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  • 14-Apr-2005 Channel News Asia
    Australia should press ahead with China FTA: Trade Minister Vaile
    Australia should push ahead with negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with China despite the risks and difficulties involved in engaging with the Communist nation, Trade Minister Mark Vaile said.
  • 14-Apr-2005 Kyodo
    Israeli deputy PM proposes FTA with Japan
    Visiting Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Ehud Olmert proposed Wednesday that the two countries should study concluding a bilateral free trade agreement when he met with Japanese trade minister Shoichi Nakagawa, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said.
  • 14-Apr-2005 IPS
    Constitutional crisis looming over Thai-US FTA
    If critics of the Thai government’s international trade policies have their way, then the current negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA) between Bangkok and Washington could evolve into constitutional crisis for this Southeast Asian nation.
  • 14-Apr-2005 Knight Ridder
    US lawmakers express skepticism about Central American trade pact
    For the first time since Congress fought fiercely over the North American Free Trade Agreement 11 years ago, a US president’s proposed trade deal faces major resistance on Capitol Hill.
  • 14-Apr-2005 SIA
    Sustainability Impact Assessment of the negotiations of the trade agreement between the European Community and the countries of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf
    Study commissioned by the European Union
  • 14-Apr-2005 CEPS
    Measuring the economic impact of an EU-GCC free trade agreement
    The new customs union and proposed EU-GCC free trade agreement will both appreciably expand trade and improve economic welfare in the GCC countries, with little significant economic impact on the EU.
  • 13-Apr-2005 Japan Today
    Japan, ASEAN kick off FTA talks
    Japan and the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations kicked off their first round of formal negotiations in Tokyo on Wednesday for a free trade agreement with the aim of completing the talks within two years.
  • 12-Apr-2005 Deepika Global
    China proposes FTA with India after landmark political accord
    Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao today announced the decision of India and China to institute a joint feasibility study on a Free Trade Area (FTA) Agreement between the two countries, having signed a landmark political accord to settle the lingering boundary dispute.
  • 12-Apr-2005 Public Citizen
    Maryland legislature revokes Governor Ehrlich’s CAFTA commitment
    The Maryland General Assembly’s override today rescinding Gov. Robert Ehrlich’s 2003 commitment to allow Maryland’s state procurement rules to be bound by pending trade agreements negotiated by the Bush administration and in previous trade agreements such as the World Trade Organization (WTO) is a victory for Maryland taxpayers and the latest evidence of state officials’ growing demands for accountability in international trade negotiations, Public Citizen said today.
  • 12-Apr-2005 Swissinfo
    Deiss calls for trade accord with Indonesia
    Swiss Economics Minister Joseph Deiss, ending a trade visit to southeast Asia, has invited Indonesia to enter an agreement with the European Free Trade Association.
  • 12-Apr-2005 IPS
    FTAA dead but not quite buried, say activists
    Activists and academics are singing the requiem for the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), a US-driven initiative that they say will soon be buried. However, the governments that have participated in the talks are not yet talking about failure.
  • 12-Apr-2005 SABC News
    SA union signs trade agreement with Mercosur
    Countries making up the South African Customs (SACU) Union have signed a preferential trade agreement with Mercosur, South America’s trading bloc. However, trade negotiations with the US have run into problems.
  • 12-Apr-2005
    Australia-China FTA feasibility study
    Report of a joint feasibility study, leading to the launch of FTA negotiations.
  • 11-Apr-2005
    Cashing in on our pharmaceutical expertise
    One important provision in a China-Australia Free Trade Agreement could be the establishment of a Medicines Working Committee. This committee would facilitate cooperation, collaborations and joint ventures between Australian and Chinese pharmaceutical regulators, clinical trial and biotechnology researchers, as well as generic manufacturers.
  • 11-Apr-2005 Korea Times
    Korea to sign FTA with EFTA in July
    Korea and the European Free Trade Association have tentatively agreed that they will sign the final free trade agreement (FTA) in July, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Sunday.
  • 11-Apr-2005 Korea Times
    Leading on free trade
    The Roh administration has not had an easy time handling the foreign policy file. But for all its faults and foibles, there is one very important portion of that file in which the president has provided some strong leadership: free trade.
  • 11-Apr-2005 Financial Express
    India yes to Bipa, no to FTA/RTA
    The government of India is set to initial a Bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (Bipa) with China with the two pending issues on security and legal jurisdiction being sorted out by the National Security Adviser in the Prime Minister’s Office. A free trade agreement, however, looks distant with the domestic industry raising serious concerns.
  • 11-Apr-2005 Zawya
    FTA with EU looks more imminent than ever
    The stage is being developed for a fast-track free trade agreement (FTA) between the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council and 25-member European Union. Possibly, the EU has felt the urge to sign an FTA with the GCC now that the US has moved to reach bilateral agreements with individual GCC states.
  • 11-Apr-2005 ABS-CBN
    Automakers holding up JPEPA
    Issues involving tariff protection and reduction on automotive products have delayed the conclusion of talks over the planned Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA).
  • 10-Apr-2005
    Signatures to stalk FTA
    Opponents of the Thai-US free trade agreement are gathering 50,000 signatures to sponsor a bill requiring the government to get public and parliamentary approval for any commitments it reaches with a foreign country.