World Business Briefing: Colombia: Trade Agreement Signed
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The Bush administration signed a free-trade agreement with Colombia, despite strong Democratic Party objections that threaten to keep the pact from becoming law. The signing ceremony culminated more than two and a half years of work on the pact, which the White House sees as an important tool for promoting stability in the volatile Andean region. Leading Democrats criticized the Bush administration for signing the trade deal before addressing their concerns about the pactÂs protection for workers.
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MEXICO CITY - Mexico and Japan have signed a free-trade agreement that is expected to open a new market for Mexican fruit and vegetables and prompt Japanese factories to move here.
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Australia and the United States sealed a free trade agreement to start January 1, 2005 after clearing last-minute obstacles.
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BLANTYRE, Aug 23  (IPS) - Manufacturers, exporters and even government  officials in Malawi are jittery about January 1, 2008. On that  day the economic partnership agreements (EPAs), currently being  negotiated between the European Union (EU) and six groupings of  African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries, will come into  force.
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China and 10 South-East Asian countries have signed historic trade pacts to pave the way for the world&#39;s biggest free-trade zone by 2010, covering two billion people.
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Mexico, Sept. 18 (VNA) - Japan and Mexico have reached a free trade agreement aiming at boosting each other country&#39;s access to their markets, protecting intellectual property rights, and promoting cultural and intellectual exchanges.
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The World Trade Organization (WTO) launched negotiations on trade facilitation at a meeting on Monday. WTO members agreed on a work plan and a schedule of meetings on negotiations
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SAN JOSE DEL GUAVIARE, Colombia, Jan 10 - Marxist rebels freed two women hostages from Colombia's jungle on Thursday in a deal brokered by Venezuela's leftist president, Hugo Chavez, that could mark a breakthrough in peace efforts.
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Latin America&#39;s agricultural giant won a pair of trade victories against farm subsidies for rich countries after the World Trade Organization agreed that Brazilian farmers have been hurt by government assistance for US cotton farmers and European Union
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China and Russia signed an agreement in which Beijing formally endorsed Moscow's bid to enter the World Trade Organization (WTO).
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Officials said Saturday that Japan has signed a free trade agreement with Mexico, the first such pact to cover Japan&#39;s politically sensitive agricultural sector.
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The House of Representatives approves a bill normalising trade relations with Vietnam for the first time.
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Colombia agreed on Wednesday to allow Venezuelan planes and helicopters to land in the country and pick up three hostages held for years by Marxist guerrillas, including a child born in captivity.
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The European Union has concluded talks  with Vietnam on its entry into the World Trade Organization,  clearing a major hurdle in the Southeast Asian country's  attempts to join the group by 2005.
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Mexico and Japan signed an Economic Association Agreement (EAA) here on Friday aimed at promoting the gradual liberalization of trade between two countries.
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Brazil and Venezuela boost their strategic alliance by signing a range of trade agreements.
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Mercosur and the Andean Community countries finally agree a trade deal.