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  • 13-Aug-2005
    FTA with India won’t benefit Bangladesh
    Non-tariff barrier is a major impediment to cut the trade deficit with India, economists and academics observed yesterday at a workshop.
  • 13-Aug-2005 Montreal Gazette
    United States tears up free-trade rule book
    The United States, such a paragon and champion of free trade when it comes to exporting its own products and services, evidently considers itself free unilaterally to ignore the rules when the umpire comes down against it.
  • 13-Aug-2005 MENAFN
    Palestinian, Jordanian officials initial Free Trade Agreement
    Palestinian officials said on Thursday that they seek to partly replace Israeli goods with made-in-Jordan products after a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the two Arab sides goes into effect.
  • 13-Aug-2005 Salon.com
    Big Pharma’s free ride
    Pharmaceutical companies are using free-trade deals like CAFTA to eliminate global competition — and deny poor patients access to cheaper generic drugs.
  • 13-Aug-2005 AFP
    ASEAN and China on track to sign free-trade deal by 2013
    Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi on Friday said a free trade agreement with China will be signed by 2013, and that Malaysia’s exports to China surged 25 percent to a record high last year.
  • 12-Aug-2005
    FTA to strengthen M’sia-China trade
    Malaysia’s ties with the economic powerhouse of China are set to strengthen further with the implementation of the Asean-China Free Trade Area (FTA), Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said Friday.
  • 12-Aug-2005
    Deadlock on FTA with Thailand
    The high-level negotiating team from Thailand that visited New Delhi recently was unable to break the impasse on the India-Thailand free trade agreement.
  • 12-Aug-2005 ZNet
    Terrorism, agriculture and US-India cooperation
    Terrorism and agriculture are among the issues raised in the joint India-US Science and Technology Cooperation Agreement issued on 18 July 2005 during Prime Minister Man Mohan Singh’s meeting with President Bush.
  • 12-Aug-2005
    Somkid sees gains from Japan FTA
    Commerce Minister Somkid Jatusripitak said yesterday Thailand will definitely gain more than it will lose from a planned free-trade agreement with Japan because of probable greater investments and higher exports in the long term.
  • 12-Aug-2005
    FTA to double Pakistan, Sri Lanka trade
    With the start of free trade agreement between Pakistan and Sri Lanka, the annual trade volume between the two countries was likely to double within the first year due to the increase in trade in tea, textiles, betel leaves and other items.
  • 12-Aug-2005
    The ’hidden agenda’
    There is more than meets the eye in the Thai-Japan free trade agreement. It may spawn benefits for more car models.
  • 12-Aug-2005
    Somkid: FTA with Japan hinges on rule changes for farm goods
    Commerce Minister Somkid Jatusripitak - under pressure from local businesses - yesterday assured them that the government would not sign a free-trade pact with Japan unless it is satisfied with terms concerning rules of origin for farm goods.
  • 12-Aug-2005 Puerto Rico Herald
    Local push for Cafta-DR trade agreement
    Puerto Rico’s trade with the Dominican Republic could double with the approval of Cafta-DR.
  • 12-Aug-2005
    US poised for trade war
    Washington says it has no plans to obey a NAFTA ruling that compels the United States to refund an estimated $5-billion in illegally collected duties to Canadian lumber producers — setting up a potential trade war that experts say could threaten the future of the North American trading bloc.
  • 11-Aug-2005 India Infoline
    India and Mauritius begin talks on economic pact
    India and Mauritius have held a first round of talks on a Comprehensive Economic Cooperation and Partnership Agreement (CECPA).
  • 11-Aug-2005 Asia Times
    Thai focus on ASEAN trade
    Thailand intends to focus more on increasing regional trade links since bilateral deals with the US and European nations may take years to complete, according to Thai officials.
  • 11-Aug-2005 swissinfo
    "Last chance" for US free-trade deal
    The Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce warns that Switzerland must now seize the chance for a free-trade agreement with the United States.
  • 11-Aug-2005 New Kerala
    China calls for expediting Free Trade Agreement
    Noting that bilateral trade between India and China is not as vast as their economies, the China Council for Promotion of International Trade has called for expediting the process of a free trade agreement (FTA).
  • 10-Aug-2005
    Trade office to urge FTA pact with Morocco
    The Office of the Thai Trade Representatives (TTR) is to propose a free trade pact between Thailand and Morocco to open the door for more trade and investment between Thailand and African countries.
  • 10-Aug-2005 Asia Pulse
    Philippines, US trade talks generate positive results
    The Philippines-US Trade and Investment Council (TIC) recently held a bilateral consultation. The Philippine panel was informed during the TIC that the US Trade Representative will soon publish the results of a study on the prospects of an ASEAN-US FTA.