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  • 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.
  • 3-Mar-2006 Dominican Today
    Free trade’s rivals here and there
    Don’t be fooled by the images of street protests against free trade that you often see on TV. In the real world, the most powerful opposition to US-Latin American free-trade agreements does not come from radical leftist workers and students, but from potentially damaged business tycoons.
  • 3-Mar-2006 White House
    Fact Sheet: US-India Strategic Partnership
  • 2-Mar-2006 Asia Times
    Nukes and mangoes on Bush’s mind in India
    Although US President George W Bush’s India visit that officially started on Thursday is hardly expected to grab headlines in terms of business and economic deals between the two countries, both are looking forward to several new initiatives to boost bilateral commercial ties expected to be announced in the next few days.
  • 2-Mar-2006 AND Network
    Egypt against conditional deals
    An Egyptian official yesterday said that the timing of signing a free trade agreement (FTA) "wasn’t appropriate from the Egyptian and US points of view".
  • 2-Mar-2006 Korea Times
    Seoul to gather public opinion on FTA with US
    In advance of negotiations with the United States on a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA), the South Korean government that it would gather public opinion on the issue through e-mail.
  • 2-Mar-2006 Prensa Latina
    Ecuador ready to butt US FTA
    The Ecuadorian government’s aspirations to wrap up the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the US by the end of March, are stirring up Thursday grassroots organizations against that deal.
  • 2-Mar-2006 Upside Down World
    Private rivers: Will transnational water companies swallow El Salvador’s water supply?
    CAFTA creates a new legal framework for the sale of water and other public services, although it allows countries to "opt-out" of the public services of their choosing. El Salvador’s President Tony Saca chose no service exemptions, and thus opened the entire water sector to competition by international corporations.
  • 2-Mar-2006 The Standard
    Kenya, Sudan to sign trade pact
    Kenya and Sudan are set to sign a bilateral trade agreement that may open up the vast Sudanese market to Kenyan entrepreneurs.