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  • 21-Jun-2005
    Textile sops for Sri Lanka under FTA
    India will grant more concessions to Sri Lanka in the apparel and clothing sector under the existing bilateral free trade agreement. New Delhi has agreed to remove the present annual cap of 1.5 million pieces of clothing per category in the sector.
  • 21-Jun-2005
    New rules of origin approach for India-Asean FTA by mid-July
    India is set to finalise new Rules of Origin (ROO), the criteria that determine the country of origin of the product, for the India-Asean Free Trade Agreement (FTA) by July 15, 2005.
  • 21-Jun-2005
    S’pore pact gets Cabinet nod
    India has agreed to provide a series of tariff concessions to Singapore under the India-Singapore Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA), which was approved by the Union Cabinet today.
  • 21-Jun-2005
    Thailand firm on positive list
    Thailand insists that it will negotiate a bilateral free-trade area agreement with the United States only through a ``positive list’’ approach.
  • 21-Jun-2005
    Vanaspati industry on brink of closure: IVPA
    With India entering into Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Sri Lanka and other SAARC countries, a number of vanaspati manufacturers have shifted their production base there to avail concessions, sounding a death-knell for the domestic industry by rendering it non-competitive.
  • 21-Jun-2005
    Expert dampens China FTA hopes
    AUSTRALIANS should not expect too much from a China-Australia free trade agreement, the Howard Government’s lead negotiator for the deal warned yesterday.
  • 21-Jun-2005
    President Hopes to sign FTA with Guatemala in August
    President Chen Shui-bian said Monday that Guatemalan President Ocar Berger Perdomo has agreed to visit Taiwan in August and that he hopes to sign a Taiwan-Guatemala free trade agreement (FTA) with him by that time.
  • 21-Jun-2005
    Health sets out options for FTA talks
    After letting health advocates air their opposition to the Thai-US free trade agreement (FTA) for more than a year, the Public Health Ministry yesterday unveiled its position on how Thailand should deal with drug patents.
  • 20-Jun-2005
    FTA talks with Thailand, Korea still divided
    Prospects for Japan signing free-trade agreements (FTAs) with Thailand and South Korea are being stymied because the countries remain seriously divided on issues concerning key industrial and farm sectors, diplomatic sources have said.
  • 20-Jun-2005
    ’Make the most of trade deals’
    Bahrain businesses must act now or lose out on massive new opportunities worldwide, says an expert. AMIRA AL HUSSAINI reports
  • 20-Jun-2005
    EFTA-Thailand negotiations: NGOs appeal to UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health
    17 NGOs from Switzerland, Norway and Liechtenstein submitted today a request to the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health. They urge him to warn the four member states of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA: Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein) not to restrict access to affordable generic medicines in Thailand.
  • 19-Jun-2005 Arabic News
    Free-trade deal with Indonesia under review
    Egypt is to consider an Indonesian request to establish a joint free-trade agreement, sources at the Ministry of International Cooperation said yesterday.
  • 18-Jun-2005 Manila Bulletin
    Trade alliance seeks transparency on Japan-RP FTA negotiations
    The multi-sectoral Fair Trade Alliance (FTA) has urged the government for transparency in the crafting of the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) as it expressed fears that the deal does not provide "safeguards" to the country’s industrial goods and includes regulation and competition issues.
  • 17-Jun-2005
    China, ROK willing to advance FTA process
    China and the Republic of Korea (ROK) Friday expressed their positive attitude towards speeding up research about establishing a free trade area (FTA) amid the fast-growth economic ties between the two countries.
  • 17-Jun-2005
    MoI sure Thai-Japan FTA will be concluded in July
    The Ministry of Industry said on Thursday it is confident that the conclusion of the Thailand-Japan free trade area (FTA) agreement will be reached on schedule in July after representatives of the two countries met this week to discuss the details of the plan, especially on issue of automobile and electronic parts.
  • 17-Jun-2005
    Doctors told to be wary of big drug firms
    Doctors have been warned not to fall into the fierce marketing trap of multinational drug companies which have a ’’hidden agenda’’ to sell expensive products.
  • 12-Jun-2005
    Professions brace for FTA impact
    Businesses such as cars, steel, textiles and telecoms may grab the headlines in the continuing debate over free trade area (FTA) agreements, but members of many professions in Thailand are also preparing for changes once markets for their services open.
  • 11-Jun-2005
    Singapore and Qatar close to ink FTA
    Singapore and Qatar are close to signing a free trade agreement after ending their final round of negotiations yesterday, the city-state’s trade ministry said.
  • 11-Jun-2005 Financial Express
    New rules of origin for India-Asean FTA in July
    India will formulate a new set of rules of origin (ROO) for its free trade agreement (FTA) with the Association of South East Asian Nations (Asean) by mid-July.
  • 11-Jun-2005 Manila Bulletin
    Philippine Gov’t urged to reopen FTA talks with US
    The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) has urged the government to initiate a new bilateral trade talks with the United States.