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  • 27-Feb-2006 AFX
    S Korea’s Roh says FTA with US top priority
    President Roh Moo-Hyun said that reaching a free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States will be the top priority for his government during his remaining tenure.
  • 27-Feb-2006
    Roadmap for WTO negotiations on Art. XXIV GATT
    The WTO rules for bilateral agreements, set by Art. XXIV of GATT are currently under re-negotiation in the WTO. Below is an internal informal WTO discussion paper on these negotiations. This is an invitation to discuss this paper on the Forum of this website on "bilateralism".
  • 27-Feb-2006 The Nation
    IPO plans for state firms, FTAs face uncertain future as new election called
    The dissolution of the House of Representatives has put the Thai government’s key economic policies - free-trade deals, the privatisation of state enterprises and investment in mega-projects - in limbo.
  • 26-Feb-2006 FT
    Cairo angered by US trade talks freeze
    Rachid Mohamed Rachid, Egypt’s trade and industry minister, criticised Washington yesterday for mixing business with politics in its decision to freeze negotiations on a free trade agreement.
  • 26-Feb-2006 Miami Herald
    El Salvador: Free trade to begin in March
    A free-trade agreement with El Salvador will take effect on March 1, the Bush administration announced, initially leaving behind five other Latin American nations that are supposed to be part of the Central American Free Trade Agreement.
  • 26-Feb-2006 The Independent
    SAARC countries signing bilateral, multilateral FTAs one after another
    The South Asian economies including Bangladesh are becoming more and more regional trade-prone and they are going for bilateral free trade agreements (FTAs) alongside regional arrangements like South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA).
  • 25-Feb-2006 Prensa Latina
    Guatemalans march against US FTA
    Hundreds of union members, farmers, women, indigenous and representatives of other Guatemalan sectors marched in front of the US Embassy Friday chanting "No to the TLC" (Spanish for FTA).
  • 25-Feb-2006 AP
    Japan and Chile agree to speed negotiations
    Japanese and Chilean officials agreed to continue talks aimed at forging a free trade accord swiftly, government officials said Friday.
  • 25-Feb-2006 The Hindu
    UNCTAD talks on trade remain inconclusive
    The UNCTAD negotiations held in Kochi to assess the impact of trade as per the WTO regime as well as the ASEAN FTA on the local agricultural and industrial sectors, elicited inadequate response from the stakeholders.
  • 24-Feb-2006 Tripping up TRIPs debates
    Tripping up TRIPs debates
    Access to medicine is at the forefront of multilateral debates surrounding the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs). This paper argues that bilateralism allows the United States to circumvent these debates and to set standards that serve and protect the pharmaceutical industry.
  • 24-Feb-2006 Business Times
    US calls for more flexible currency regime in Malaysia
    The US would like to see greater exchange rate flexibility in Malaysia, US Treasury Under Secretary Timothy Adams said yesterday.
  • 24-Feb-2006 Bangkok Post
    American Ambassador: It’s no secret
    When the former head of the Thai negotiating team, Nitya Pibulsonggram, was asked why the Thai-US trade deals must be kept confidential, he told journalists that he was asked by the US negotiation team to initial the agreements, but that he refused to do so. We asked US Ambassador to Thailand Ralph Boyce some questions concerning the confidentiality of the Free Trade Agreement.
  • 23-Feb-2006 Yonhap
    S. Korea to exclude rice, beef pacts from FTA talks with US
    South Korea’s agriculture minister said Thursday that the country will not include deals on the liberalization of rice and beef imports in the agenda of upcoming free trade talks with the United States.
  • 23-Feb-2006 Brownfield
    US sugar producers support Peru agreement
    Here’s a switch. US sugar farmers are supporting a proposed US/Peru Free Trade Agreement. They’ve been solidly against FTAs in the past.
  • 23-Feb-2006 MercoPress
    Mandelson calls for a new EU/Mercosur round of talks
    The European Union Trade Commissar Peter Mandelson said he was disappointed with the EU and Mercosur’s incapacity to reach a free trade agreement but nevertheless extended an invitation for another round of talks.
  • 23-Feb-2006 The Hindu
    Cabinet approves signing of PTA with Chile
    The Union Cabinet today approved signing of Preferential Trade Agreement between India and Chile which will pave the way for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the two countries.
  • 23-Feb-2006 Reuters
    US groups fear ports uproar may hurt UAE trade deal
    US business leaders voiced worry on Wednesday that a congressional uproar over an Arab company’s takeover of operations at key US ports could slow proposed free trade pacts in the Middle East, particularly with the United Arab Emirates, where the company is based.
  • 23-Feb-2006 Dawn
    Bush plans to sign investment treaty: Greater cooperation with Pakistan on cards
    US President George W. Bush said on Wednesday that a bilateral investment treaty that he is planning to sign during his visit to Islamabad will be the first step towards greater trade and commercial relations with Pakistan.
  • 23-Feb-2006 Reuters
    US, Colombia close to free trade deal: Portman
    The United States and Colombia are close to a free trade agreement after nearly two years of talks and a push last week by Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, a top U.S. trade official said on Wednesday.
  • 22-Feb-2006 Media Line
    Iran, Syria close to free trade agreement
    Syrian Minister of Economy and Trade Dr. ’Amir Lutfi, and Iran’s Minister of Housing and Cities’ Construction Muhammad Said Kya met on Sunday to discuss issues connected with the Free Trade Zone agreement and the agreement of Differential Trade, reports the official Syrian news agency SANA.