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India initiates FTA talks with Gulf Cooperation Council
15-Oct-2004 Economic Times
The government of India has kickstarted the process for clinching a free trade agreement with the Gulf Cooperation Council, with which New Delhi had entered into a framework agreement for economic cooperation in August.
Area sugar farmers see pledge as victory for industry
14-Oct-2004 The Forum
US Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry has promised to scrap the controversial US-Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) if elected president November 2.
China may sign FTA with New Zealand first
13-Oct-2004 ABC
New Zealand may emerge as the first western country to sign a free trade agreement with China. A study looking at such a deal is to be released next month, and official negotiations between the two governments will start in the new year.
Fast track Australian FTA with China: farmers
13-Oct-2004 AAP
Australian grain growers, who stood to gain billions of dollars in new trade targeting the Chinese food and livestock sectors, are demanding that the federal government fast track a free trade deal with China.
Bahrein: FTA faces delay
13-Oct-2004 Gulf Daily News
A Free Trade Agreement between Bahrain and the US was signed last month but will not come into effect until it has been ratified by the US Congress, now in recess for the presidential election.
South Korea to discuss FTA with EFTA
13-Oct-2004 Asia Pulse
South Korea will hold a second round of joint studies on a free trade agreement this week in with the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), which is made up of Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein.
Japan: FTA deals deadlocked
13-Oct-2004 Asahi.com
Japan’s separate negotiations with Thailand, the Philippines, Malaysia and South Korea for bilateral free trade agreements have run into a brick wall.
Japan, Thailand to exclude rice from FTA
12-Oct-2004 Reuters
Japan and Thailand have agreed to leave out rice from a planned bilateral free trade agreement (FTA), a breakthrough that could see a deal agreed by the end of the year, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun said yesterday.
Thai civil groups want IP off trade-talks agenda with US
12-Oct-2004 The Nation
Civil groups yesterday called for intellectual property (IP) to be excluded from the second round of the Thai-US Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiation because of fears it would give unjustified protection to rich IP developers at the expense of Thais.
Tom Yam Swamp
10-Oct-2004 Outlook India
The Indo-Thai FTA is great news, but who will it benefit?
Ghana national trade policy and Economic Partnership Agreements
10-Oct-2004 TWN Africa
While the ECOWAS governments and the European Commission are still agreeing the road map for the negotiations, EPAs have not been discussed fully with local stakeholders.
US business pushing for Middle East FTA
8-Oct-2004 IPS
Major US corporations are joining forces to lobby for a US-Middle East Free Trade Agreement (MEFTA) that President George W Bush proposed in 2003.
US-Mongolia Agreement on Trade Relations (1991)
8-Oct-2004
US-Lao Agreement on Trade Relations (1997)
8-Oct-2004
EU-Sri Lanka Cooperation Agreement (1995)
8-Oct-2004
Kuwait, Singapore agree FTA to include 4 main areas
8-Oct-2004 CNA
Kuwait and Singapore have agreed that the free trade agreement between them will include four main areas of trade in goods, trade in services, investment and government procurement.
UAE, US move towards FTA
8-Oct-2004 Khaleej Times
The United Arab Emirates and US made significant progress towards a Free Trade Agreement on Wednesday, paving the way for negotiations to start in the near future.
Seeds of change
7-Oct-2004 The Guardian
Unable to get its own way through the World Trade Organisation, the EU is now shamelessly trying to corral some of the world’s poorest nations into bilateral trade agreements that would severely disadvantage them.
US-SACU trade deal: what’s in it for us?
7-Oct-2004 AllAfrica.com
In bilateral talks characterised by unequal power relations, the rich will force their will on the poor and the "development" element of trade deals will be diluted to the point of being meaningless. This is especially so when dealing with a country like the US that believes more trade, on its own, equals more development.
US-SACU trade talks grind to a halt
7-Oct-2004 AllAfrica.com
Free trade talks between the five members of the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) and the largest economy in the world have reached a dead end.