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  • 7-Jun-2005 IP-health
    United Nations children’s committee warns about FTA threats
    The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child in recommendations made public this week warned that Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) may negatively affect access to affordable medicines and social services for the poor.
  • 7-Jun-2005
    Free trade, the new con trick
    It is two years since the US and Australia signed a so-called free trade agreement, and it is nearly 60 years since George Orwell introduced the concept of "newspeak", which describes how politicians often subvert language to make it mean the opposite of what it says.
  • 7-Jun-2005 IATP Trade Observatory
    US has stake in Japan-Mexico FTA
    The agreement deserves particular attention in the U.S., not only because it offers insights into future Japanese FTAs, but also because of its long-range implications for integration of North American and Japanese markets.
  • 6-Jun-2005
    India hopeful of FTA with S’pore soon
    The South Asian Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA) is expected to be signed by January 2006, while India is hopeful of a free trade agreement with Singapore very soon, said S.N. Menon, Secretary in the Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
  • 6-Jun-2005 Al Jazeera
    US cautions EU over Syria deal
    Washington has urged the EU to hold off on signing a trade and aid pact with Syria, citing its doubts that Damascus withdrew all intelligence agents from Lebanon and was allowing fighters to enter Iraq.
  • 6-Jun-2005
    Local businesses stumble over Angola visas
    The issue of trade visas, transfer pricing of goods and the long outstanding issue of the Bilateral Investment Agreement between Namibia and Angola are some of the challenges facing businesses in the country.
  • 6-Jun-2005
    Dance with the dragon
    Negotiating a free-trade deal with China will secure our interests and smooth the way for further exports.
  • 6-Jun-2005
    Seoul plans safety net for free trade victims
    Seoul on Friday decided to support workers and businesses that fall victim to trade liberalization, even as APEC ministers in Jeju pledged to back a formula that would drastically slash tariffs in non-agricultural sectors.
  • 6-Jun-2005
    No FTA talks until Seoul resumes beef imports: US
    US Trade Representative Rob Portman on Friday said Korea must resume import of U.S. beef and lift a screen quota that disadvantages Hollywood films if it wants to start negotiating a free trade agreement with Washington.
  • 6-Jun-2005
    FTA to allow Morocco export non-Moroccan textile products to USA
    The free trade agreement signed between Morocco and the USA will grant Morocco a waiver from the normal rules of origin and allow the kingdom export textile products from less developed African Sub-Saharan countries.
  • 6-Jun-2005
    SA to push for agreement to protect assets in Zimbabwe
    South Africa is set to push once more for the signing of an investment protection agreement with Zimbabwe as President Robert Mugabe starts implementing threats to abolish private ownership of land.
  • 5-Jun-2005
    Brunei too in historic free-trade agreement
    Brunei Darussalam together with Chile, New Zealand and Singapore are now the founding members of the first ever Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement.
  • 5-Jun-2005
    APEC trade ministers agree to promote trade facilitation in RTA/FTAs
    APEC Trade Ministers have agreed to develop possible model measures on trade facilitation for Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) and Regional Trading Agreements (RTAs) for endorsement by APEC Leaders in November.
  • 5-Jun-2005
    Dhaka, KL Jt body meets today: FTA, duty-free access for 19 goods on agenda
    The 3rd Bangladesh-Malaysia Joint Commission Meeting (JCM) begins here today (Monday) after a hiatus of over 10 years to explore intensified cooperation in potential sectors of trade, investment and manpower.
  • 5-Jun-2005
    Atiyya: FTA agreements with the US will not hinder GCC march
    The Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council, Abdul Rahman bin Hamad Al Atiyya, has said that the next GCC summit in Abu Dhabi would boost the GCC march and joint economic work, particularly in the area of ensuring the implementation of the customs union and expediting steps towards the implementation of a Gulf Common Market.
  • 5-Jun-2005
    Korea sees progress in FTA talks with EFTA
    Korea made progress in talks for inking a free trade agreement with the four countries of the European Free Trade Association, the government said yesterday.
  • 5-Jun-2005 AFP
    Gulf Arab states exclude US from collective trade agreements
    Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states have agreed to exclude the United States from collective trade agreements, allowing members to strike bilateral free trade deals with Washington, the Kuwaiti foreign minister said.
  • 5-Jun-2005 Scoop
    P4 Economic Partnership Agreement - key outcomes
    Press release from NZ government outlining key features of the Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement between Brunei, Chile, New Zealand and Singapore.
  • 5-Jun-2005 New Zealand Herald
    China keen for wide trade deal
    China’s decision to accelerate free trade talks with New Zealand will deliver Prime Minister Helen Clark a huge electoral "plum" if a deal is cemented before September.
  • 5-Jun-2005 Indian Express
    Indo-Brazil business is booming, set to explode
    The Government of India has identified Brazil as strategic partner in Latin America and is strengthening relations and expanding cooperation.