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  • 14-Feb-2006
    Govt opens FTA dialogue
    Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister Somkid Jatusripitak asked academics to keep an open mind on the proposed Thai-US Free Trade Area agreement, saying that the FTA would benefit the two countries equally.
  • 14-Feb-2006
    Pakistan, Bangladesh sign 4 memoranda
    Pakistan and Bangladesh signed four memoranda of understanding (MoUs) on trade, standardisation and quality control, agriculture and tourism on Monday.
  • 14-Feb-2006 Bernama
    Malaysia: FTAs with Pakistan, Australia & NZ to be completed this year
    Free Trade Agreement (FTA) initiatives with Pakistan, Australia and New Zealand are expected to be completed this year, Malaysia’s International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz said Tuesday. She also said that FTA negotiations with the US and India would also begin this year, followed by the launch of a joint feasibility study for a possible FTA between Malaysia and Chile.
  • 14-Feb-2006 US Grains Council
    US sorghum sold to Morocco for the first time in six years
    US sorghum has been sold to Morocco for the first time in six years, a testament that the US-Morocco Free Trade Agreement (FTA) is working.
  • 14-Feb-2006 Public Agenda
    EPAs remain roadmap for Africa’s development - EU
    The European Union is still insisting that the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) whose implementation it is currently negotiating with four sub-regional groupings in Sub-Saharan Africa remain the only option for Africa’s development.
  • 14-Feb-2006 Middle East Times
    UAE debate on benefits of FTA rekindled
    After almost two years, negotiations between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the United States over a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) are nearing an end, with the two sides expected to close a deal within a few months. But the debate over the effect of the agreement on the UAE’s economy has recently been reignited.
  • 14-Feb-2006 Asia Times
    Trade agreements key strategy for Singapore
    Singapore’s attitude toward free-trade agreements makes a sharp contrast with other countries in the region, such as Thailand: where Thailand has seen controversy over its proposed FTA with the United States, Singapore only seems to become more eager with time when it comes to inking FTAs with the rest of the world.
  • 14-Feb-2006 Prensa Latina
    Congresistas colombianos crean grupo opuesto al TLC
    Liderados por los opositores partidos Polo Democrático y un sector del Liberal, varios congresistas colombianos crearon hoy un grupo parlamentario opuesto al Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLC) con Estados Unidos.
  • 14-Feb-2006 Daily Star
    Bilateral FTA to be finalised by Sept
    Pakistan and Bangladesh have agreed to finalise bilateral free trade area (FTA) agreement within the shortest possible time, by September at the latest, to create scope for easy access of Bangladeshi products to Pakistani market as a measure for reducing the existing trade gap.
  • 13-Feb-2006 Prensa Latina
    Colombia, US resume FTA talks
    Colombia and the US have set up the 14th negotiation round of the Free Trade Agreement Monday in Washington, with President Alvaro Uribe heading the talks for Colombia.
  • 13-Feb-2006 Associated Press
    EU, Central America to decide on talks
    The European Union and Central American officials will decide whether to launch free trade talks in May, officials said Monday.
  • 13-Feb-2006 Korea Times
    Korea wants rice out of FTA
    Improving the quality of locally grown agricultural products will be a key government goal this year as more imports are expected to be sold on the South Korean market, the country’s agriculture minister said Monday.
  • 13-Feb-2006 Washington Institute
    Free trade agreements: The quiet economic track of US Middle East policy
    Since the invasion of Iraq in 2003, the Bush administration has placed democratization and reform in the Middle East at the top of its agenda. While press reports have focused on political developments, another key component to the American strategy entails encouraging economic growth, modernization, and liberalization throughout the region.
  • 13-Feb-2006 TMCnet
    Japan, Chile to hold 1st formal FTA talks on Feb. 23-24
    Japan and Chile will hold their first official negotiations aimed at sealing a bilateral free trade agreement on Feb. 23-24 in Tokyo.
  • 13-Feb-2006 Houston Chronicle
    Free trade fuels drug smuggling
    US drug agents say that free trade with Mexico has had an ugly and unintended consequence: Just as legitimate business people have flocked to Nuevo Laredo, so have criminals.
  • 13-Feb-2006 ANDnetwork
    Aid issue hinders progress in Africa, EU trade talks
    According to officials, dispute over whether Europe should provide aid to help African states prepare for increased competition ahead of a new trade regime, is hindering progress in talks between the two blocs.
  • 13-Feb-2006 Gulf News
    Cartoons threat to EU trade talks
    Free trade negotiations between the EU and GCC face being disrupted by the ongoing controversy surrounding cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH), according to a Saudi official involved in the talks.
  • 12-Feb-2006 Gulf News
    Eastern promise
    Trade and investment. Not words which always set the pulse racing, the heart pounding.
  • 12-Feb-2006 Business Today
    Freedom isn’t free
    Disarray on the political side of the house casts the side of free-trade talks with the United States into question.
  • 12-Feb-2006 Yomiuri Shimbun
    Japan, ASEAN to resume free trade talks
    Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations agreed Saturday to resume official free trade agreement negotiations in March, as ASEAN welcomed Japan’s proposal of a common tariff-elimination method.