Articles by language
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24-Jul-2006 The Independent
EU trawlers get fishing rights off Africa for £350m
The EU has signed its biggest-ever fisheries deal with an African nation, sparking a debate on the deal and the other 13 bilateral fisheries agreements in force. -
24-Jul-2006 AFP
Burgeoning trade ties no guarantee of Asian peace: analysts
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. -
23-Jul-2006
U.S. FTA will batter banking sector: study
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. -
23-Jul-2006 People’s Daily
Mexico bid to join Mercosur as associate member
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. -
23-Jul-2006 Miami Herald
Lobbyists push for deal with Peru, but vote remains elusive
The business community is off and running in its attempt to push the latest Latin American free-trade agreement through Congress. -
23-Jul-2006 The Star
Swiss minister promises a favour
Switzerland’s Economics Minister, Joseph Deiss, led a business delegation comprised of senior officials from Novartis, Credit Suisse, SACC and Economy Swiss, to Malaysia. -
23-Jul-2006 Channel News Asia
US hails progress in latest Malaysia trade talks
The US government said Friday it had achieved "solid progress" in a second round of free-trade talks with Malaysia this week. -
23-Jul-2006 AllAfrica.com
East Africa: Comesa’s transformation into customs union to benefit exporters
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. -
23-Jul-2006
Japan-Korea BIT (2002)
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23-Jul-2006
Japan-Bangladesh BIT (1999)
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23-Jul-2006
Japan-Hong Kong BIT (1997)
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23-Jul-2006
Japan-Pakistan BIT (1998)
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23-Jul-2006
Japan-China BIT (1988)
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23-Jul-2006
Japan-Mongolia BIT (2001)
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23-Jul-2006
Japan-Russia BIT (1998)
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23-Jul-2006
Japan-Sri Lanka BIT (1982)
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23-Jul-2006
Japan-Turkey BIT (1992)
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22-Jul-2006 Znet
No more CAFTAs!
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!" -
22-Jul-2006 Common Dreams
Narrow vote on Oman free trade agreement exposes continuing shift in US trade politics
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. -
22-Jul-2006 AllAfrica.com
Kenya: Horticulture industry in treaty plea
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.