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  • 25-Jan-2006 Hong Kong Standard
    Trade deal sought with Arab states
    China wants closer ties with Saudi Arabia and other Arab states, and is working toward a free-trade agreement with countries in the region, according to Premier Wen Jiabao.
  • 25-Jan-2006 Kyodo
    Japan, Indonesia agree to accelerate FTA negotiations
    Japan and Indonesia agreed Wednesday to accelerate ongoing bilateral talks aimed at sealing a free trade accord, with the goal of striking a basic accord by mid-2006 at earliest, a Japanese official said.
  • 25-Jan-2006 Reuters
    Colombia trade benefits seen at risk without US deal
    US Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles Grassley warned that agricultural market access terms of the Colombia agreement must be at least as good as the CAFTA. If Colombia can’t agree to those terms, "there’s really not much point in continuing negotiations" a Committee aide said.
  • 25-Jan-2006 Prensa Latina
    Ecuador-Colomb-US resume FTA talks
    Ecuador, along with Colombia, is reopening Wednesday in Washington joint negotiation over the copyright issue in the Free Trade Agreement with the US, despite growing refusal in Quito.
  • 25-Jan-2006
    Uganda urged to sign free trade pacts with neighbors
    Uganda has been urged to sign free trade agreements with Rwanda and Burundi in order to waive customs duties.
  • 25-Jan-2006
    New Thai-US FTA chief negotiator to be appointed within January
    A new head of the Thai negotiating team for the proposed Thai-United States Free Trade Area (FTA) agreement is expected to be appointed within this month, Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister Somkid Jatusripitak said Wednesday.
  • 25-Jan-2006 Khaleej Times
    US drops sanctions threat on Pakistan over piracy
    The United States has dropped a threat to cut off trade benefits for Pakistan because of steps that country has made to crack down on the piracy of US music, movies and software, the US Trade Representative’s office said on Tuesday.
  • 24-Jan-2006
    US trade talks exclusion ’no slap in face’
    New Zealand’s exclusion from a small list of countries the United States hopes to initiate free trade talks with this year is no surprise, the Government says.
  • 24-Jan-2006
    China FTA talks near next phase: Vaile
    Australia and China are ready to progress to the next stage of talks on a possible free trade agreement, the federal government says.
  • 24-Jan-2006
    Indian president makes first-ever state visit to Korea
    Indian President Abdul Kalam will make a four-day visit to Korea from Feb. 6 through 9 for a summit with Korean President Roh Moo-hyun.
  • 24-Jan-2006
    Food-safety dispute stalls trade agreement
    The U.S.-Central American Free Trade Agreement that was supposed to take effect Jan. 1 is being held up by the U.S. because some of the countries involved have yet to recognize U.S. meat-inspection procedures as valid.
  • 24-Jan-2006
    Government to go ahead with Thai-US FTA talks
    The government will go ahead with its negotiations with the United States on the proposed Thai-US Free Trade Area (FTA) Agreement, Thai Foreign Minister Kantathi Suphamongkhon reaffirmed here on Tuesday.
  • 24-Jan-2006
    Durables industry yet to reap benefits of Indo-Thai FTA
    The free trade agreement (FTA) signed between India and Thailand in 2004, widely expected to bring down the prices of colour televisions and colour picture tubes imported from Thailand, is yet to have its desired effect.
  • 24-Jan-2006 Washington File
    United States planning more free-trade negotiations in 2006
    The Bush administration hopes to initiate more free-trade agreement (FTA) negotiations in 2006, possibly with South Korea and Malaysia, US Trade Representative Rob Portman says.
  • 24-Jan-2006 People’s Daily
    China, GCC conclude third round FTA negotiation
    The third round of free trade area negotiation between China and GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) was concluded recently in Beijing.
  • 23-Jan-2006 Heritage Foundation
    Time to put a US-South Korea free trade agreement on the fast-track agenda
    A memo from the ultra-conservative Heritage Foundation.
  • 23-Jan-2006 Yonhap
    USTR cites needs for agricultural tariff cuts in Korea
    US Trade Representative Rob Portman said South Korean farmers’ protests are not expected to affect efforts to start negotiating a free trade agreement (FTA).
  • 23-Jan-2006 The Nation
    Powerful NGO wants open talks
    Thailand’s National Human Rights Commission yesterday asked the government to suspend talks on a free-trade agreement with the United States and to disclose what is being negotiated.
  • 23-Jan-2006 Daily News
    Sri Lanka’s free trade agreement with Pakistan
    By having preferential access to the two major markets in South Asia - India and Pakistan - Sri Lanka can now position itself as the conduit for Indo-Pakistan trade that has diminished due to political problems centred around the Most Favoured Nation treatment.
  • 23-Jan-2006 Sify
    Switzerland to explore FTA with India
    Switzerland would explore the prospects of a Free Trade Agreement with India. Identifying India as an important market, the Swiss Minister of Economic Affairs, Joseph Deiss, said he would be discussing the issue with his counterparts in Delhi in the next two days.