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  • 31-Aug-2005 Dawn
    Myths about bilateral free trade
    Of late, there has been an outbreak of activism in the realm of bilateral free trade and investment agreements across the world. Many developing countries have found themselves swept off by the wave of bilateralism, not realizing it only weakens the cause of multilateralism.
  • 31-Aug-2005 Business Day
    US-SACU: New impetus behind a deal
    Negotiations for a free trade agreement between the US and the Southern African Customs Union (Sacu) stalled last year in an atmosphere of impasse rather than acrimony. But on the explicit instruction of President Thabo Mbeki, the talks are now on again and new, ambitious targets have been set for their completion, as well as a new plan for getting past the problems that plagued the last effort.
  • 31-Aug-2005 Arabic News
    US Congress to address draft of Egyptian-US free trade agreement
    The US Administration will put forward the draft to the Egyptian-US free trade agreement to the Congress by the end of the current year, Egypt’s Foreign Trade and Industry Minister Rashid Mohamed Rashid said.
  • 31-Aug-2005 Asia Pulse
    UPS keen to cash in on possible China-Australia FTA
    The president of United Parcel Service (UPS) said today a free trade agreement (FTA) between Australia and China could deliver the logistics giant a similar surge in business that followed the signing of the Australia-US FTA in May last year.
  • 31-Aug-2005 ECO Secretariat
    ECO Trade Agreement (ECOTA, 2003)
  • 31-Aug-2005 Trade Compliance Center
    US-Slovak Republic BIT (2004)
  • 30-Aug-2005 The Star
    Benefits and costs of FTAs
    Negotiations on bilateral free trade agreements (FTAs) are going on at a blazing speed worldwide. Not much is known on how these talks are going. But they have a lot of effects on local industries and farms, on medicine prices and on what can be included in future development strategies.
  • 29-Aug-2005
    Rafidah says Japan-M’sia FTA may be signed in December
    International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz said she was confident that Malaysia would be able to sign a free trade agreement with Japan by December this year.
  • 29-Aug-2005 Gulf News
    Gulf states and EU set to hold FTA talks in New York
    GCC and EU foreign ministers will hold crucial talks in New York next month to remove obstacles hindering a free-trade agreement between the two groups.
  • 26-Aug-2005
    Japan urged to compromise more in FTA talks
    ASEAN General Secretary Ong Keng Yong has called on Japan make more compromises in free trade talks between the country and the regional grouping.
  • 26-Aug-2005
    Japan to boost aid for Asia to promote FTA
    As part of efforts to promote free trade agreements (FTA) with Asian countries, Japan will step up such industrial aid as technical cooperation and personnel development for their automotive sectors.
  • 26-Aug-2005
    M’sia-Australia to conclude negotiations on joint FTA by mid-2006
    The process of negotiation for the possible Malaysia-Australia Free Trade Agreement (FTA) is expected to be concluded by mid-2006, Minister of International Trade and Industry, Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz said.
  • 25-Aug-2005
    Mexico FTA Talks Stall
    The launch of free trade agreement (FTA) talks between South Korea and Mexico have stalled, on the latter’s request for an additional concession.
  • 24-Aug-2005
    Vaile heads to Malaysia for FTA talks
    Australian Trade Minister Mark Vaile is to hold a round of free trade talks with his Malaysian counterpart at a meeting in Kuala Lumpur.
  • 24-Aug-2005 Dawn
    Pakistan-US differences over BIT persists
    Pakistan has asked the United States to sign the proposed Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) by dropping its demand that in case of an arbitration only the Washington based International Centre for Settlement of Disputes (ICSID) should be approached for a decision.
  • 24-Aug-2005 China Daily
    Academic: China to be free trade driver
    China is likely to eclipse the World Trade Organization and regional market-opening pacts to become the main driver of freer global trade in the 21st century, a prominent trade academic said on Tuesday, Reuters reported.
  • 24-Aug-2005 GRAIN
    Bilateral agreements imposing TRIPS-plus intellectual property rights on biodiversity in developing countries
    A detailed roster of FTAs and other bilateral agreements that impose "TRIPS-plus" standards with regard to biological diversity in developing countries.
  • 23-Aug-2005
    India adopts ’Look West’ Asia policy
    On the lines of its successful "Look East" policy to promote trade and investment with its Asian neighbours, India aims to adopt a similar policy for West Asia, an external affairs ministry official said here Tuesday.
  • 23-Aug-2005
    Devil’s in the trading detail
    The first member of President George W. Bush’s Cabinet to visit New Zealand has a positive message to take back to his Washington boss. Mike Johanns - appointed Agriculture Secretary earlier this year - was impressed by just how "New Zealand, to the person that I’ve talked to, is pro-trade".
  • 23-Aug-2005
    NZ-US free trade deal not on agenda
    U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns said on Tuesday that a free trade agreement with New Zealand was not on the Bush administration’s agenda, but remains a possibility in the future.