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Hong Kong suitor hopes to tie the knot
11-Sep-2007 NZ Herald
The Chief Executive of Hong Kong, Donald Tsang, is optimistic that a free trade agreement between New Zealand and Hong Kong can be concluded.
We’ll break US free trade barrier - Nats
11-Sep-2007 Stuff
National leader John Key today unveiled plans to negotiate a free trade agreement with the US, which the government is yet to succeed in doing since it came to power in 1999.
Democrats change FTA views
11-Sep-2007 LBC
More and more US Democrats, many of whom have been skeptical about the Bush administration’s trade agenda in Latin America, now support pending free trade agreements with Peru, Colombia, and Panama.
New Zealand presses case for free trade deal with US
11-Sep-2007 AFP
New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark pressed her country’s case for a free trade deal with the US Monday, saying it would benefit both countries.
Lawmakers seek probe of free trade deal with U.S.
11-Sep-2007 Yonhap
A non-partisan group of 82 lawmakers filed a request with Korea’s National Assembly Monday, asking for a parliamentary probe of a free trade deal between South Korea and the United States which awaits legislative approval in both countries.
Sri Lanka should make better use of existing trade deals: experts
11-Sep-2007 LBO
Trade analysts say that Sri Lanka should make the most of existing trade deals like the Bay of Bengal Initiative before negotiating more bilateral and multilateral agreements.
Bangladesh: Govt to study impact of free trade deals with neighbours
11-Sep-2007 Daily Star
The caretaker government of Bangladesh has initiated a study on the impact of striking free trade agreements (FTAs) with India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
S. Korea, Peru agree to begin FTA discussions
11-Sep-2007 Yonhap
South Korea and Peru agreed to launch discussions on forming a bilateral free trade agreement during a summit between South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun and Peruvian President Alan Garcia
Group says new fertilizer aid tied to JPEPA
11-Sep-2007 Inquirer
The Philippine national fishermen’s alliance Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas has voiced out suspicions that the timing of the release of a P125-million fertilizer grant from the Japanese government was “closely linked” to the approval of the controversial Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA).
US Congress postpones deliberation on KORUS FTA
11-Sep-2007 Donga
Leaders of the US Congress have reportedly decided to approve the US-Colombia FTA before deliberating the Korea-US FTA.
China, Peru launch FTA talks
11-Sep-2007 People’s Daily
Chinese President Hu Jintao met with Peruvian President Alan Garcia on Friday and the two agreed to launch bilateral free trade area (FTA) negotiations.
EU-Asean FTA negotiations unlikely to succeed, says academician
11-Sep-2007 Bernama
A successful free trade agreement between the European Union and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations is unlikely because the Asean nations are unwilling to consider tackling the non-tariff and regulatory barriers, European Centre for International Political Economy’s co-director Razeen Sally said
Jane Kelsey - Critical overview of APEC’s agenda
11-Sep-2007 Scoop
The objective of the neoliberal camp is to link together the tangle of FTAs that is emerging in the region into a grand Asia Pacific FTA.
Solon seeks probe of 31 other ’ZTEs’ with Chinese firms
11-Sep-2007 Pinoy Vote
Aside from the controversial ZTE deal, the Philippine government has entered into at least 31 other “questionable" investment agreements with corporations in China, Akbayan party-list Rep. Ana Theresia Hontiveros said. "Like JPEPA, no one has seen the content of the deals and the government is refusing to divulge their details to the public."
Iran ready for FTA talks with PGCC
11-Sep-2007 Press TV
Tehran is ready to hold talks with the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council on a free trade pact.
Imports up, exports down one year after Korea-EFTA FTA
11-Sep-2007 Korea Times
A year after a trade deal between Korea and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) went into effect last September, Korea’s largest trade group said that imports from the four-nation bloc hiked while exports dipped heavily.
Squeezed: The real cost of free trade in the Asia-Pacific
10-Sep-2007 Squeezed
Filmed in Thailand and The Philippines in July 2007, Squeezed tells the story of how free trade agreements and globalisation are changing the lives of millions of people living in the Asia-Pacific region.
Fugitive’s election muddles trade deal prospects
8-Sep-2007 The Hill
Advocates of a US-Panama free trade deal have a new headache: Panama has just elected an official wanted for arrest in the U.S. for allegedly killing an American soldier.
UNCTAD warns poor countries on free trade deals
6-Sep-2007 Afrique en ligne
Though preferential trade agreements (PTAs) may offer transitory gains in terms of market access and higher foreign direct investment, the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has cautioned developing countries to be careful before entering into such deals.
Why is our trade policy benefitting tax cheats?
6-Sep-2007 AlterNet
The pending US trade agreement with Panama isn’t really about trade. It’s about foreign investor rights, money laundering, and tax dodging.