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  • 5-Nov-2004
    Sri Lanka to enter into free trade agreement with Egypt
    Sri Lanka will enter into a free trade agreement with Egypt in January next year.
  • 5-Nov-2004
    Cabinet approves FTA with Yemen, Mauritius
    Federal Cabinet has approved the summary for Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Pakistan, Yemen and Mauritius. The summary was presented before federal cabinet after a trade delegation headed by Federal Commerce Minister Humayun Akhtar Khan attended a joint Ministerial Commission conference in Yemen and Mauritius in March 2004 and inked a Memorandum of Understanding about FTA.
  • 5-Nov-2004
    Central America is Not for Sale
    A call for organizational sign-ons from the Central America is Not For Sale Coalition
  • 5-Nov-2004 CAFOD
    The Wrong Ointment
    CAFOD is asking the UK government to hold the EU to drop all ‘offensive interests’ in the EPA negotiations in Africa and provide African countries ‘alternative’ non-reciprocal trade relationships that are not free trade areas
  • 5-Nov-2004 The Nation
    T Shinawatra, Aust partner await FTA
    T Shinawatra Thai Silk (Thailand) Co Ltd, a family business of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, is negotiating with an Australian fashion designer to form a joint venture that benefits from low import tariffs under the Thai-Australia free-trade agreement.
  • 4-Nov-2004
    NZ ready to talk to Bush Govt about free trade
    New Zealand will again put its case to the United States to negotiate a bilateral free-trade agreement, after the election of President George W. Bush for a second term.
  • 4-Nov-2004
    Bush Election May Pave Way for Americas Free Trade Talks
    U.S. President George W. Bush’s election to a second four-year term paves the way for the resumption of negotiations for a free trade agreement spanning the Americas.
  • 4-Nov-2004
    Govt begins consultations with industries on SAFTA, BIMSTEC benefits
    The government has started a series of consultations with industries to have a clear-cut idea about the sectors that can enjoy the benefits of the SAFTA and BIMSTEC deals.
  • 4-Nov-2004
    China to speed up FTA process with ASEAN
    The Chinese government is willing to speed up the process of the China-ASEAN free trade area (FTA) and promote comprehensive and substantive bilateral cooperation.
  • 4-Nov-2004
    Schieffer aims to fix FTA impasse
    The United States ambassador to Australia has left for Washington in a final bid to work through details holding up the free trade agreement (FTA) between the two countries.
  • 4-Nov-2004
    New Middle East trade promotion group formed
    A new trade promotion group — the US Middle East Free Trade Coalition (USMEFTA) — has been created to "expand free trade between the US and the Middle East and to encourage economic development, transparent and accountable governance, and enhanced prospects for the people of the Middle East region."
  • 4-Nov-2004 DTN
    Andean FTA hailed by US Wheat Associates
    An Andean Free Trade Agreement has the potential to provide real benefits to US wheat producers and exporters, since Ecuador, Peru and Colombia have combined annual wheat imports of three million metric tons.
  • 4-Nov-2004 Berne Declaration
    NGOs request "EFTA countries shall not endanger public health and food security in Southern Africa"
    Today 57 organizations sent a letter to the trade and foreign ministers of EFTA member states urging them not to include provisions that would restrict access to medicines and farmers rights under the EFTA-SACU FTA
  • 3-Nov-2004 Colombia Week
    US-Andean talks even worse than feared
    Barring major turns, any deal emerging from the talks will be a disaster for most Colombians.
  • 3-Nov-2004 Financial Express
    Unravelling the complex rationale of RTAs
    Proliferation of regional trade agreements (RTAs) has been a striking development in the world’s trading systems since the mid-1990s.
  • 2-Nov-2004 Jakarta Post
    APEC might form unilateral FTA: Official
    Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation member countries are displaying a growing tendency in favor of establishing a unilateral free trade agreement in the vast region, according to a senior official at the Indonesian Ministry of Trade.
  • 2-Nov-2004 Stuff
    More trade caution seen with Kerry, more deals under Bush
    An election win for Senator John Kerry could make the United States tougher and more cautious on trade, while a victory for President George W Bush would keep the country on the path to more deals, experts say.
  • 2-Nov-2004 Channel News Asia
    Australia optimistic about free trade pact with China
    Australian Trade Minister Mark Vaile said negotiating an FTA with China would be "arguably more important" than the Australia-US free trade deal recently concluded and due to come into operation on January 1.
  • 2-Nov-2004 Digital Chosun
    Korea must choose between FTA and screen quota: US Ambassador
    US ambassador to Korea Christopher Hill said on Monday that the Korean government and people had to choose between an FTA and Korea’s screen quota system.
  • 2-Nov-2004 GFH
    Bush won’t dissolve sugar jobs
    Handled with care. That is the best way to describe how the Bush administration has dealt with sugar in America’s international trade agreements.