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EU regrets postponing free trade accord with GCC - European official
21-Dec-2005
European Commissioner for Justice Franco Fratini expressed on Tuesday regret because the GCC Summit postponed yesterday signing a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the EU, calling on Gulf states to advance cooperation with the EU.
Legislature ratifies Guatemalan FTA
21-Dec-2005
The Legislative Yuan yesterday ratified the ROC-Guatemala free trade agreement (FTA), which will take effect this Jan. 1 as scheduled.
Improbable DR enters CAFTA in January
20-Dec-2005
US Ambassador Hans Hertell affirmed yesterday that there is a good possibility that the Dominican Republic be impeded to integrate this upcoming January onto the Free Trade Agreement known as DR-CAFTA, given that the voluminous documentation that authorities recently sent to the United States is currently under review.
Korea, EFTA ink free trade deal
20-Dec-2005
South Korea’s trade minister and his counterparts from the European Free Trade Association, or EFTA, signed a free trade agreement yesterday at the World Trade Organization ministerial conference in Hong Kong.
SAFTA to come into effect from new year
20-Dec-2005
South Asia Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA) will come into effect from January one next, Lok Sabha was informed today.
Avoid marginalization by China, analysts urge
20-Dec-2005
While it’s too early to judge the prospects for the "pan-Asian" free trade community mentioned in the inaugural East Asia Summit (EAS), Taiwan, which has been excluded from participating, should devise a strategy to avoid being marginalized before it’s too late, analysts said.
Some Asian nations eye free trade pact
20-Dec-2005
A free trade pact between seven South and Southeast Asia nations was likely to be in place by July 2006, Bangladesh’s foreign minister said Monday after a meeting of a regional economic forum.
Agro producers favor postponing DR-CAFTA
20-Dec-2005
The Pork Industry Association, president Jose Alba, considered that not entering the Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) in January 2006 would be a welcomed break for the productive sector. This grace period, in his view, would be well-used to correct distortions in the tax system and enable competitiveness.
Chiang Rai meeting probes Thai-China trade barriers
20-Dec-2005
Thailand and China have begun a joint meeting here to strengthen ties and remove trade barriers, hoping to increase bilateral trade under the free trade area (FTA) framework.
10 reasons why Latin American women oppose Bush’s free trade agenda
20-Dec-2005 MADRE
Bush is branding Latin Americans’ broad rejection of his trade agenda at last month’s Summit of the Americas in Argentina as an attempt to "roll back the democratic process of the past two decades". What Latin Americans are actually rolling back is the US-driven economic process of the past two decades, which worsened poverty, income inequality, displacement, and cultural and environmental destruction.
Natural resources in the US-Andean Free Trade Agreement
20-Dec-2005 IRC Americas Program
The three Andean countries currently negotiating a free trade agreement with the United States, in their double capacity as signatories to the CBD and members of the group of biologically “mega-diverse” countries, are demanding that the agreement establish regulations that clearly specify the terms of access to genetic resources and the population’s traditional knowledge, and in which proper economic consideration, conservation, and development act as guiding principles.
Thailand’s new FTAs and its trade policies post-Asia crisis: an assessment
20-Dec-2005 London School of Economics
How credible is Thailand’s FTA policy? What can be done to improve it?
Colombia, US to resume talks in January
19-Dec-2005
Stalled U.S.-Colombia free-trade talks will resume next month, Colombia’s trade minister said Monday.
Economic integration of GCC states on cards
19-Dec-2005
The Abu Dhabi Summit, which kicked-off yesterday evening, will come up to the expectations of 40 million Gulf nationals as it is likely to incorporate a road map for greater economic integration of the oil rich region.
BIMSTEC ministerial meet to implement FTA on schedule, fight terror
19-Dec-2005
The seven-nation Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation ministerial meet ended here today with a resolve to deepen economic integration by implementing FTA on schedule, relax visa rules and enhance cooperation in counter-terrorism and trans-nation crimes.
Kenya, Sudan solve dispute
19-Dec-2005
Kenya and Sudan have sorted out differences over the compliance of Comesa rules of origin.
Pakistan and Tajikistan to sign trade agreement
19-Dec-2005
Pakistan and Tajikistan will enter a preferential trade agreement (PTA) soon and Islamabad has already sent proposals to Dushanbe, sources said on Sunday.
Free trade
19-Dec-2005
THE idea of a Balkan General Free Trade Agreement, to replace existing bilateral free trade agreements, received support at an Athens meeting of the Association of Balkan Chambers, the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) said on December 12.
First trade & investment mission to the USA completes successfully
19-Dec-2005
A 14-member delegation from the Bahrain American Chamber of Commerce has returned after a successful trade mission to the US.
BIMSTEC countries to sign FTA early next year
19-Dec-2005 Asia Pulse
BIMSTEC (Bangladesh-India-Myanmar-Sri Lanka-Thailand Economic Co-operation) Trade Ministers will sign a free-trade deal on goods at their Dhaka meet early next year.