posted 26-04-2006  print   A US Free Trade Agreement could threaten access to medicine in Thailand New stringent drug patent and marketing rules being negotiated in a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the US and Thailand would limit competition and reduce access to affordable medicines in Thailand. ——————————————————————————– Oxfam | April 2006 by Gawain Kripke and Stephanie [...]

posted 26-04-2006  print   FTA with Japan, China would hurt local fisheries sector: report A free trade pact between South Korea, China and Japan could damage South Korea’s fisheries industry, a report said Wednesday. ——————————————————————————– Yonhap | 26 April 2006 FTA with Japan, China would hurt local fisheries sector: report SEOUL, April 26 (Yonhap) — A free [...]

Korea Moves to Open Higher Education Market By Chung Ah-young Staff Reporter University student representatives hold a rally to protest an education market opening near the government complex in central Seoul, Monday. South Korea is expected to include the partial opening of its education market for a free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States.  / [...]

[Editorial] Decision on US Beef and a Sovereign Government    The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has determined that the cow in the U.S. state of Alabama found to have mad cow disease is more than eight years old, and has begun taking steps to resume imports of American beef. Mad cow disease is discovered [...]