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  • 21-Aug-2005
    PM calls for FTA with Bangladesh
    Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz emphasizing that Pakistan and Bangladesh have a common heritage and enjoy a special and unique relationship said that we need to work towards free trade agreement.
  • 20-Aug-2005
    Asia/FTA brings hope to poorest region
    Left behind for years while China’s economy was taking off, the Guangxi Zhuangzu autonomous region is finally showing signs of life thanks to Beijing’s free trade agreement with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 2002.
  • 20-Aug-2005 AAP News
    No FTA with Australia: Japanese minister
    Japan’s Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Mineichi Iwanaga says Japan has no intention of concluding a free-trade agreement with Australia.
  • 20-Aug-2005 Ministry of Commerce of the PRC
    Mainland and Macao Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (2003)
  • 19-Aug-2005
    US gains in one-sided trade deal
    The much-vaunted free trade agreement with the United States has become one-sided, with no financial benefit to Australia.
  • 19-Aug-2005
    Vanaspati imports from Lanka may be capped at 2.5 lt
    Duty-free imports of vanaspati from Sri Lanka under the free trade agreement (FTA) is likely to be capped at 2,50,000 tonne. Vegetable oils and vanaspati (hydrogenated vegetable oil) will be kept out of the purview of any FTAs which India is likely to sign with any country in future.
  • 19-Aug-2005
    No easy ride in the land of the FTA
    It was meant to be the big breakthrough for Australian exporters — but official statistics show Australia’s exports to the US have fallen by 3 per cent since the start of the US free trade agreement.
  • 19-Aug-2005 Center for Contemporary Conflict
    US Middle East economic policy: Are trade-based initiatives an effective tool in the war on terrorism?
    An assessment published by a US military research outfit.
  • 19-Aug-2005 Bangladesh Web
    D-8 sets target for final draft of PTA
    D-8 region consisting of eight Muslim countries — Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan and Turkey — has set the end of 2005 as the target for the finalisation of the last draft of the Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA).
  • 19-Aug-2005 MENAFN
    Jordan hopes to sign free trade agreement with Russia
    His Majesty King Abdullah will meet today with Russian President Vladimir Putin for talks on ways to develop bilateral ties, particularly in the economic fields.
  • 19-Aug-2005 Mmegi
    Botswana forges partnership with Mauritius
    Botswana Minister of Trade and Industry, Neo Moroka yesterday signed a bilateral investment treaty on promotion and reciprocal protection on investment with Mauritius envoy, Madan Dulloo.
  • 18-Aug-2005 Financial Express
    FTA with China likely to get a fresh look
    Indicating that the idea of a free trade agreement with China has not been abandoned, the Indian government has begun a fresh exercise to explore the pros and cons of such an accord.
  • 18-Aug-2005
    Pakistan and Singapore to hold talks on FTA soon
    Pakistan and Singapore will formally initiate 3-day technical parleys on Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on August 24, a senior government official told Online here on Thursday.
  • 18-Aug-2005
    All talk, no action at FTA meeting
    AUSTRALIA and China are unlikely to start real negotiations for a free trade agreement this year, and it could take a long time to end up with a result that tackled "behind the border" issues, a senior trade official has warned.
  • 18-Aug-2005 Asia Pulse
    Australian firms raise concerns over FTA with China
    Australian companies have raised serious concerns they may not be able to surmount Chinese regulations and restrictions ahead of the first in-depth free trade negotiations between the two countries.
  • 18-Aug-2005 Business Report
    Sacu and US to kick-start trade talks
    The US and the five-member Southern African Customs Union (Sacu) will meet in the second half of September to kick-start trade negotiations that ground to a halt late last year after the two regions failed to reach consensus on a range of key issues.
  • 18-Aug-2005 CD Howe Institute
    US bilateral free trade accords: Why Canada should be cautious about going the same route
    Canada should focus on improving its access to the US market rather than trying to complete a host of FTA negotiations that are unlikely to result in large payoffs - despite the fact that the United States and many other countries are doing so.
  • 18-Aug-2005 Asia Pulse
    PNG Minister warns over tapping EU funds
    Continued delay by Pacific Island countries to negotiate a successful Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) could result in the region missing out in millions of European Union (EU) funds.
  • 18-Aug-2005 AJC
    In the trade zone: Georgians assess effects of CAFTA deal
    Georgia’s poultry industry is gearing up to ship more frozen chicken abroad under the Central American Free Trade Agreement, while parts of the state’s textile industry also stand to gain.
  • 18-Aug-2005 IPS
    Caribbean: Trade winds gusting as region faces WTO meet
    Recent developments in international trade highlight the difficulties facing the 15-member Caribbean Community (Caricom) as it prepares for a key World Trade Organisation (WTO) ministerial meeting in Hong Kong this December.