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  • 6-Nov-2005 AP
    Leaders fail to agree on free trade talks
    Leaders debating whether to revitalize talks on a free trade zone spanning the Americas ended their two-day meeting Saturday without an agreement.
  • 6-Nov-2005 MENAFN
    UAE official: Double taxation deals paving the way for FTA’s
    According to a top UAE government official, double taxation agreements are paving the way for future free trade agreements and saving millions of dollars for of local companies.
  • 5-Nov-2005 Khaleej Times
    Dubai free zones face regional competition
    Though many regional free zones have been around since the early 1980’s, only recently has the free zone frenzy emerged, coinciding with countries developing free trade agreements (FTA) with their neighbours and others wanting to become members of the WTO.
  • 5-Nov-2005 Korea Times
    Seoul moves to cut screen quota
    The Ministry of Finance and Economy seeks to slash the screen quota to the number of days demanded by the US before proceeding with the stagnating Korea-U.S. bilateral investment treaty (BIT) and free trade agreement (FTA) talks.
  • 5-Nov-2005 Financial Express
    India, Gulf states to kickstart talks on free-trade pact
    Discussions on a possible free trade agreement (FTA) between India and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) are gaining momentum with the two sides deciding to meet early next year to thrash out important issues like rules of origin (ROO) and differential tariffs which are key to such agreements.
  • 5-Nov-2005 Dow Jones News
    US, Uruguay to sign amended Bilateral Investment Treaty
    The US and Uruguay will sign an amended bilateral investment treaty later Friday, the South American country’s foreign minister said.
  • 5-Nov-2005 China Daily
    China, Australia discuss free trade agreement
    China and Australia have concluded the third round of talks on a free trade agreement (FTA), ending the first phase of bilateral negotiations.
  • 5-Nov-2005
    Anti-US protests flare at summit
    Anti-American demonstrators torched storefronts and battled police Friday in this Atlantic resort following a large, peaceful protest, spearheaded by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, over President Bush’s plans to revive a free trade accord at a regional summit.
  • 4-Nov-2005
    DR should emulate neighbors, be more aggressive with FTA
    Officials at the highest level along with private business persons from El Salvador are currently on tours that have been denominated as “CAFTA-Tours” throughout the United States, looking to attract investments, in addition to participating in work shops to train exporters on how to best benefit from markets to open with DR-CAFTA.
  • 4-Nov-2005 Channel News Asia
    East Asia Summit to discuss FTA between Asian nations: SM Goh
    Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong said the East Asia Summit next month would discuss the possibility of a Free Trade Agreement between East Asian countries.
  • 4-Nov-2005 FT
    Australia attacks EU on farm subsidies
    In the event of failure in Hong Kong next month, foreign minister Alexander Downer said Australia would speed ahead with "Plan B" to sign further bilateral and regional trade agreements.
  • 3-Nov-2005 Prensa Latina
    Anti-Bush rally closes Peoples Summit
    The 3rd Peoples’ Summit is closing Thursday its three marathonic days of searching for an alternative model to neoliberalism with a hemispheric demonstration repudiating US President George W Bush.
  • 3-Nov-2005 Dominican Today
    Farmers reject new taxes, ask for assistance with upcoming FTA
    Associations in the Dominican farming sector today rejected some of the measures recommended by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and requested from the government to establish a program to shore the sector up, prior to implementing the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States.
  • 3-Nov-2005
    CEOs seek to standardize FTA rules at APEC
    Economies in the Asia-Pacific region need to establish standard FTA (free trade agreements) guidelines as FTAs between the countries have no fundamental rules or principles, the APEC CEO Summit chairman said Wednesday.
  • 3-Nov-2005 Yonhap
    Korea pushing to mitigate impact of free trade deals
    South Korea is moving to provide financial assistance and other support to companies and their workers who are adversely affected by free trade agreements with foreign countries, officials said Tuesday.
  • 3-Nov-2005 Christian Science Monitor
    Clash of visions for Latin America
    It’s Bush vs. Chavez as 33 heads of state meet Friday for Summit of the Americas.
  • 3-Nov-2005 Yonhap
    New Zealand seeks free trade, film pact with South Korea
    New Zealand will pursue talks for free trade and a deal for joint film production with South Korea when their government officials meet during the APEC forum in Busan next month.
  • 3-Nov-2005
    Does the FTAA have a future?
    The Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) will become a reality only if the United States allows increased market access for Brazilian agriculture and competitive manufactures and if Brazil reciprocates by opening its market to foreign competition in goods and services.
  • 2-Nov-2005 Washington Post
    Bush says Latam free-trade idea stalled for now
    "The FTAA has stalled, I agree," Bush said on Tuesday. "On the other hand, at this point in time, the Doha round really trumps the FTAA as a priority, because the Doha round not only involves our neighborhood, it involves the whole world."
  • 2-Nov-2005 tralac
    Papers from tralac’s EPA conference
    tralac recently held its annual conference in Cape Town on Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA) and their impact on African, Caribbean and Pacific countries.