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  • 6-Jun-2005
    SA to push for agreement to protect assets in Zimbabwe
    South Africa is set to push once more for the signing of an investment protection agreement with Zimbabwe as President Robert Mugabe starts implementing threats to abolish private ownership of land.
  • 5-Jun-2005
    Brunei too in historic free-trade agreement
    Brunei Darussalam together with Chile, New Zealand and Singapore are now the founding members of the first ever Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement.
  • 5-Jun-2005
    APEC trade ministers agree to promote trade facilitation in RTA/FTAs
    APEC Trade Ministers have agreed to develop possible model measures on trade facilitation for Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) and Regional Trading Agreements (RTAs) for endorsement by APEC Leaders in November.
  • 5-Jun-2005
    Dhaka, KL Jt body meets today: FTA, duty-free access for 19 goods on agenda
    The 3rd Bangladesh-Malaysia Joint Commission Meeting (JCM) begins here today (Monday) after a hiatus of over 10 years to explore intensified cooperation in potential sectors of trade, investment and manpower.
  • 5-Jun-2005
    Atiyya: FTA agreements with the US will not hinder GCC march
    The Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council, Abdul Rahman bin Hamad Al Atiyya, has said that the next GCC summit in Abu Dhabi would boost the GCC march and joint economic work, particularly in the area of ensuring the implementation of the customs union and expediting steps towards the implementation of a Gulf Common Market.
  • 5-Jun-2005
    Korea sees progress in FTA talks with EFTA
    Korea made progress in talks for inking a free trade agreement with the four countries of the European Free Trade Association, the government said yesterday.
  • 5-Jun-2005 AFP
    Gulf Arab states exclude US from collective trade agreements
    Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states have agreed to exclude the United States from collective trade agreements, allowing members to strike bilateral free trade deals with Washington, the Kuwaiti foreign minister said.
  • 5-Jun-2005 Scoop
    P4 Economic Partnership Agreement - key outcomes
    Press release from NZ government outlining key features of the Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement between Brunei, Chile, New Zealand and Singapore.
  • 5-Jun-2005 New Zealand Herald
    China keen for wide trade deal
    China’s decision to accelerate free trade talks with New Zealand will deliver Prime Minister Helen Clark a huge electoral "plum" if a deal is cemented before September.
  • 5-Jun-2005 Indian Express
    Indo-Brazil business is booming, set to explode
    The Government of India has identified Brazil as strategic partner in Latin America and is strengthening relations and expanding cooperation.
  • 5-Jun-2005 Asia Times
    Korea urges Japan to open up
    Japan needs to allow South Korean products greater access to its agricultural and fisheries markets in an effort to advance stalled bilateral free-trade agreement (FTA) talks, South Korean Trade Minister Kim Hyun-chong said on Friday.
  • 5-Jun-2005 Daily Star
    Bangladesh to propose FTA with Malaysia
    Bangladesh will propose a Free Trade Agreement with Malaysia in Bangladesh-Malaysia Joint Commission meeting to be held on June 6-7, after a break of 10 years.
  • 4-Jun-2005
    Thaksin asks India to speed up FTA deal
    Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra stressed speeding up the process of finalising the Free Trade Area agreement between Thailand and India during his one-day working visit to the Indian capital on Friday.
  • 4-Jun-2005
    FTA delay hits garment industry - Bahrain
    Bahrain’s beleaguered garment industry will face additional pressure from a move being presently considered by the American government to sign trade agreements with 16 countries that will allow major garment industry hubs such as Sri Lanka and Bangladesh to move more finished garments to US buyers with reduced or no customs duties.
  • 4-Jun-2005
    ’FTA misusers will be punished’
    The Centre on Saturday warned that any misuse of the Free Trade Agreements (FTA) would lead to criminal prosecution of those involved in such practice.
  • 4-Jun-2005 Business Times
    The rise and rise of Asian trade
    A mammoth regional grouping involving Asean and other countries and groups is in the works.
  • 4-Jun-2005 Angola Press
    Pacific Island nations seek closer economic ties with NZ, Australia
    Pacific Islands Forum countries have decided it is now time to move beyond their existing SPARTECA agreement with Australia and New Zealand, according to reports from Nadi, Fiji, on Friday.
  • 3-Jun-2005 Economic Policy Institute
    Will CAFTA be a boon to farmers and the food industry? NAFTA’s failed promises are doomed to be repeated
    Promoters of the proposed Dominican Republic/Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) have asserted that it will provide significant benefits to the U.S. economy, especially to the agricultural sector. Similar promises were made in the debate on the North American Free Trade Agreement in 1992 and 1993. However, since that time NAFTA has failed to live up to these promises, and similar promises made for CAFTA are even less likely to be fulfilled.
  • 3-Jun-2005 Singapore FTAs
    Media info note: Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement
    On 3 Jun 05, the trade ministers of Brunei, Chile, New Zealand and Singapore announced the substantive conclusion of the Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement (“Trans-Pacific SEP”) on the sidelines of the APEC Ministers Responsible for Trade (MRT) meeting in Jeju (Korea).
  • 3-Jun-2005 Channel News Asia
    S’pore, Brunei, Chile, NZ sign trans-Pacific trade pact
    New Zealand, Brunei, Chile and Singapore announced a trans-Pacific free trade pact to improve market access between the countries.