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  • 18-Apr-2006
    A US-Caricom free trade agreement?
    US Trade Representative, Robert Portman, met Trade Ministers of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) countries on 12 April giving rise to speculation that a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the US and Caricom countries might be in the offing.
  • 18-Apr-2006
    UAE-US free trade to be signed before year-end
    The US free trade agreement with the UAE might take unspecified time to sign, but the US hopes to ink the deal before the end of this year, although nothing is clear as yet, according to a senior official from the US Embassy in Dubai.
  • 18-Apr-2006
    Ecuador may clinch FTA
    The Ecuadorian government insisted Tuesday on having the last Free Trade Agreement (FTA) round of negotiations with the US and is readying a formal request from Washington.
  • 18-Apr-2006
    Industry FTA team launched
    Representatives from a variety of industries have formed a private board to closely monitor the government’s negotiations with the United States for a free trade agreement (FTA).
  • 18-Apr-2006 Financial Express
    Indo-Nepal trade treaty to be recast
    The Indian government plans to broadbase the scope of the bilateral Indo-Nepal treaty for trade to make it less import-centric and more comprehensive and mutually beneficial.
  • 18-Apr-2006 Jakarta Post
    Indonesia, Japan resume free trade negotiations
    Indonesia and Japan began their fourth round of official negotiations for a bilateral trade and economic cooperation agreement Monday, and hope to reach a basic accord by the end of the year at the latest.
  • 18-Apr-2006 Prensa Latina
    Peru: Date for FTA debate to be set
    The draft free trade agreement with the US still lacks a date for discussion in the Peruvian Congress Constitution Committee as the text has not yet been submitted, Parliament Speaker Antero Flores said Monday.
  • 18-Apr-2006 Japan Times
    METI’s Asia-Oceania FTA pitch surprises but is predictable
    Trade minister Toshihiro Nikai’s announcement earlier this month that Japan plans to start talks with 15 other nations in 2008 to create an Asia-Oceania free-trade zone took many by surprise — not only experts but also those within government — sparking speculation about the ministry’s true intentions.
  • 18-Apr-2006 Asia Pulse
    Int’l Intellectual Property Alliance supports US-Taiwan FTA
    The International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA), an influential business entity, expressed strong support for the signing of a free trade agreement (FTA) between the United States and Taiwan.
  • 18-Apr-2006 MCOT
    DPM instructs postponement of US-Thai FTA talks
    Caretaker Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister Somkid Jatusripitak on Monday revealed that he had instructed postponement of negotiations for the proposed free trade area (FTA) agreement between the United States and Thailand until the new government is formed.
  • 18-Apr-2006 CNN-IBN
    Sri Lanka FTA gives traders oily woes
    The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Sri Lanka is costing Indian vanaspati-makers a fortune. With the Sri Lankan vanaspati flooding the Indian market, factories are shutting down, rendering hundreds of people jobless.
  • 17-Apr-2006 Asia Pulse
    S Korea warns of collapse in free trade talks with US
    South Korea’s trade minister warned Monday that the upcoming negotiations on a free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States could collapse if the deal harms South Korean national interests.
  • 17-Apr-2006 IHT
    Seoul attempts to appease farmers
    The South Korean government may offer more incentives for farmers and their families in an attempt to curb protests over its negotiations with the United States for a free-trade agreement, South Korea’s chief negotiator said Monday.
  • 17-Apr-2006 Latin Business Chronicle
    EU-Latin trade up
    The European Union posted strong trade growth with Latin America last year, led by Venezuela and Mexico. But future EU relations with the region will depend on expanding free trade agreements.
  • 17-Apr-2006 Reuters
    US refuses to budge ahead of S. Africa trade talks
    The United States hopes to agree a road-map with southern Africa on reaching a trade pact this week but will not budge on key issues that have previously stalled talks, a top official said on Monday.
  • 17-Apr-2006 JPEPA Research Project
    Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (draft, 2003)
    Working draft of the agreement as of 21 April 2003
  • 17-Apr-2006 Bangkok Post
    Nesac urges caution over US FTA talks
    Thailand’s National Economic and Social Advisory Council has urged the government to delay free trade negotiations with the US on financial services and take intellectual property rights and agriculture liberalisation off the agenda.
  • 17-Apr-2006 FT
    Oil law may hit Ecuador-US deal
    New legislation designed to increase the state’s share of windfall oil revenues by some $600m a year is set to derail Ecuador’s plans to negotiate a trade deal with the US, according to government officials.
  • 17-Apr-2006 Korea Times
    Education sector to be included in FTA agenda
    South Korea is poised to include a partial opening of the education market in its coming talks for a free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States. The US is calling for the Korean government to open the college education market involving graduate schools and the pre-school education market involving kindergartens.
  • 17-Apr-2006 Chosun Ilbo
    Thousands march against FTA with US
    A massive protest against a planned free trade agreement between Korea and the U.S. brought some 8,000 trade unionists, farmers, students and actors from 100 groups to Daehagno, downtown Seoul on Sunday.