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  • 9-Nov-2005 Financial Express
    S’pore benefits to all under new Bipa
    Pre-establishment national treatment to foreign investors in India, now a prerogative of Singapore-based entities, will soon be a generic benefit India would offer all eligible investors under the bilateral investment protection agreements (Bipas).
  • 9-Nov-2005 Korea Times
    US links beef import to FTA with South Korea
    Alexander Vershbow, Washington’s top diplomat to Seoul, said Tuesday that South Korea’s lifting of the ban on US beef could trigger talks on a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA).
  • 8-Nov-2005 MENAFN
    US exports to Arab nations may touch new highs
    With many Arab nations going ahead with their plans to sign free-trade agreements (FTAs) with the US, trade and industry associations are projecting extraordinary growth in US exports to the Arab world in the years to come.
  • 8-Nov-2005 Ohmynews
    Chile seeks FTAs with 11 Asian countries
    After the negotiations on a possible Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with China, the Chilean government already started a route to conquer the rest of the market in the Asia-Pacific region. The list has 11 countries.
  • 8-Nov-2005 Agência Brasil
    Fox wants Mexico in the Mercosur in 2006
    On the final day of the 4th Summit of the Americas, in Mar del Plata, Argentina, the president of Mexico, Vicente Fox, said that he is negotiating his country’s entry into the Mercosur in the middle of next year.
  • 8-Nov-2005 Colombia Journal
    Despite FTAA defeat at Americas Summit, free trade to be imposed on Colombians
    In the aftermath of the U.S. failure in Argentina, the Bush administration continues to work for bilateral or sub-regional free trade agreements throughout the Americas.
  • 8-Nov-2005 Khaleej Times
    No pax americana
    Indigenous movements are indeed a threat to the free-trade policies Bush is hawking, with ever fewer buyers, across Latin America. Their power comes not from terror but a terror-resistant strain of hope, so sturdy it can take root in the midst of Colombia’s seemingly hopeless civil war.
  • 8-Nov-2005 Reuters
    Bush says US and Panama close to free trade accord
    President George W. Bush said on Monday the United States and Panama were close to completing a free trade agreement as he ended a Latin American tour that fell short of his goal of reviving talks on a hemispheric-wide trade zone.
  • 8-Nov-2005 Daily Jang
    US senators recommend FTA with Pakistan
    US senators and lobbyists have strongly recommended the signing of Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Pakistan to rebuild its impaired economy.
  • 7-Nov-2005 Pravda
    Dominican Republic and Canada to begin free trade agreement
    The leaders of the Dominican Republic and Canada have agreed to begin negotiations for a free trade agreement between their nations, the Dominican government said Sunday.
  • 7-Nov-2005 Daily Times
    ’Pakistan-US FTA would help quake recovery’
    A free trade agreement (FTA) between Pakistan and the United States would help Pakistan cope with the impact of the devastating earthquake of October 8, said Ed Gillespie, former chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC), on Saturday.
  • 7-Nov-2005 The New Nation
    Bangladesh signs APTA: Plan to reduce trade gap with neighbours
    Bangladesh and four other countries signed Asia Pacific Trade Agreement (APTA) in China despite Bangladesh’s huge trade gap with neighbouring India.
  • 6-Nov-2005 New York Times
    Trade accord stalled as Americas meeting ends
    A two-day summit meeting of leaders of 34 Western Hemisphere nations attended by President Bush was drawing to a close here on Saturday without a clear agreement on when and how to resume stalled talks aimed at achieving a hemispherewide free trade agreement.
  • 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.