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  • 16-Feb-2006
    TNC fails to finalize free trade accord
    The seven BIMSTEC member countries failed to agree on rules of origin criteria and other outstanding issues, which left text of FTA accord on trade in goods undecided in Bangkok this week.
  • 16-Feb-2006
    Guatemala youth join anti-FTA rally
    Guatemalan young people announced Thursday their willingness to join the massive February 24 march scheduled against the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the US in Guatemala City.
  • 16-Feb-2006
    Formal talks on Dhaka-Islamabad FTA start soon, Says Morshed
    Bangladesh and Pakistan will soon start formal negotiations on bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) in a bid to sign the deal by next September, Foreign Minister M Morshed Khan said here yesterday.
  • 16-Feb-2006
    US group urges trade preference for Taiwan
    A group of US congressmen have introduced legislation urging US President George W. Bush to give preference to Taiwan as his administration considers which countries to consider for potential free-trade agreements.
  • 16-Feb-2006
    FTA should be done with Taiwan, says Dunne
    A free trade agreement with Taiwan should be pursued as soon as a deal is done with China, United Future leader Peter Dunne said yesterday.
  • 16-Feb-2006
    S. Korea-US FTA should not be disrupted by interest groups: Roh
    President Roh Moo-hyun said Thursday the South Korea-U.S. free trade agreement (FTA) should not be blocked by some interest groups’ resistance.
  • 16-Feb-2006 MENAFN
    Jordan, GCC make big advancement in FTA negotiations
    The Jordanian minister of Industry and Trade said that his country and members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have made great advancement in their negotiations for the signing of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
  • 16-Feb-2006 Yonhap
    S. Korea to reflect farmers’ concerns in US free trade talks
    "Farmers and ranchers will be invited to take part in negotiations from the outset," a Korean agricultural ministry official said.
  • 15-Feb-2006 Reuters
    Pakistan approves free trade pact in South Asia
    The Pakistani cabinet approved a regional pact on Wednesday to promote free trade and economic ties in South Asia, home to nearly one-fifth of the world’s population.
  • 15-Feb-2006 AP
    CAFTA delays costing jobs, investment
    The delay in implementing the Central American Free Trade Agreement has hit the region’s clothing industry hard, putting factories in legal limbo while much of their business leaves for Asia.
  • 15-Feb-2006 Asia Pulse
    S. Korean rice industry to be hit hard by FTA with US: Report
    South Korea’s rice industry could suffer a significant drop in earnings and production if the country signs a free trade pact with the United States, even if rice is excluded from the deal, a report said Wednesday.
  • 15-Feb-2006 Caribbean Net News
    Trinidad and Tobago to sign investment treaty with Germany
    Last week, representatives from both governments met in Port of Spain to conclude the negotiations for a bilateral treaty for the encouragement and mutual promotion of investments.
  • 15-Feb-2006 AP
    South America trade zone faces challenges
    Mercosur is becoming more of a political body than a free-trade advocacy group.
  • 15-Feb-2006 SE Times
    EU eyes free trade zone in Balkans
    The European Commission has proposed replacing the existing web of bilateral trade agreements in the Balkans with a regional free trade agreement — a move it says would boost economic prospects. However, the idea has met with opposition in Croatia.
  • 15-Feb-2006 Japan Times
    Japan, GCC to hold pre-FTA talks
    Japan and the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council will hold preliminary talks on a free-trade agreement in late May, government sources said Tuesday.
  • 15-Feb-2006 FT
    Uribe heads to US to salvage free trade negotiations
    Alvaro Uribe, Colombia’s president, is expected to roll up his shirt sleeves in Washington on Wednesday on a high-stakes mission to personally salvage stalled but crucial free trade negotiations with the US.
  • 14-Feb-2006
    Govt opens FTA dialogue
    Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister Somkid Jatusripitak asked academics to keep an open mind on the proposed Thai-US Free Trade Area agreement, saying that the FTA would benefit the two countries equally.
  • 14-Feb-2006
    Pakistan, Bangladesh sign 4 memoranda
    Pakistan and Bangladesh signed four memoranda of understanding (MoUs) on trade, standardisation and quality control, agriculture and tourism on Monday.
  • 14-Feb-2006 Bernama
    Malaysia: FTAs with Pakistan, Australia & NZ to be completed this year
    Free Trade Agreement (FTA) initiatives with Pakistan, Australia and New Zealand are expected to be completed this year, Malaysia’s International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz said Tuesday. She also said that FTA negotiations with the US and India would also begin this year, followed by the launch of a joint feasibility study for a possible FTA between Malaysia and Chile.
  • 14-Feb-2006 US Grains Council
    US sorghum sold to Morocco for the first time in six years
    US sorghum has been sold to Morocco for the first time in six years, a testament that the US-Morocco Free Trade Agreement (FTA) is working.