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  • 25-Jun-2005 Public Broadcasting Service
    Conversation: Rob Portman
    Rob Portman, the new US trade representative, discusses the US trade deficit with China and the controversial Central America Free Trade Agreement.
  • 24-Jun-2005
    India replacing China as new trade attraction
    With China-ASEAN free trade already under way, other free-trade agreements that are in the works include China-Australia, China-New Zealand, China-India, China-Pakistan and China-Chile as well as recent initiatives with Iceland, Japan, Korea and Thailand. However, this focus is likely to change, shifting slowly but steadily toward India.
  • 24-Jun-2005 Sify
    India proposes FTA with Bangladesh
    India has proposed Free Trade Agreement with Bangladesh according transit rights for Indian goods through Bangladesh territory.
  • 24-Jun-2005 Yonhap
    S. Korea, S. Africa to discuss possible FTA
    South Korea and South Africa will hold talks next week in Pretoria to discuss a variety of issues, including the possible signing of a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA), South Korean officials said Thursday.
  • 23-Jun-2005
    Lanka sees end to trade bias
    Sri Lanka is hopeful that whatever trade asymmetries remain, even after the adoption of the Indo-Sri Lanka free trade agreement (FTA), will be sorted out while finalising the comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA) with India by the end of this year. This is according to a high-ranking Sri Lankan official.
  • 23-Jun-2005 Manila Bulletin
    JPEPA: News in brief
    The Philippines government is completing its "clean-up drive" on the country’s legal and dispute settlement mechanism before finally giving its final go signal to the implementation of the country’s first bilateral free trade area (FTA) deal, the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA).
  • 23-Jun-2005 Business Recorder
    OIC edges towards free trade area
    Muslim nations moved closer to forming a free trade area (FTA) on Monday, with plans to adopt tariff-cutting steps by end-2005 to bridge a gap between oil-rich and poor members of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference.
  • 23-Jun-2005 USTR
    United States and Mozambique sign TIFA
    US Trade Representative Rob Portman and the Mozambican Minister of Industry and Commerce Antonio Fernando signed a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) today that will provide a forum to address trade issues and will enhance trade and investment relations between the United States and Mozambique.
  • 23-Jun-2005 USTR
    US-Mozambique TIFA (2005)
  • 23-Jun-2005 US State Dept
    US, Indonesia build on Trade and Investment Agreement
    US and Indonesian officials met in Washington June 20-21 for the second time in three months to discuss ways to deepen their trade relationship, according to a June 22 press release from the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR).
  • 22-Jun-2005
    Pak, US discuss FTA
    Commerce Secretary Tasneem Noorani held a detailed discussions at the Office of the United States Trade Representative in Washington DC the other day along with their team of experienced negotiators to study details of a free trade agreement (FTA) with USA.
  • 22-Jun-2005
    India set to get access to Bimstec markets
    India and the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multisectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (Bimstec) member countries plan to sign a deal to provide access to each others’ markets for the pharmaceuticals and services sectors.
  • 22-Jun-2005
    Musharraf meets Thaksin: FTA between Thailand, Pakistan in offing
    Pakistan and Thailand moved closer to free trade pact as leaders of the two countries moved closer for establishing an agreement on the topic after they met over the weekend, credible sources said here on Monday.
  • 21-Jun-2005
    Thai-Japan FTA talks hit snags
    Prospects for Japan signing free trade agreements with Thailand and South Korea are being stymied because the countries remain seriously divided on key industrial and farm sectors, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported yesterday quoting diplomatic sources.
  • 21-Jun-2005
    Breakthrough in FTA talks expected soon
    The third round of negotiations between China and New Zealand to establish a free trade area (FTA) did not result in a major breakthrough. But a breakthrough may be achieved in the not-too-distant future.
  • 21-Jun-2005
    Thai-Chinese FTA leads to soaring bilateral trade
    Trade between Thailand and China has shot up to 24 billion baht ($60 million) over the first 20 months of the enforcement of the bilateral free trade area (FTA) agreement, with Thailand holding the balance of trade by over 11 billion baht ($27.5 million), according to the Director-General of the Department of Foreign Trade, Rachane Potjanasuntorn.
  • 21-Jun-2005
    UAE rejects GCC pact on free trade deals: Official
    Gulf Arab efforts to defend a customs union suffered a setback after the United Arab Emirates refused to sign an accord barring bilateral trade deals except with the United States, Gulf sources said yesterday.
  • 21-Jun-2005
    Steel goes on back burner at FTA talks
    The Thailand-Japan free trade area (FTA) negotiations will resume in July, with discussions over liberalising steel imports postponed until later rounds, even though Tokyo has come up with a new proposal on the controversial issue, according to Finance Minister Somkid Jatusripitak.
  • 21-Jun-2005
    Pakistan-Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement comes into force
    The Pakistan-Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement (FTA) has come into force from June 12, marking a new stage in regional economic integration.
  • 21-Jun-2005
    Human rights ’not on table’ in China FTA
    Trade Minister Mark Vaile says the Government will not "sell out" human rights issues to get a better deal on a free trade agreement with China.