of the nineties is defined by President Bush (Senior)’s call to establish a united continent for free trade. All countries will become rich by liberalizing their markets. The FTAAs will be a miracle.
  • 21-Jul-2004 How US is Turning Aids Into Big Business
    How US is turning AIDS into big business
    The reason for President Museveni’s renewed vigour to support US ideologies in the battle against HIV/Aids is becoming clearer after Bangkok, Thailand.
  • 21-Jul-2004
    Taiwan: US trade envoy to examine IPR progress
    Charles Freeman, assistant US trade representative for China affairs, is scheduled to meet officials at the Ministry of Economic Affairs today, marking the first trade talks between the two countries since October 2002, a government official said yesterday.
  • 21-Jul-2004
    A debate about more than trade
    It would be easy to dismiss the hesitation we see in Congress over the Bush administration’s proposed free trade agreement (FTA) with Morocco as just another chapter in the ongoing debate between free traders and protectionists.
  • 20-Jul-2004
    FTA BACKLASH: Farmers petition the King
    A leading farming group says it has petitioned His Majesty the King to call on the government to withdraw milk and dairy products from Thailand’s free-trade agreement (FTA) with Australia.
  • 20-Jul-2004
    Philippines: Market access for fruits sought in FTA with Japan
    The Department of Agriculture will work for a better market for tropical vegetables in a proposed Philippines-Japan free trade agreement (FTA) as Japan is believed to be more inclined to favor tropical vegetables grown by small farmers over tropical fruits grown by multinational companies that already widely dominate its market.
  • 20-Jul-2004 The disease of the day: Acute treatyitis
    The disease of the day: Acute treatyitis
    The efforts to establish global and regional ‘free trade’ agreements have met with considerable resistance. People around the world suffering the effects of so-called free trade have steadily built a movement to reject the dominant economic model.
  • 19-Jul-2004
    FTA BACKLASH: Trade talk details to be revealed
    Criticism of the free-trade agreement signed with Australia earlier this month has prompted the Commerce Ministry to set up a committee to monitor impacts.
  • 19-Jul-2004
    Free trade with Malaysia chokes on car protection
    Japan plans to ask Malaysia to abandon protection of its domestic car industry during free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations this week, government sources have said.
  • 19-Jul-2004
    Why Latham should reject the FTA
    This so-called free trade agreement is a humiliating sell-out, says Tim Colebatch.
  • 19-Jul-2004
    China-NZ: Trade deal rivalry heats up
    New Zealand’s "first-mover" advantage with China will be put to the test in coming months as other countries try to jump the queue and open free-trade negotiations with the world’s most populous nation.
  • 19-Jul-2004
    India-Thailand FTA: More linkage sought in tourism, hospitality
    Bangkok and New Delhi are looking forward to developing further linkages in the areas of tourism and hospitality to widen economic co-operation under the Thailand-India bilateral free-trade agreement, according to high-ranking representatives of both countries.
  • 17-Jul-2004 http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/biz...
    Korea, American CEOs Call for BIT
    South Korean and American business leaders on Friday agreed to urge their respective governments to step up efforts to form a free trade agreement (FTA) between the two nations and seek growth engines.
  • 16-Jul-2004
    Mandatory checks on Chinese fruit
    The Agriculture Ministry will soon require selected lots of apples and pears from China to pass mandatory tests for chemical residues, pests, micro-organisms and heavy metals before they can enter the country.
  • 16-Jul-2004
    US FTA fever may be overrated
    The trade-pact fever seems to be in full swing around the world, and Asia is in the thick of it.
  • 16-Jul-2004 US agrees to sign FTA with Pakistan
    US agrees to sign FTA with Pakistan
    The United States has agreed to sign a free trade agreement (FTA) with Pakistan, a senior government official told Daily Times.
  • 16-Jul-2004 United States and Mongolia Sign Bilateral Trade and Investment
    US and Mongolia sign bilateral TIFA
    The United States and Mongolia today further enhanced their growing economic and trade partnership by signing a bilateral Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA).