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  • 29-Oct-2005 People’s Daily
    China, Chile reach agreement on trade in cargo on their way to FTA
    Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOC) announced here Friday that China and Chile have reached agreement on trade in cargo which is an important step towards the establishment of their free trade area (FTA).
  • 28-Oct-2005 Bangkok Post
    Few trade gains from ’early harvest’: Sino-Thai pact misunderstood
    Tariff reductions on fruit and vegetables agreed on two years ago between Thailand and China have provided little benefit to the Thai economy.
  • 28-Oct-2005 AFP
    Egypt, Russia to negotiate free trade deal
    Egypt and Russia will reportedly start negotiations next month with a view to reaching a free trade agreement.
  • 27-Oct-2005 Gulf Daily News
    GCC-EU free trade talks make progress on issues
    The European Union and the GCC wound up talks on a long stalled free trade deal yesterday without agreement on opening up the region’s lucrative services sector.
  • 27-Oct-2005 Kyodo
    Japan to hold joint FTA meetings with Australia, Switzerland
    Japan will hold its first joint study meetings separately with Switzerland and Australia next week in Tokyo to explore the possibility of concluding bilateral free trade agreements, the government said Wednesday.
  • 27-Oct-2005 El Universal
    Venezuela to revise undertakings with countries signatories of FTA
    Minister of Integration and Foreign Trade Gustavo Márquez declared Tuesday that in the event that the parties to the Andean Community decide to sign a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States, Venezuela will have to revise trade arrangements with those nations.
  • 27-Oct-2005 Hindu Business Line
    India Inc worried over Govt plan to ink more FTAs
    The Government’s announcement to initiate free trade agreements (FTAs) with neighbouring economies, including ASEAN and Gulf countries, by 2006 has given Indian industry cause for concern.
  • 27-Oct-2005 Economic Times
    Singhing in a new free trade zone
    Move over World Trade Organization (WTO), regional trade arrangements are here to rule.
  • 26-Oct-2005 Rebelión
    Cumbre de las Américas, Cumbre de los Pueblos y Marcha contra Bush
    Del uno al cinco de noviembre la ciudad turística de Mar del Plata vivirá acontecimientos y movilizaciones sin precedentes en su historia. Allí, a cuatrocientos kilómetros de Buenos Aires, se darán cita durante esos días la Cumbre de las Américas, la Cumbre de los Pueblos y la Marcha contra Bush. Las cifras son escalofriantes: decenas de miles de funcionarios argentinos para garantizar la seguridad, dos mil norteamericanos al servicio de la integridad del presidente de Estados Unidos y decenas de miles de manifestantes que se concentrarán para expresar su apoyo al presidente venezolano Hugo Chávez y su repudio al norteamericano George W. Bush
  • 26-Oct-2005 Korea Times
    FTA best trade option for Korea, US: Further delay in talks may jeopardize bilateral relationship
    An influential official of the US business community says the US could put aside Korea as a trade partner for free trade agreement (FTA) talks if no progress is made to resolve bilateral trade issues in the next six months.
  • 26-Oct-2005 Asia Pulse
    President Chen urges US, Japan to consider FTAs with Taiwan
    President Chen Shui-bian on Tuesday urged the United States and Japan to consider signing free trade agreements with Taiwan, saying that only by having such agreements in place can the island’s economy stand without heavily depending on China and can security and peace in the Asia-Pacific region be maintained.
  • 26-Oct-2005 Asia Pulse
    Pakistan, Indonesia begin free trade talks
    Pakistan and Indonesia have started talks on a framework agreement for a comprehensive economic partnership.
  • 26-Oct-2005 People’s Daily
    COMESA, EU differ on economic partnership agreement
    Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) countries have differed with the European Commission (EC) on the development agenda of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) currently under negotiations.
  • 26-Oct-2005 AFX
    Pacific countries confident of making deadline for EU trade agreement
    Leaders of Pacific island countries said they were confident of meeting the end-of-2007 deadline for reaching agreement with the European Union on a preferential trade deal despite slow progress in negotiations.
  • 26-Oct-2005 Prensa Latina
    Colombian Attorney red flags FTA
    Attorney General Edgardo Maya admonished the government Tuesday that an ill-fated signing of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the US would result in negative effects for Colombia.
  • 26-Oct-2005 Prensa Latina
    Costa Ricans march against US free trade agreement
    Costa Rica University students peacefully marched to the National Assembly on Tuesday, expressing their rejection of the signing of a Free Trade Agreement with the United States.
  • 25-Oct-2005 The Peninsula
    EU-GCC free trade talks today
    The European Union and the oil-rich Gulf Cooperation Council will meet this week to discuss a long-stalled free trade deal, officials said yesterday.
  • 25-Oct-2005 China Daily
    Free trade pact with Chile on horizon
    China and Chile launched the fifth round of talks towards a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) yesterday in Beijing, and hopes to be the last round of negotiations for a formal agreement.
  • 25-Oct-2005 Daily Times
    Pakistan to sign FTA with GCC soon
    Pakistan will soon sign free trade agreement with the member countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), a senior official at the ministry of commerce told the Daily Times on Monday.
  • 25-Oct-2005 Scoop
    Chambers agree to promote a Korea-New Zealand FTA
    Wellington Regional Chamber of Commerce President Simon Arnold and his counterpart from the Busan Chamber of Commerce and Industry last week signed an agreement committing both Chambers to promote to their respective Governments the advantages of an FTA between Korea and New Zealand.