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  • 25-May-2005
    One big step for free trade (again) with the US
    The long-standing close relationship between the Philippines and the United States may lead us to think that a free-trade agreement between the two countries should come naturally.
  • 25-May-2005
    Taiwan ready to be free trade partner of US: Vice Minister
    The formation of a free trade agreement (FTA) between Taiwan and the United States will not only create a win-win situation for both, but also will benefit the U.S. by enhancing its presence in other countries, including China, a visiting Taiwan official said Tuesday.
  • 25-May-2005
    FTA with China won’t cut into clothes market
    China won’t get special access to our $9 billion textile market as part of a looming free trade agreement between Canberra and Beijing, senior trade negotiators have told Australia’s clothing industry.
  • 25-May-2005
    Japan, Malaysia agree on FTA to open up Malaysian auto sector
    Japan and Malaysia reached an agreement Wednesday on a free-trade agreement (FTA) that will open up a major new market for Japanese automakers as Kuala Lumpur agreed to lift tariffs on Japanese cars within 10 years.
  • 25-May-2005
    Auto sector wary of Bimstec FTA
    The domestic auto industry has asked the government to include completely-built units of all four-wheelers (including buses, trucks, MUVs and passenger cars) and two-wheelers (up to 250 cc) in the negative list for the free trade agreement (FTA) with the Bimstec regional block.
  • 25-May-2005 Arab News
    UAE, US make progress on free trade agreement
    Negotiations between the UAE and the US on a free trade agreement (FTA) are making progress. Two more rounds of discussions should produce the final draft of an accord, according to a senior US official.
  • 25-May-2005 Scoop
    Groups call for end of Pacific trade negotiations
    "The current EPA negotiations are a game of Russian roulette where the casualties will be the people of the Pacific Islands," said Professor Jane Kelsey at the release of A People’s Guide to the Pacific’s Economic Partnership Agreement in Suva today.
  • 25-May-2005 Jakarta Post
    Susilo and Koizumi set to officiate FTA talks
    Indonesia President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Japan Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi are set to officially begin negotiations on a bilateral Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) during Susilo’s visit to Japan next week, a minister said.
  • 25-May-2005 ANI
    India and Australia move closer to a free trade agreement
    Indian Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath and Australian Trade Minister Mark Vaile have indicated that both the countries would beign discussions on a trade and economic framework, leading to possible free trade agreement (FTA).
  • 24-May-2005 The Guardian
    Mandelson warns on lobbyists’ zeal
    Campaigners on behalf of the developing world risk harming poor countries if they align themselves with forces opposed to change, Europe’s trade commissioner Peter Mandelson said last night.
  • 24-May-2005 Yemen Observer
    U.S. encourages trade expansion with Arab World
    The Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) has engaged in intensive negotiations with a number of Arab countries to develop bilateral trade agreements which it intends to knit together into a Middle East Free Trade Area by 2013.
  • 23-May-2005 Globes
    Australians to promote free trade agreement with Israel
    A delegation of 30 Australian businesspeople and economic officials will arrive in Israel tomorrow to locate investment opportunities and seek to promote a bilateral free trade agreement with Israel.
  • 22-May-2005 EU
    EU and Canada launch negotiations on a Trade and Investment Enhancement Agreement
    Negotiations on a Trade and Investment Enhancement Agreement (TIEA) between Canada and the European Union were launched on 17-18 May 2005 in Brussels.
  • 22-May-2005 Xinhua
    Syria to sign free trade agreement with GCC
    Syria will sign a free trade agreement with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries in June, the official al-Thawra newspaper said Friday.
  • 22-May-2005 Daily Times
    Humayun for joint ventures with Sri Lanka
    Pakistan and Sri Lanka will allow duty free access to hundreds of products on bilateral basis under the Free Trade Agreement (FTA), to be effective from June 12 this year.
  • 22-May-2005 Bernama
    All systems go for Msia-Japan FTA by December
    Commercial linkages between Malaysia and Japan are set increase significantly with both countries having achieved a breakthrough in finalising negotiations for a Japan-Malaysia Economic Partnership Agreement (JMEPA).
  • 21-May-2005 Khaleej Times
    New round of UAE, US FTA talks productive
    The United States said on Thursday that it is pleased with the progress made in this week’s trade negotiations with the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
  • 21-May-2005 Kyodo
    Indonesia hopes to expand farm exports to Japan through an FTA
    Indonesia hopes to expand farm product exports to Japan through a bilateral free trade agreement, on which the two countries are soon expected to launch formal negotiations.
  • 21-May-2005
    China launches its first FTA feasibility study with a European country
    A local researcher said Thursday that China’s announcement of the launch of feasibility study on a free trade agreement (FTA) with Iceland is "of great significance. "
  • 20-May-2005 Sify
    India: MTR drafts strategy for FTA with ASEAN
    The Mid Term Review of the Tenth five year plan has argued that India should push for free trade areas with various regional groupings and suggested that the country reduce its Most Favoured Nation tariffs to a "very low level" in preparation for the FTA with ASEAN.