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No rush in free-trade deal with US - DTI
21-Mar-2005 Manila Bulletin
Philippine Trade and Industry Secretary Juan B. Santos said there is no rush in the proposed bilateral free-trade agreement with the US noting the country’s trade with the US is slowly losing steam while gaining markets elsewhere particularly, ASEAN, Japan and Greater China.
Piracy Threat to China FTA
20-Mar-2005
Australian Industry Group chief executive Heather Ridout has warned Chinese officials that intellectual piracy could be a critical block to plans for a free trade agreement, with international agencies estimating that 90 per cent of copyright goods sold in China are counterfeit.
COMESA looks forward to cementing ties with China
17-Mar-2005 Xinhua
The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Secretary General Erastus Mwencha said his organization is looking forward to strengthening its relations with China, particularly in the area of trade and investment. He declined to elaborate on details of the trade agreement, but implied that it will be something like the Economic Partnership Agreement being negotiated by COMESA with the European Union or the Africa Growth Opportunity Act of the United States.
China human rights not FTA issue: Downer
14-Mar-2005 The Age
Australia should not try to raise human rights issues with China if formal talks about a free trade agreement begin, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer says. "You won’t get the free trade agreement and you won’t get any improvements in human rights."
Howard eyes Chinese free trade deal
14-Mar-2005 ABC
Prime Minister John Howard says there is a good chance Australia will begin negotiating with China on a free trade deal. China is Australia’s third largest trading partner and the Government says if an agreement is signed it could be worth tens of billions of dollars to the Australian economy.
FTA with China may take five years
10-Mar-2005
A free trade deal with China may take up to five years to negotiate but it will cover contentious areas including cuts to Australia’s textile and clothing tariffs.
China moves on free trade negotiations
8-Mar-2005 Asia Pulse
China will continue to actively pursue the establishment of free trade areas (FTA) after starting talks on this issue with 23 countries across the world.
Protest against free trade with China
7-Mar-2005 Scoop
Many New Zealanders are very concerned about free trade with China for various reasons.
Pakistan, China to sign trade agreement in April
28-Feb-2005 Hi Pakistan
Pakistan and China want finalisation of an early harvest programme to finally sign a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the two countries.
China-Japan-Korea investment opportunities studied
25-Feb-2005 China Daily
A joint study group, consisting of members from China, Japan and South Korea, issued a report recently on possible trilateral investment arrangements between the three countries, which recommended that a legal framework concerning investment among the three countries should be explored in the near future. Such an investment arrangement, if well operated, would give a fresh boost to the start of FTA negotiations.
China’s trade dance with NZ
21-Feb-2005 Stuff
Why would a super-nation such as China single out New Zealand for trade talks when other countries are lining up?
Technology: China FTA more sweet than sour for tech firms
21-Feb-2005
Despite concerns over piracy, New Zealand IT firms are licking their lips over free trade with China.
The case for a China trade deal
15-Feb-2005
The Howard Government is moving inevitably towards a free trade agreement with China. That is no bad thing. In the absence of any meaningful progress at the World Trade Organisation, a medium-sized economy such as Australia has few options but to pursue bilateral pacts with powerhouse economies such as China.
China-Chile FTA talks smooth
31-Jan-2005 China Daily
China and Chile are satisfied with the achievements of their first round of talks for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
Stop the mad pursuit of bilateral free trade and economic partnership agreements!
26-Jan-2005 IMC QC
We - farmers, fisherfolks, rural women, workers from the formal and informal sectors, and NGOs belonging to the Stop the New Round! Coalition - express our strong opposition to the Philippines government’s mad pursuit of bilateral free trade agreements particularly with Japan, China and the USA.
China, Chile launch FTA negotiation
25-Jan-2005 People’s Daily Online
China and Chile officially launched negotiations Tuesday to establish a free trade area (FTA) between the two countries.
China’s first foreign-owned car dealer to open
24-Jan-2005 China Daily
Hong Kong-based auto dealer Triangle Motors will become the first wholly overseas invested company to sell vehicles on the mainland when it opens a dealership in Guangzhou.
FTA opens new horizon for China’s economic growth
9-Jan-2005 Xinhua
China has started talks with 23 countries across the world in a bid to build free trade areas (FTA) that experts say will open new horizon for China’s economic growth.
Pakistan, China to set up free trade area
26-Dec-2004 ANN
China and Pakistan are poised to widen the silk road between them by building a free trade area (FTA). For Pakistanis, it is mainly a "cotton road."
The benefits and dangers of bilateral FTAs for Indonesia
20-Dec-2004 Jakarta Post
It might be that the best path of all for the Indonesian government to reassess its commitment to pursue free trade. Bilateral FTAs are nothing more than hidden tools used to secure the privileges and the wealth of multinational corporations and to advance the interests of powerful governments.