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Burgeoning trade ties no guarantee of Asian peace: analysts
24-Jul-2006 AFP
Burgeoning economic links through a web of free trade agreements (FTAs), financial cooperation and investments may reduce the risk of war in Asia but are no guarantee of peace, analysts say.
U.S. FTA will batter banking sector: study
23-Jul-2006
The much-touted benefits of a free trade agreement with the United States will be confined to commercial enterprises, while other sectors of the Korean economy, particularly the banking industry, will take a battering, a think thank warned yesterday.
Mexico bid to join Mercosur as associate member
23-Jul-2006 People’s Daily
Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Ernesto Derbez said on Friday that his government had formally requested the accession to the Common Market of the South (Mercosur) as an associate member.
Lobbyists push for deal with Peru, but vote remains elusive
23-Jul-2006 Miami Herald
The business community is off and running in its attempt to push the latest Latin American free-trade agreement through Congress.
Swiss minister promises a favour
23-Jul-2006 The Star
Switzerland’s Economics Minister, Joseph Deiss, led a business delegation comprised of senior officials from Novartis, Credit Suisse, SACC and Economy Swiss, to Malaysia.
US hails progress in latest Malaysia trade talks
23-Jul-2006 Channel News Asia
The US government said Friday it had achieved "solid progress" in a second round of free-trade talks with Malaysia this week.
East Africa: Comesa’s transformation into customs union to benefit exporters
23-Jul-2006 AllAfrica.com
The transformation of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) Free Trade Area (FTA) into a Customs Union in the next two years will open up bigger markets for exporters, an industrialist has said.
Japan-Korea BIT (2002)
23-Jul-2006
Japan-Bangladesh BIT (1999)
23-Jul-2006
Japan-Hong Kong BIT (1997)
23-Jul-2006
Japan-Pakistan BIT (1998)
23-Jul-2006
Japan-China BIT (1988)
23-Jul-2006
Japan-Mongolia BIT (2001)
23-Jul-2006
Japan-Russia BIT (1998)
23-Jul-2006
Japan-Sri Lanka BIT (1982)
23-Jul-2006
Japan-Turkey BIT (1992)
23-Jul-2006
No more CAFTAs!
22-Jul-2006 Znet
The process of negotiating, ratifying, and implementing so-called "free" trade agreements like CAFTA is out of control, and the time has come to say "enough is enough!"
Narrow vote on Oman free trade agreement exposes continuing shift in US trade politics
22-Jul-2006 Common Dreams
Last July’s one-vote passage of CAFTA and today’s narrow vote on a pact with tiny Oman reflects American rejection of status quo NAFTA-style trade policy.
Kenya: Horticulture industry in treaty plea
22-Jul-2006 AllAfrica.com
Kenya’s horticultural sector is appealing to the Government to lobby other east and southern Africa countries for agreement on the ongoing trade talks between the region and the European Union.
Australia-Japan trade study to end in Dec.
22-Jul-2006 Houston Chronicle
A feasibility study examining a possible free trade deal between Australia and Japan will be finished by December, possibly allowing negotiations to begin in early 2007, the trade minister said Frida