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Taiwan needs free trade agreement with US to ward off China: Chen
30-May-2005 AFP
Taiwan desperately needs a free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States to protect itself against rival China’s growing economic dominance, the island’s President Chen Shui-bian told a visiting US senator.
Washington insists financial services must be on agenda
30-May-2005 Bangkok Post
Financial-sector liberalisation could undermine efforts to negotiate a Thailand-US free-trade area agreement, according to Finance Ministry officials.
Operators in financial sector opposes FTA with US
30-May-2005 MCOT
Local operators in the financial sector have voiced opposition to the financial liberalization between the United States and Thailand, saying that they would be put at disadvantage since the US financial services are more advanced than Thailand’s.
Egypt-US talks on FTA start next year
29-May-2005 http://egyptelection.com/modules.ph...
Egypt-US negotiations on setting up a free trade area will probably start early next year when the US administration and Congress finishes negotiations with some countries in Central America, US economic sources said.
US supports Vietnam’s WTO bid, works toward FTA
29-May-2005 Thanh Nien News
The United States fully supports Vietnam’s efforts to join the World Trade Organization (WTO), said US Ambassador to Vietnam Michael Marine at a press conference in Washington on May 25.
FTA requires backing of Congress
26-May-2005
The Bush administration will do nothing to advance a free trade agreement (FTA) with Taiwan unless Taiwan mobilizes a widespread coalition of US businesses in favor of an FTA to lobby Congress to pressure the administration into action, a key US congressman told a Washington symposium on a US-Taiwan FTA on Tuesday.
One big step for free trade (again) with the US
25-May-2005
The long-standing close relationship between the Philippines and the United States may lead us to think that a free-trade agreement between the two countries should come naturally.
Taiwan ready to be free trade partner of US: Vice Minister
25-May-2005
The formation of a free trade agreement (FTA) between Taiwan and the United States will not only create a win-win situation for both, but also will benefit the U.S. by enhancing its presence in other countries, including China, a visiting Taiwan official said Tuesday.
UAE, US make progress on free trade agreement
25-May-2005 Arab News
Negotiations between the UAE and the US on a free trade agreement (FTA) are making progress. Two more rounds of discussions should produce the final draft of an accord, according to a senior US official.
U.S. encourages trade expansion with Arab World
24-May-2005 Yemen Observer
The Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) has engaged in intensive negotiations with a number of Arab countries to develop bilateral trade agreements which it intends to knit together into a Middle East Free Trade Area by 2013.
New round of UAE, US FTA talks productive
21-May-2005 Khaleej Times
The United States said on Thursday that it is pleased with the progress made in this week’s trade negotiations with the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Washington drags its feet over US-Egypt free-trade agreement
19-May-2005
Egypt and the United States want to negotiate a free trade agreement but have not agreed on a date to begin talks, Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmad Nazif said after talks with U.S. officials in Washington.
Egypt’s Nazif optimistic on free trade pact with US
18-May-2005 Khaleej Times
Egypt and the United States want to negotiate a free trade agreement but haven’t decided when to begin, Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif said on Tuesday after talks with US officials.
US and Malaysia hold more talks on bilateral issues
17-May-2005 The Star
US and Malaysian trade officials recently held a second round of talks to discuss outstanding bilateral issues under the US-Malaysia Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (Tifa), signed last May.
Foreign Trade Council: accompanying measures are crucial for Morocco-US FTA success
14-May-2005 Arabic News
Although the Morocco-US Free Trade Agreement (FTA) offers considerable opportunities to Moroccan textile exporters and an outlet to some agricultural produces, accompanying measures are crucial to benefit the most of the accord, believes Mohamed Benayad, head of the National Council for Foreign Trade.
Removing IPR - too much at stake for Thailand
13-May-2005
The recently concluded round of US-Thai FTA negotiations brought little contentment for the Thais, especially those with direct interests in maintaining the existing degree of intellectual property right (IPR) protection already in place.
New US trade czar faces tests at home and abroad
11-May-2005 IPS
US Trade Representative Rob Portman, now in his second week on the job, faces numerous challenges as he seeks to build support at home and abroad for an ambitious US trade agenda, observers say.
Korea, US to discuss FTA in Cheju meeting
11-May-2005 Korea Times
South Korea will discuss the possibility of a free trade pact with the United States at the upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) trade ministers’ meeting.
Trade talks between SACU and USA cancelled
11-May-2005 TRALAC
Talks were scheduled to restart this week between deputy trade ministers of South Africa and the United States regarding a free trade agreement (FTA) between the US and the Southern African Customs Union (SACU). These have now been cancelled and no new date set.
DTI to fasttrack study on free trade agreement between RP and US
9-May-2005 Philippine Star
Trade and Industry Secretary Juan B. Santos has agreed to accelerate the completion of a cost-benefit analysis study by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies regarding a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the Philippines and the United States.