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  • 19-Mar-2006 IPS
    Biosafety protocol alive, but restricted
    The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety "is alive," although there were complaints about and criticism of modifications to the final agreement reached at the Third Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol (MOP3). The aim of the compromise that Mexico successfully pressed for is to not hinder the country’s free trade agreements with other countries.
  • 19-Mar-2006
    Agreement on promoting investment in Pakistan
    A joint venture agreement between Brunei Investment Agency (BIA) and the government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan was signed yesterday.
  • 19-Mar-2006
    Make FTA with Taiwan a priority: US representative
    A pro-Taiwan member of the US House of Representatives has proposed a resolution urging President George W. Bush to make the conclusion of a US-Taiwan free trade agreement (FTA) one of the top priorities of his administration.
  • 19-Mar-2006
    Trade pact on cards during Khaleda`s visit
    New Delhi and Dhaka will sign a revised bilateral trade agreement during the three-day visit of Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia from tomorrow. The present bilateral trade agreement expires on March 31.
  • 19-Mar-2006
    Sikri pins high hope on trade boost
    Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Veena Sikri pinned high hope on Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s India visit beginning today in boosting trade between the two South Asian neighbours.
  • 19-Mar-2006
    Ecuador: Protests threaten - ’FTA signed, Palacio out’
    Several weeks of turmoil have escalated as thousands of workers, students and indigenous groups have taken to Ecuador’s streets and highways, bringing the country to a standstill, forcing the resignation of the interior minister and demanding an end to negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA) with the US.
  • 19-Mar-2006
    Indians vow to continue fighting free-trade pact
    When Ecuador’s Indians start building roadblocks and organizing other protests, they usually spark fears that the country’s president will soon be toppled.
  • 19-Mar-2006
    Trade issues and India
    The last meeting of the Indo-Bangladesh Joint Economic Commission discussed the formation of a free trade area (FTA) between the two countries. The FTA offer was made earlier by India. Bangladesh has only scrutinised different aspects of the proposal so far.
  • 18-Mar-2006 Arab News
    FTA with GCC within reach - EU
    A free trade agreement (FTA) between the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the European Union is within reach, EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson told Arab News in a telephone interview from EU headquarters in Brussels.
  • 17-Mar-2006 Financial Post
    Time is right for trade deals with Asia-Pacific
    With the world’s two big multi-country trade liberalization talks stumbling or moribund, Canada’s new government should fire up action on bilateral and smaller regional free-trade deals.
  • 17-Mar-2006 Delta Farm Press
    Colombia FTA could help sell more US rice
    If Colombia negotiates trade provisions with a third country that provides better access for rice than provided in the FTA with the United States, US rice automatically receives the same preferential tariffs.
  • 17-Mar-2006 AP
    Indian leader rejects Ecuadorean president’s call to end anti-US free trade protests
    The leader of Ecuador’s main Indian movement on Thursday rejected President Alfredo Palacio’s call to end protests against free-trade talks with the United States.
  • 17-Mar-2006 Zawya
    UAE and New Zealand will begin FTA talks tomorrow
    The UAE and New Zealand are expected to begin talks on a free trade agreement (FTA) tomorrow, a top Govennment official said.
  • 17-Mar-2006 Daily News
    Singapore mulls FTA with Lanka
    Singapore is keen on entering into an FTA with Sri Lanka, Minister of Enterprise Development and Investment Promotion Rohitha Bogollagama said on Wednesday.
  • 17-Mar-2006 People’s Daily
    Saharan states call for free trade agreements
    The Saharan states have called for free trade agreements to help the region achieve peace, stability and prosperity.
  • 17-Mar-2006 TMCnet
    Inching closer to a bilateral deal
    Indian and Chinese economic relationship is set to get a leg up with the two countries closing in on signing a Bilateral Investment Protection Agreement (BIPA), which will help investments from across the border, some of which have been seen with suspicion in the recent past.
  • 17-Mar-2006 CBC
    Farmers plan to protest EPA talks
    Farmers from the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean states have expressed interest in holding some form of action similar to that at the launch of the Economic Partnership Agreement in St. Lucia last September.
  • 17-Mar-2006 AP
    Morales will never agree FTA
    President Evo Morales vowed never to negotiate a free-trade agreement with the United States — then lunched Thursday with the US ambassador and said he wanted to meet with President George W Bush on “fair trade.’’
  • 17-Mar-2006 Business Times
    Decision on Asean-EU free trade pact in August
    The European Union (EU) and the Association of South-East Asian Nations (Asean) are still studying the possibility of having free trade agreements (FTAs) either on a regional basis or bilaterally with individual countries, says European Commission ambassador and head of delegation Thierry Rommel.
  • 17-Mar-2006 Manila Bulletin
    US wants comprehensive RP trade deal
    The Philippine exploratory mission to the US on the proposed specific preferential trading for the garment sector was met with cold treatment as top level government officials, Congress representatives and its private sector still prefer a comprehensive free trade area (FTA) agreement.