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Cash-strapped Jordan aims high | 12-December-2004

After spending years negotiating FTAs with the US, Europe and fellow Arab countries, Jordan is determined to gain a competitive advantage for Jordanian industries in world markets. And Washington appears eager to help them achieve success.


Free trade at a heavy cost for India | 12-December-2004

The recently signed India-Thailand FTA has stirred a hornet’s nest in India. It is being argued that India has shown unnecessary haste in signing the agreement without fully comprehending its economic implications for Indian industry.


Mazda to start selling cars in Mexico; planned FTA helps | 12-December-2004

Mazda Motor Corp. has set up a new unit in Mexico to start selling vehicles there, taking advantage of the scheduled implementation of a free trade agreement between Japan and Mexico next year.


Taiwan, Guatemala begin FTA talks | 11-December-2004

Minister of Economic Affairs Ho Mei-yueh signed a free trade agreement (FTA) consultation framework Tuesday with her counterpart from Guatemala, Marcio Cuevas, and began their first meeting on FTA issues.


S. Korea, US to hold preliminary meeting to explore FTA | 11-December-2004

South Korea and the United States will hold working level meetings early next year to explore the feasibility of a free trade agreement (FTA) between the two countries


The proposed US-SACU FTA: Comparison with FTAA, CAFTA, US-Chile and US-Singapore | 11-December-2004

Many civic organizations in the SACU region and the US, especially the labor unions, as well as other governments within Southern Africa note many possible disadvantages to the proposed US-SACU FTA.


India: Bilateral pacts to go beyond trade | 11-December-2004

In a major policy shift, the government has decided to convert all preferential/free trade agreements (PFA/FTA) into comprehensive economic cooperation agreements (Ceca).


Estados Unidos exige más, más y más.... | 10-December-2004

Los jefes de los equipos negociadores consideraron, al final de la ronda de negociaciones del TLC en Tucson, que esta había sido muy productiva y atribuyeron este positivo balance al destrabamiento de la negociación agrícola y al mejorar la propuesta norteamericana para el acceso de productos industriales de los países andinos al mercado estadounidense


ROC economics minister meets with US official, senator | 10-December-2004

Visiting Republic of China Minister of Economic Affairs Ho Mei-yueh met with Deputy US Trade Representative Josette Sheeran Shiner Thursday to discuss matters of mutual concern. Ho, who arrived in Washington, D.C. Wednesday to lobbying support for the signing of Taiwan-U.S. free trade agreement (FTA), said her meeting with Shiner marked a good start for Taiwan’s FTA drive.


Pak wants free trade with US, China, Latin states: Humayun | 10-December-2004

Commerce Minister Humayun Akhtar Khan has said Pakistan wanted free trade with the United States, China and Latin states and would soon sign accords with them in this regard.


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  • Comments
    Final agreement of WTO TRIPS council on the obligations of Least Developed Countries to protect intellectual property rights, puts EU and US in a bad light | 12-June-2013
    Burghard Ilge:

    Burghard Ilge, Both ENDS, 12/06/2013
    Yesterday the World Trade Organization (WTO) officially decided that the country grouping of Least Developed Counties (LDCs) remain excluded from the most far reaching WTO obligations on i ...

    El mito de los TLC. ¿El futuro es Puerto Rico? | 3-June-2013
    Jose M Lopez Sierra:

    Saludos, Tenemos que trabajar juntos para descolonizar a Puerto Rico. Habra una protesta pacifica en las afuera de la ONU este 17 de junio. Te esperamos! Un abrazo! Jose
    www.TodosUnidosDescolonizarPR.blogspot.com

    Nigeria: Soludo - EU trade agreement is second slavery | 14-May-2013
    Alade Olugbenga MA student FU University Berlin, Germany:

    This is an attempt to enslave African economy and to deceive us as it was during the colonial era. It is time to wake up from slumbering into the hands of world capitalist and try to develop our land.
    May be we can learn from ...

    Thailand not involved in TPP talks | 28-April-2013
    anon:

    The page is not misleading. The flags are in the outer frame of the page and are divided into three groups - Peru trade agreements in force, Peru trade agreements signed and ratification in progress, Peru trade agreements in negotiations. Those g ...

    BIT claim brought against Turkmenistan following UN finding of human rights violations | 16-April-2013
    Matthäus Fink:

    Hello,
    i am interested in the fuller details of the case. My name is Matthäus Fink. I am from Germany and i am writting a doctoral thesis on the interaction between investment law and environmental law, so i am interessted i ...

    BIT claim brought against Turkmenistan following UN finding of human rights violations | 15-April-2013
    IAReporter:

    For those interested in the BIT claim mentioned by Herbert Smith in this law firm news release, the fuller details of the claim were reported in this article by Investment Arbitration Reporter:
    http://www.iareporter.com/arti ...

    Now US wants Transatlantic Free Trade Agreement with European Union to include Turkey: who’s next? | 20-March-2013
    :

    Next are the EFTA states (Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Switzerland).
    The article implies that the addition of Mexico, Canada and Turkey is strange or random - and mentions how far Turkey is from the Atlantic, but such logi ...

    World Bank urges Africa to reject EPAs with EU | 13-March-2013
    B. Ilge:

    Thank you for keeping this article on line.
    Here a link to a disclaimer made by the World Bank with the title
    "World Bank did not urge Africa to reject EPAs with EU"
    http://bit.ly/13 ...

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