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  • 14-Dec-2004
    New FTA website to be created
    A new website dedicated to the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Bahrain and the US is being created by the Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry
  • 14-Dec-2004
    Third round of Thai-US FTA talks postponed until after election
    The third round of free trade talks between the United States and Thailand has been postponed until after the latter’s general election in February 2005, local press reported on Monday.
  • 14-Dec-2004 GURN (135kb PDF)
    Labour: The spread of bilateral trade agreements
    This report looks at major Customs Unions, Free Trade Areas, and economic association agreements around the world, with particular attention to any clauses covering social issues, core labour standards and trade union participation.
  • 14-Dec-2004 Khaleej Times
    Egypt, Israel, US sign partial free trade deal
    The agreement on Qualified Industrial Zones (QIZs) opens the US market to goods produced in Egypt with Israeli inputs, promises jobs for Egyptians while offering Israel a symbolic economic foothold in the largest Arab nation.
  • 14-Dec-2004 University of Rome "Tor Vergata"
    China’s new regional trade agreements
    This paper discusses the recent regional trade agreements that China has concluded rapidly following accession to the WTO in 2002.
  • 13-Dec-2004
    Tectonic trends in trade [Christian Science Monitor viewpoint]
    Two political tremors in recent days reveal that the global trading system may be creaking and groaning into isolated blocs of countries - without the United States.
  • 12-Dec-2004
    Chile, Peru to start FTA negotiations in January
    Chile and Peru will start negotiations on a free trade agreement (FTA) in January, local press cited Chilean Foreign Minister Ignacio Walker as saying on Saturday.
  • 12-Dec-2004
    Pakistan, Mexico will negotiate free trade agreement
    Mexico City: President Pervez Musharraf said on Friday that Pakistan and Mexico had agreed to negotiate a free trade agreement, hoping it would pave the way for booming bilateral trade.
  • 12-Dec-2004
    ’Singapore can be Iran’s anchor into Asia’
    Singapore can be a springboard for oil-rich Iran to expand its business links in Asia, Trade and Industry Minister Lim Hng Kiang said Thursday as the city-state emphasised its desire for closer bilateral trade ties, IRIB reported.
  • 12-Dec-2004 ColomboPage News Desk
    Sri Lanka, Iran sign bilateral agreements
    Sri Lanka and Iran signed a preferential trade agreement and several memoranda of understanding yesterday at the Islamic Republic Mansion in Tehran, the Office of the President said.
  • 12-Dec-2004
    Sino-Asean free trade pact a bane to RP, says Ibon
    An economic research group warned an upcoming free trade agreement between China and the Association of Southeast Nations will have adverse effects on the country’s economy.
  • 12-Dec-2004
    Asian free trade vogue could heat up
    Free trade agreements are flying around East Asia these days, with even India, from South Asia, getting a piece of the action.
  • 12-Dec-2004 Globes [online]
    Tefron’s Yosef Shiran: Free trade agreement a death blow to local textile industry
    Delta Galil Industries chairman Dov Lautman, currently in London, told "Globes" this morning that the free trade agreement with Egypt was not only an economic achievement, but also a major political one. "The agreement will contribute to Israel’s economy, and to political reality in the Middle East."
  • 12-Dec-2004 Daily Times, Pakistan
    FTA with SL in Jan: Humayun
    KARACHI: Humayun Akhtar Khan, the federal minister for commerce, said on Saturday that free trade agreement with Sri Lanka would be finalised in January next year while trade talks with India are linked with sustainable political dialogue between the two countries.
  • 12-Dec-2004 AME Info
    Cash-strapped Jordan aims high
    After spending years negotiating FTAs with the US, Europe and fellow Arab countries, Jordan is determined to gain a competitive advantage for Jordanian industries in world markets. And Washington appears eager to help them achieve success.
  • 12-Dec-2004 Asia Times
    Free trade at a heavy cost for India
    The recently signed India-Thailand FTA has stirred a hornet’s nest in India. It is being argued that India has shown unnecessary haste in signing the agreement without fully comprehending its economic implications for Indian industry.
  • 12-Dec-2004 Wall Street Journal
    Mazda to start selling cars in Mexico; planned FTA helps
    Mazda Motor Corp. has set up a new unit in Mexico to start selling vehicles there, taking advantage of the scheduled implementation of a free trade agreement between Japan and Mexico next year.
  • 11-Dec-2004 CNA
    Taiwan, Guatemala begin FTA talks
    Minister of Economic Affairs Ho Mei-yueh signed a free trade agreement (FTA) consultation framework Tuesday with her counterpart from Guatemala, Marcio Cuevas, and began their first meeting on FTA issues.
  • 11-Dec-2004 Yonhap
    S. Korea, US to hold preliminary meeting to explore FTA
    South Korea and the United States will hold working level meetings early next year to explore the feasibility of a free trade agreement (FTA) between the two countries
  • 11-Dec-2004
    The proposed US-SACU FTA: Comparison with FTAA, CAFTA, US-Chile and US-Singapore
    Many civic organizations in the SACU region and the US, especially the labor unions, as well as other governments within Southern Africa note many possible disadvantages to the proposed US-SACU FTA.