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		<title><![CDATA[PERU-U.S. FREE-TRADE AGREEMENT SIGNED INTO LAW AFTER U.S. CONGRESS APPROVES.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A free-trade agreement FTA between the US and Peru passed through  both houses of the US Congress and became law with the signatures of the  two nations' presidents in the final months of 2007.  The pact,  know as the US-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement  A free-trade...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[PERU: FREE TRADE AGREEMENT WITH U.S. PASSES KEY CONGRESSIONAL PANELS IN WASHINGTON D.C.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The US free-trade agreement FTA with Peru passed through  important committees in both houses of the US Congress in September,  making it likely that the deal would be ratified in the coming weeks or  months.  The so-called Peru Trade Promotion Act (P  The US free-trade...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Congress Closer to Approving Free Trade Agreement With Peru]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congress moved a step closer last week to making Peru the first country to join the United States in a free trade agreement since Democrats took over Congress in January.Congress moved a step closer last week to making Peru the first country to join the United States in a free...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[U.S.-South Korea free trade agreement does not include beef; Senate Finance Committee Chair vows to block approval]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The United States will continue pressuring South Korea to lift restrictive safety measures that block U.S. beef exports before a separate free trade agreement FTA is signed by the White House and sent to Congress for ratification, a USDA spokeswoman said last week.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Congress to approve U.S.-South Korea free trade agreement.(GLOBAL BUSINESS)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5942/is_200704/ai_n24008458]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Congress will approve the U.S.-South Korea free trade agreement.  But the OK is contingent on South Korea lifting its ban on imports of  U.S. beef, which it's sure to do in coming months. South  Korea's strong organized labor movement will make it diffi  Congress will approve...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Senate committee examines trade regulations.(News)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Byline: Mike Verespej    The United States needs to adapt its economy to globalization,  former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers said at a hearing on U.S. trade  policy.    "To try and fix the problem through trade agreements is like  trying to fix ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[An Analysis Of The Restrictions On Foreign Direct Investment In Free Trade Agreements]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[This paper analyzes the quality of rules on Foreign Direct Investment FDI for seven Free Trade Agreements FTAs: US-Australia, US-Singapore, Japan-Singapore, Korea-Singapore, NAFTA, Korea-Chile and Japan-Mexico, involving eight countries. This paper examines the quality of FDI rules in terms of their liberalization or restrictiveness in the following six areas: Restrictions...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Free trade debate heats up in Washington.(debate on free trade in recent House and Senate trade policy hearings )(Conference news)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Byline: Mike Verespej    The chilly reception U.S. trade representative Susan Schwab  received in House and Senate trade policy hearings indicates a growing  contention over the president's authority to negotiate free trade  agreements.    "We need  Byline: Mike Verespej   ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[PERU: CONGRESS RATIFIES FREE-TRADE AGREEMENT WITH THE U.S.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[On June 28, a midnight vote in Peru's Congress overwhelmingly  ratified the free-trade agreement FTA negotiated with the US last year  (see NotiSur, 2006-01-13).  Protestors broke into Congress and scuffled  with police and protested in the streets to  On June 28, a midnight vote in...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jul 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[EGYPT: EGYPT AND TURKEY SIGN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Minister of Foreign Trade and Industry Rasheed Mohamed Rasheed said  on Sunday that Egypt and Turkey will sign a free trade agreement later  this month. The Minister, who is currently attending the WTO meetings in  Hong Kong, said the agreement would be  Minister of Foreign Trade...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2005 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Assessing the Impact of the Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement on Australian and Global Medicines Policy]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The paper depicts about a project which proposes to monitor, assess and analyze the real and potential impacts of the Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement AUSFTA in this area, providing Australian policy-makers with continuing expertise and options. To the extent that the AUSFTA medicines provisions may represent an important precedent...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[US CONGRESS TO ADDRESS DRAFT OF FREE TRADE AGREEMENT]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The US Administration will put forward the draft to the Egyptian- US free trade agreement to the Congress by the end of the current year, Foreign Trade and Industry Minister Rashid Mohamed Rashid said. Addressing Rotary Club members in Alexandria, Rashid The US Administration will put forward the draft to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[EGYPT: US CONGRESS TO ADDRESS DRAFT OF FREE TRADE AGREEMENT.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The US Administration will put forward the draft to the Egyptian-US  free trade agreement to the Congress by the end of the current year,  Foreign Trade and Industry Minister Rashid Mohamed Rashid said.  Addressing Rotary Club members in Alexandria, Ras  The US Administration will put forward...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[U.S. House of Representatives Approves the Central America Free Trade Agreement : Statement from the Minnesota and North Dakota Sugar Industry]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[MOORHEAD, Minn. -- In response to the U.S. House of Representatives vote on the Central America Free Trade Agreement CAFTA, the Minnesota and North Dakota sugar industry released the following statement (supported by American Crystal Sugar, Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative, Red River Valley Sugarbeet Growers Association and Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Bush to focus on WTO after CAFTA.(World Trade Organization)(Central American Free Trade Agreement)(Brief Article)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Bush will muscle a trade deal with five Central American  nations and the Dominican Republic through a reluctant House in coming  months. But don't expect the White House to follow that victory  with more bilateral and regional initiatives. Th  President Bush will muscle a trade...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Bilateral "WTO-Plus" Free Trade Agreements: The WTO Trade Policy Review of Singapore 2004]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The World Trade Organization's 2004 Trade Policy Review depicts the small and outward-oriented economy as one of the most open country to international trade and investment. The review highlights the benefits of the outward-oriented strategy that has enabled the economy to weather recent external shocks such as the Asian financial...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BAHRAIN: WTO ORGANIZES REGIONAL SEMINAR.(World Trade Organization, free trade agreements)(Ahmad Bubishait)(Brief Article)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the Kuwaiti news agency (December 8, 2004),  Bahrain's Trade Ministry Assistant Undersecretary for Consumer  Protection, Ahmad Bubishait, opened a regional seminar in Manama  organized by the World Trade Organization WTO. The seminar work  According to the Kuwaiti news agency (December 8, 2004),  Bahrain's...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2004 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BAHRAIN: BAHRAIN-US FTA OPPORTUNITIES TO BE HIGHLIGHTED.(Free Trade Agreement)(Brief Article)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6465/is_200411/ai_n26197582]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[According to "Bahrain Tribune", with the US giving clear  direction on how companies can tap its huge market potential, there is  an urgent need for a road map to help the private sector benefit from  the Free Trade Agreement, the Managing Par  According to "Bahrain Tribune",...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2004 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Chile: Senate approves free trade agreement with EFTA.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chile, Nov 18, 2004 (El Mercurio/SABI via COMTEX)    Chile, Nov 18, 2004 (El Mercurio/SABI via COMTEX)  ]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2004 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[White House trade stance toughens.(Central American Free Trade Agreement)(Brief Article)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Bush administration is mulling taking the Dominican Republic  out of the Central American Free Trade Agreement. Reason: The Dominican  Republic ...    The Bush administration is mulling taking the Dominican Republic  out of the Central American Free Trade Agreement. Reason: The Dominican  Republic...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Oct 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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