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  • 29-Aug-2005
    Rafidah says Japan-M’sia FTA may be signed in December
    International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz said she was confident that Malaysia would be able to sign a free trade agreement with Japan by December this year.
  • 29-Aug-2005 Gulf News
    Gulf states and EU set to hold FTA talks in New York
    GCC and EU foreign ministers will hold crucial talks in New York next month to remove obstacles hindering a free-trade agreement between the two groups.
  • 26-Aug-2005
    Japan urged to compromise more in FTA talks
    ASEAN General Secretary Ong Keng Yong has called on Japan make more compromises in free trade talks between the country and the regional grouping.
  • 26-Aug-2005
    Japan to boost aid for Asia to promote FTA
    As part of efforts to promote free trade agreements (FTA) with Asian countries, Japan will step up such industrial aid as technical cooperation and personnel development for their automotive sectors.
  • 26-Aug-2005
    M’sia-Australia to conclude negotiations on joint FTA by mid-2006
    The process of negotiation for the possible Malaysia-Australia Free Trade Agreement (FTA) is expected to be concluded by mid-2006, Minister of International Trade and Industry, Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz said.
  • 25-Aug-2005
    Mexico FTA Talks Stall
    The launch of free trade agreement (FTA) talks between South Korea and Mexico have stalled, on the latter’s request for an additional concession.
  • 24-Aug-2005
    Vaile heads to Malaysia for FTA talks
    Australian Trade Minister Mark Vaile is to hold a round of free trade talks with his Malaysian counterpart at a meeting in Kuala Lumpur.
  • 24-Aug-2005 Dawn
    Pakistan-US differences over BIT persists
    Pakistan has asked the United States to sign the proposed Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) by dropping its demand that in case of an arbitration only the Washington based International Centre for Settlement of Disputes (ICSID) should be approached for a decision.
  • 24-Aug-2005 China Daily
    Academic: China to be free trade driver
    China is likely to eclipse the World Trade Organization and regional market-opening pacts to become the main driver of freer global trade in the 21st century, a prominent trade academic said on Tuesday, Reuters reported.
  • 24-Aug-2005 GRAIN
    Bilateral agreements imposing TRIPS-plus intellectual property rights on biodiversity in developing countries
    A detailed roster of FTAs and other bilateral agreements that impose "TRIPS-plus" standards with regard to biological diversity in developing countries.
  • 23-Aug-2005
    India adopts ’Look West’ Asia policy
    On the lines of its successful "Look East" policy to promote trade and investment with its Asian neighbours, India aims to adopt a similar policy for West Asia, an external affairs ministry official said here Tuesday.
  • 23-Aug-2005
    Devil’s in the trading detail
    The first member of President George W. Bush’s Cabinet to visit New Zealand has a positive message to take back to his Washington boss. Mike Johanns - appointed Agriculture Secretary earlier this year - was impressed by just how "New Zealand, to the person that I’ve talked to, is pro-trade".
  • 23-Aug-2005
    NZ-US free trade deal not on agenda
    U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns said on Tuesday that a free trade agreement with New Zealand was not on the Bush administration’s agenda, but remains a possibility in the future.
  • 23-Aug-2005
    Korea-China FTA talks gather steam but a sticky path ahead
    As economic interdependence between Korea and China grows significantly, government officials and economists find it more and more necessary to form a free trade agreement to strengthen bilateral economic relations.
  • 23-Aug-2005
    US deal may hurt stem cell research
    The free trade agreement (FTA) with the US could stifle Australian stem cell research, scientists and legal experts say.
  • 23-Aug-2005
    US lobbyists making money from FTA
    There have already been some big winners out of Australia’s free-trade deal with the United States - American lawyers and lobbyists.
  • 23-Aug-2005
    Crucial FTA talks resume in Tokyo
    The free trade talks between Thailand and Japan are approaching a crucial step, with officials preparing to address the origin of products, the last and thorniest issue on the agenda.
  • 23-Aug-2005 INVEST-SD
    Uruguayan Senate debates US BIT, looks for common Mercosur posture on BITs
    The Uruguayan Senate remains deeply divided on whether to move forward with the ratification of a US-Uruguayan Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT).
  • 22-Aug-2005 Daily Times
    QIZ to be set up at Pak-Afghan border
    International Monetary Fund (IMF) has been informed that Pakistan and Afghanistan will soon submit a joint proposal for establishment of Qualified Industrial Zone at Pak-Afghan Border to export to the United States of America.
  • 22-Aug-2005
    EU-Syria Association Agreement (2004)