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Thailand seeks adjustment on Australia FTA

2011-02-03 05:18:45

Thailand will soon start talks with Australia on opening up the two countries' markets to more goods and services under their five-year-old free-trade agreement.

FTAs crash into Australian car makers

2008-08-03 17:07:48

The Bracks review of the car industry is expected to urge the Federal Government to take a stronger line in negotiating free trade agreements after the review's hearings became a flashpoint for dissent over the Thai free trade agreement (FTA).

Canberra wants Thai services sector opened

2008-02-12 04:25:49

The Australian government will negotiate for greater opening of Thailand's services sector this year under the Thailand-Australia Free Trade Agreement

Shrimpers cry foul over new Australia ban

2006-12-07 03:39:49

Thai shrimpers yesterday submitted a letter to protest against Australia's ban on shrimp imports even before its import risk analysis is completed. Viewing the move as unfair, Thai officials will also discuss the issue at a forum on the Thailand-Australia free trade agreement next week.

Thai tuna import tariff to double

2006-09-07 12:37:36

Australia will increase tariffs on canned tuna and canned pineapple from Thailand after the finding that they had exceeded quotas under the Thailand-Australia Free Trade Agreement (FTA).

FTA hurting Thai farmers

2006-06-11 23:26:00

A recent study led by Thammasat University academic Rangsan Thanapornpan claims that the Australia-Thailand free trade agreement has benefited only a small group of industrialists, while people in the agricultural sector have been adversely affected.

FTA provides Thai opportunity

2006-03-08 14:14:19

The Western Australian office of Sea-Slip Marinas (Australia) Pty Ltd is bidding for more than $500,000 of contracts this year to provide marina pontoons in Thailand.

Australia-Thailand free trade deal to be challenged in court

2006-01-12 03:20:13

Australia's booming trade relations with Thailand are in doubt as a constitutional court challenge against the countries' free trade pact looms in Bangkok.

Thai trade deal to be challenged

2006-01-11 14:28:13

Australia's booming trade relations with Thailand are in doubt as a constitutional court challenge against the countries' free trade pact looms in Bangkok.

Australian businesses reap rewards of Thai free trade agreement

2005-12-30 23:39:06

The Thailand-Australia Free Trade Agreement (TAFTA) has benefited Australian companies since it began in January through expanded opportunities and increased market access, Australia's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade, Mark Vaile, said.

Free trade agreements draw flak

2005-12-06 17:20:50

Thailand and Australia - two countries at the forefront of a regional proliferation of bilateral free trade agreements - will be worth watching at the World Trade Organization talks starting in Hong Kong on December 13.

FTA boosts Thai-Australian trade by nearly 50% in first 10 months of 2005

2005-12-05 19:07:33

The value of bilateral trade between Thailand and Australia soared nearly 50% during the first 10 months of 2005, compared to the corresponding period of last year, thanks to the free trade area (FTA) agreement signed and implemented by the two countries one year ago.

Big changes ahead in world trade

2005-01-07 05:24:32

In Thailand, FTA-mania under the administration of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is likely to continue in 2005.

Open Letter to the Government and the People of Australia

2004-12-23 12:40:49

Regarding the Free Trade Agreement between Australia and Thailand conflicting the provisions of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand B.E. 2540 (1997)

Milking Thailand: The Thai-Australia Free Trade Agreement

2004-11-18 08:30:01

In Thailand, the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) debates were heated. Farmers and critics claim that Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's government sold out small farmers to their own big business interests. They took to the streets in protest while Thaksin lambasted them and obscured negotiation details.

Senate debate begins on Thai FTA deal

2004-11-18 08:27:38

Debate has begun in the Senate on laws enabling the Thailand-Australia Free Trade Agreement to take effect from next year.

Thai dairy farmers make U-turn on FTA plan

2004-09-28 00:00:00

Key dairy farmers are making a U-turn in their FTA strategy and are now seeking financial, technical and marketing assistance from the big players Australia and New Zealand.

FTA BACKLASH: Farmers petition the King

2004-07-20 22:31:53

A leading farming group says it has petitioned His Majesty the King to call on the government to withdraw milk and dairy products from Thailand's free-trade agreement (FTA) with Australia.

FTA BACKLASH: Trade talk details to be revealed

2004-07-19 22:55:24

Criticism of the free-trade agreement signed with Australia earlier this month has prompted the Commerce Ministry to set up a committee to monitor impacts.

Landmark deal signed - Thaksin, Howard praise FTA accord

2004-07-06 21:18:44

Australia and Thailand yesterday signed a landmark free trade deal heralded as an important step towards Australia and New Zealand's inclusion in a Southeast Asian free trade zone.