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  • 12-May-2005
    Singapore and Pakistan to start FTA talks next month
    Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has said that Singapore and Pakistan will begin negotiations next month on a bilateral Free Trade Agreement.
  • 12-May-2005 News International
    Feeding on fears
    We need to guard against attempts by vested interests to discourage South-South trade and to divide the economic unity of South Asia.
  • 12-May-2005 Asia Times
    Land of the rising FTA
    With negotiations of an ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand FTA and a China-Australia FTA already under way, building an FTA relationship with Australia is essential if Japan is to maintain its role as a leader in developing an FTA structure in the Asia-Pacific region.
  • 11-May-2005 IPS
    New US trade czar faces tests at home and abroad
    US Trade Representative Rob Portman, now in his second week on the job, faces numerous challenges as he seeks to build support at home and abroad for an ambitious US trade agenda, observers say.
  • 11-May-2005 Korea Times
    Korea, US to discuss FTA in Cheju meeting
    South Korea will discuss the possibility of a free trade pact with the United States at the upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) trade ministers’ meeting.
  • 11-May-2005 Bangkok Post
    Senate panel urges labour unions to fight trade pact
    Thailand’s Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs yesterday urged labour unions across the country to take a stand against the Thai-Japanese free trade area (FTA) ahead of a new round of talks in July.
  • 11-May-2005 Xinhua
    Mercosur, GCC sign free trade zone frame agreement
    The signing of the agreement is regarded as the first concrete fruit of the South American-Arab summit taking place in Brasilia this week.
  • 11-May-2005 The Age
    High price to host, protect APEC ’07
    Hosting the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation forum in 2007 will cost Australia $216.3 million.
  • 11-May-2005 Financial Express
    ’High time we signed RTAs’
    Commerce and industry minister Kamal Nath has said that India is specifically looking at regional trading agreements (RTA) to boost its trade. "Without such agreements India faces the risk of being isolated globally. India must engage in trade on a regional basis", he said.
  • 11-May-2005 Bloomberg
    Brazil’s Lula, aiming to boost trade with Arabs, hosts summit
    Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva opens an Arab-Latin American summit today aimed at increasing commerce between the two regions as he seeks to reduce developing nations’ dependence on the U.S. and European Union.
  • 11-May-2005 Philippine Star
    NGO coalition bucks free trade talks with Japan
    A coalition of non-government organizations is opposing the free trade talks under the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) saying the Philippines would wind up as the losing party if the deal pushes through.
  • 11-May-2005 The Standard
    New trade pact won’t replace Comesa
    The proposed East and South Africa economic block will not replace the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa).
  • 11-May-2005 Daily Times
    Thailand supports Pakistan’s ASEAN bid
    Thailand on Monday became the first non-Muslim country to support Pakistan’s bid to become a full dialogue partner of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and agreed to start talks on a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the South Asian country.
  • 11-May-2005 Jordan Times
    Jordan seeks to sign free trade agreement with Iraq - Smadi
    Jordan is keen to sign a free trade agreement with Baghdad and has already presented Iraq with the necessary draft.
  • 11-May-2005 Jakarta Post
    Koizumi, Susilo to sign investment deal in Tokyo
    Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi is scheduled to sign an investment agreement with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono during the latter’s visit to Japan later this month.
  • 11-May-2005 Bangkok Post
    Plan for FTA with Islamabad
    Thailand and Pakistan have agreed in principle to draw up a free trade area (FTA) agreement under the Economic Comprehensive Partnership between the two nations.
  • 11-May-2005 TRALAC
    Trade talks between SACU and USA cancelled
    Talks were scheduled to restart this week between deputy trade ministers of South Africa and the United States regarding a free trade agreement (FTA) between the US and the Southern African Customs Union (SACU). These have now been cancelled and no new date set.
  • 10-May-2005 New York Times
    Free trade pact faces trouble in Congress
    The current centerpiece of President Bush’s trade agenda, the Central American Free Trade Agreement, is facing unusually united Democratic opposition as well as serious problems in overcoming well-entrenched special interest groups like sugar producers and much of the textile industry.
  • 9-May-2005
    Open up FTA talks to wider participation
    Free trade area agreements made between Thailand and some foreign trade partners have caused a lot of concern and unhappiness among farmers and business operators.
  • 9-May-2005 Xinhua
    GCC-China FTA talks on ’fast track’
    Free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations between the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and China are on fast track and expected to be completed before the end of 2006, the Times of Oman daily reported on Saturday.