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  • 6-Mar-2006
    FTA panel probes setting up of joint business board
    A Bahrain-US joint business board may be set up to speed up the implementation of Free Trade Agreement (FTA).The Bahrain FTA Implementation Committee yesterday discussed a proposal aimed at accelerating the implementation of the pact, the first signed between Washington and a Gulf state.
  • 6-Mar-2006
    Rural Pharmacists call to oust Thaksin
    The Rural Pharmacists Club issued a statement on Sunday calling for caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to resign and said the prime minister should face an investigation by independent committee over his alleged attempts to amend law to allow foreign companies to take over the country’s vital state enterprises.
  • 6-Mar-2006
    No change likely on sugar in FTA talks
    Australia will push the United States to open its protected sugar market at the first review of the free trade agreement (FTA) between the trans-Pacific economic partners.
  • 6-Mar-2006
    Support Roh on trade pact
    Korea and the United States held their first preparatory talks on a free trade agreement in Seoul yesterday. There are a lot of obstacles to overcome during the formal negotiations, but the mere fact the talks have officially begun is meaningful in itself.
  • 6-Mar-2006
    North Korean-made sneakers may trip $29 billion US trade pact
    North Korean workers stitching Made in Korea labels on $150 sneakers may hold the key to a $29 billion free-trade agreement between the US and South Korea, the biggest US accord in a decade.
  • 6-Mar-2006 Daily Times
    Treaty may boost US investment in Pakistan
    The proposed Pakistan-US Bilateral Investment Treaty expected to be signed during President Bush’s visit to Pakistan may increase direct US investment by 8 to 9 percent.
  • 5-Mar-2006
    No trade pact with India: Howard
    John Howard is hoping to secure a series of breakthrough agreements covering defence, science and aviation during a four-day visit to India that will focus on forging stronger commercial ties with the emerging powerhouse.
  • 5-Mar-2006 Red Orbit
    EU says customs agreement with C. America prerequisite for free trade deal
    A customs agreement with Central America should precede talks on the proposed free trade deal, said the European Union’s representative to Central America on Friday.
  • 5-Mar-2006 Daily Star
    Dhaka-Islamabad likely to start FTA talks
    Dhaka and Islamabad are likely to start negotiation on bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) soon as Pakistan Commerce Minister Humayun Akhtar Khan visits Bangladesh by the end of this month.
  • 5-Mar-2006 Xinhua
    EU, Mediterranean ministers to meet in Morocco on free trade
    Trade ministers from the European Union and Mediterranean nations will meet late this month in Morocco to discuss an EU-Mediterranean free trade area, the Moroccan Foreign Trade Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.
  • 5-Mar-2006 Bahrain Tribune
    Bahrain-US business board to speed up FTA implementation
    A joint Bahrain-US business board is being set up as part of a major initiative to speed up the implementation of the Bahrain-US Free Trade Agreement (FTA) as well as enhance the scope of benefits for both sides.
  • 5-Mar-2006 Noriegaville
    Free trade agreement with US costs Panama $234 million
    A free trade agreement with the United States will cost Panama $234 million in lost revenue from import duties in the first four years, according to projections by the Ministry of Economy and Finance and international firms.
  • 5-Mar-2006 Zee News
    India, US could have FTA in long term: US trade official
    India and the United States could look into the possibility of a free trade agreement in the long term to boost bilateral economic relationship, a top US trade official said today.
  • 5-Mar-2006 TMC
    Trade: FTA talks to start
    South Korea’s efforts to secure free-trade agreements (FTAs) have received a boost with the announcement of the launch of talks with the US. But starting talks is one thing; successfully concluding a deal will prove challenging.
  • 5-Mar-2006 PTI
    South African Custom Union planning for FTA with India
    The South African Customs Union is in talks with the Indian government for signing a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) to enhance the trade and business between both the countries.
  • 5-Mar-2006
    Appeal for Malaysians to have access to affordable medicines
    Open letter to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
  • 4-Mar-2006 Economic Times
    Bilateral treaty with Bosnia and Herzegovina okeyed
    The Indian government gave its approval to the proposed Bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement with Bosnia and Herzegovina.
  • 3-Mar-2006 USTR
    US-Colombia FTA (2006): Summary of the agreement
    USTR’s summary of the US-Colombia free trade agreement concluded on 27 February 2006.
  • 3-Mar-2006 MENAFN
    EU widens door for Jordanian farm exports
    The Kingdom and the European Union (EU) launched an agricultural trade agreement on Tuesday to increase the Kingdom’s agricultural exports to European markets.
  • 3-Mar-2006 New York Times
    Central American trade deal is being delayed by partners
    While the delay is in part a sign of how complex the negotiations have been, it also reflects the extent of the concerns about the agreement in the tiny economies it will affect.