On January 1st China's FTA with ASEAN, the world's biggest by population, came into effect.
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Financial services will get the best deal of any FTA the U.S. has made.
The FTA was hammered out this spring after arduous talks between the two administrations.
Why the pending FTA's is clearly a deal the US Congress should not refuse.
The FTA also provides protection to U.S. investors and U.S. copyrights, trademarks and patents registered in Colombia.
The program is one of three environmentally friendly FTA grant competitions whose winners have been recently announced.
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The ratification of the FTA must send a powerful message to an ascending Colombia and to its neighbors.
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The passage of the KORUS FTA has opened up a new chapter in our partnership, in our alliance.
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President Bush has begun lobbying for the formation of a free trade area (FTA) between Columbia and Peru.
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Both assessments are correct, as we have witnessed in virtually every free-trade agreement (FTA) enacted by recent administrations.
Prohibition of duty drawback would nullify the benefits of the FTA for Korean products in the EU market.
The South Korea FTA, for instance, is already attracting opposition, even though it's a fantastic deal for U.S. exporters.
The next major negotiations of this FTA be held in Beijing in May.
The free-trade agreement (FTA) is the most comprehensive and high-quality trade deal Korea and the EU have ever made.
The Korea-EU FTA sets a good example by introducing strong disciplines on non-tariff measures, including environmental and safety standards.
And the KORUS FTA will bring benefits beyond Korea and the United States.
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FTA, has pointed out that rejection of the agreements would send a negative message to Latin America as a whole.
Declining the FTA would hamper the free movement of goods and damage the Colombian economy in a time of rebound.
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Another technique would be to turn the FTA into what Spanish economist Pedro Schwartz called the Open Atlantic Prosperity Area.
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The advantages of a generous FTA will outweigh the competitive disadvantages for small farmers and foster agricultural diversification away from Coca planting.
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As for the Japan-China-Korea FTA talks, plans were to officially announce a start of negotiations at the November 18-20 East Asian Summit.
Negotiations on a transatlantic FTA are expected to begin in the spring.
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The scandal comes at a time when Peru plans to attract more foreign investment through Free Trade Agreements (FTA) and International Tourism projects.
We believe however, that the Uribe administration deserves US assistance and the ratification of a mutually beneficial FTA, sustaining the country's rebounding economy.
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The Colombian FTA must be approved by the House Ways and Means and Senate Finance committees before they can be considered by the full Congress.
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Now the KORUS FTA signals the beginning of an economic alliance.
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And, President Santos, there are small business people who are very concerned about the FTA. What is your plan to deal with that, Mr. President?
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The failure to reach a Free Trade Agreement has slightly lowered Uribe's overwhelming popularity, since he has always pushed for the FTA against domestic resistance.
Peru's trade minister hopes to get past FTA obstacles this month.
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