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Towards a US-Indonesia free trade agreement
6-Apr-2005 CSIS
This May 2004 paper examines the main issues in designing an FTA between Indonesia and the United States.
CAFTA passage by US Congress far from certain
5-Apr-2005
Supporters of the proposed Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) have attempted to create the impression that the United States Congress is likely to ratify CAFTA in the coming session. This is a concentrated effort to spread disinformation about the true nature of the situation in Washington.
Silence on Thai-US FTA broken: 1,500 people said NO to FTA!
5-Apr-2005
It took over a thousand and five hundred people blowing their whistle for the Thai government to come out and listen to its people. But did Mr. Nitya Pibulsongkram, head of the Thai negotiating team for the Thai-US Free Trade Agreement (FTA), actually hear them?
Opposition to CAFTA will make vote difficult
5-Apr-2005
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles Grassley (R-IA) said this week that opposition to the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) from Senate Agriculture Chairman Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) has made CAFTA passage “very, very difficult,” and added in a March 29 press conference that another difficulty is stronger-than-usual opposition from the sugar lobby and organized labor.
US-Thai free trade negotiations: There’s little trust in trade talks
5-Apr-2005 Bangkok Post
Negotiators say the FTA will be open to comment, but critics want their say now before it is too late
Lobbying by Japanese irks industrialists
5-Apr-2005
Free-trade negotiations between Thailand and Japan could collapse if Japanese negotiators continue to lobby Thai politicians instead of dealing with the country’s trade negotiators, business executives warn.
FTA talks to top GCC-EU agenda
5-Apr-2005
Progress in the Free Trade Area (FTA) negotiations will top the agenda of the annual GCC-EU foreign ministers meeting being held today in Bahrain, which currently chairs the GCC.
US-Bahrein TIFA (2002)
5-Apr-2005
US-UAE TIFA (2004)
5-Apr-2005
US-Saudi Arabia TIFA (2003)
5-Apr-2005
US-Qatar TIFA (2004)
5-Apr-2005
US-Kuwait TIFA (2004)
5-Apr-2005
US-Algeria TIFA (2001)
5-Apr-2005
US-Yemen TIFA (2004)
5-Apr-2005
Local manufacturers cry foul over change in stance on steel
5-Apr-2005
Removing protection of hot-rolled steel under the Thai-Japan free trade area (FTA) agreement will create unfair treatment between local steel manufacturers and automotive makers, according to steel manufacturers.
FTA logical agenda item: Wen
5-Apr-2005
Maintaining that establishment of a free trade area (FTA) between China and India has become a ‘‘logical agenda’’ item, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has expressed hope that the two sides will soon begin their feasibility study of FTA.
Dhaka hesitant to sign FTA with neighbours
5-Apr-2005 News from Bangladesh
Bangladesh is hesitant to take any practical move to sign free trade agreement (FTA) as it has been sitting on several proposals from many neighbouring countries that have done so among themselves for their own benefits.
Singapore-Jordan FTA (2004)
5-Apr-2005 MITI
Mexican free trade under way
4-Apr-2005
Many people in Japan doubtlessly woke up Friday morning ignorant of the fact that April 1 was Day One of free trade with Mexico.
Businessmen air view on UAE’s FTA talks with US
4-Apr-2005
Representatives from the business and the academic segments have discussed the strong debated issue, the agreement, including real objectives behind it, probable local and regional advantages and disadvantages and the UAE’s readiness for signing such agreement.