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5-Apr-2005
Opposition to CAFTA will make vote difficult
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles Grassley (R-IA) said this week that opposition to the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) from Senate Agriculture Chairman Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) has made CAFTA passage “very, very difficult,” and added in a March 29 press conference that another difficulty is stronger-than-usual opposition from the sugar lobby and organized labor. -
5-Apr-2005 Bangkok Post
US-Thai free trade negotiations: There’s little trust in trade talks
Negotiators say the FTA will be open to comment, but critics want their say now before it is too late -
5-Apr-2005
Lobbying by Japanese irks industrialists
Free-trade negotiations between Thailand and Japan could collapse if Japanese negotiators continue to lobby Thai politicians instead of dealing with the country’s trade negotiators, business executives warn. -
5-Apr-2005
FTA talks to top GCC-EU agenda
Progress in the Free Trade Area (FTA) negotiations will top the agenda of the annual GCC-EU foreign ministers meeting being held today in Bahrain, which currently chairs the GCC. -
5-Apr-2005
US-Bahrein TIFA (2002)
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5-Apr-2005
US-UAE TIFA (2004)
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5-Apr-2005
US-Saudi Arabia TIFA (2003)
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5-Apr-2005
US-Qatar TIFA (2004)
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5-Apr-2005
US-Kuwait TIFA (2004)
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5-Apr-2005
US-Algeria TIFA (2001)
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5-Apr-2005
US-Yemen TIFA (2004)
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5-Apr-2005
Local manufacturers cry foul over change in stance on steel
Removing protection of hot-rolled steel under the Thai-Japan free trade area (FTA) agreement will create unfair treatment between local steel manufacturers and automotive makers, according to steel manufacturers. -
5-Apr-2005
FTA logical agenda item: Wen
Maintaining that establishment of a free trade area (FTA) between China and India has become a ‘‘logical agenda’’ item, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has expressed hope that the two sides will soon begin their feasibility study of FTA. -
5-Apr-2005 News from Bangladesh
Dhaka hesitant to sign FTA with neighbours
Bangladesh is hesitant to take any practical move to sign free trade agreement (FTA) as it has been sitting on several proposals from many neighbouring countries that have done so among themselves for their own benefits. -
5-Apr-2005 MITI
Singapore-Jordan FTA (2004)
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4-Apr-2005
Mexican free trade under way
Many people in Japan doubtlessly woke up Friday morning ignorant of the fact that April 1 was Day One of free trade with Mexico. -
4-Apr-2005
Businessmen air view on UAE’s FTA talks with US
Representatives from the business and the academic segments have discussed the strong debated issue, the agreement, including real objectives behind it, probable local and regional advantages and disadvantages and the UAE’s readiness for signing such agreement. -
4-Apr-2005
Wen hopes India, China will work out FTA soon
Maintaining that establishment of a free trade area (FTA) between China and India has become a "logical agenda" item, Chinese premier Wen Jiabao has expressed the hope that the two sides will begin their feasibility study of FTA soon. -
4-Apr-2005
Thai-US FTA will make medicine unaffordable
A Democrat Party MP has expressed fresh concerns over the possible social and economic implications of the free trade agreement currently being negotiated between Thailand and the US. -
4-Apr-2005
US-Thailand TIFA (2002)