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  • 26-Dec-2004 ANN
    Pakistan, China to set up free trade area
    China and Pakistan are poised to widen the silk road between them by building a free trade area (FTA). For Pakistanis, it is mainly a "cotton road."
  • 26-Dec-2004 Asia Pulse
    Singapore, Qatar edge closer to FTA
    Singapore and Qatar have moved closer to signing a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) following high-level government talks earlier this week.
  • 25-Dec-2004
    New session of talks to set up FTA with Turkey
    Egypt and Turkey agreed yesterday to discuss mechanisms to promote trade and investment cooperation between them, said Foreign Trade Ministry Under-Secretary Sharqawi Hefni on yesterday.
  • 25-Dec-2004
    GCC states ’in talks over FTAs’
    TALKS are pushing ahead for individual free trade agreements with the US for all the GCC states, it was declared yesterday.
  • 25-Dec-2004
    Pakistan, Sri Lanka hold talks to finalize Free Trade Agreement
    The technical teams of Pakistan and Sri Lanka have held talks to finalize Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the two countries.
  • 25-Dec-2004
    Morocco, Gabon examine relaunch of FTA negotiations
    Morocco and Gabon might relaunch negotiations to establish a free trade zone with view to reinforcing trade exchanges and promoting economic integration with countries of central Africa.
  • 25-Dec-2004
    ‘We will discuss FTA with our neighbors’
    Bahrain once again defended its free trade agreement with the United States.
  • 25-Dec-2004 Asahi Shimbun
    Malaysia, Japan one step closer to FTA
    Japan and Malaysia on Friday took a step closer to reaching a free trade agreement, clearing a key hurdle related to the agricultural, forestry and fisheries sector, government sources said.
  • 25-Dec-2004
    Govt to set up cell for negotiating FTAs
    The Bangladesh government will set up a free trade cell (FTC) soon with a responsibility to negotiate regional and bilateral deals with a view to protecting the country’s interests in trade-related issues.
  • 24-Dec-2004 Times of India
    Investment: India to renegotiate tax treaty with Malaysia
    The ink has hardly dried on the recently-notified revised tax treaty with Malaysia, but India is set to renegotiate it — mainly to prevent ’treaty shopping’.
  • 24-Dec-2004 Khaleej Times
    Amid protests, Jordan and Israel sign key trade accord
    Israel and Jordan agreed yesterday to tear down many of their remaining trade barriers in a deal that paves the way for the Jewish state’s first free trade accord with an Arab state by the end of 2010.
  • 24-Dec-2004 tralac
    The potential impact of US-SACU FTA negotiations on public health in southern Africa
    This Working Paper was written by Tenu Avafia, a tralac researcher, and examines the potential impact of the proposed Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between SACU and the United States from the perspective of public health.
  • 23-Dec-2004 FTA Watch
    Open Letter to the Government and the People of Australia
    Regarding the Free Trade Agreement between Australia and Thailand conflicting the provisions of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand B.E. 2540 (1997)
  • 23-Dec-2004 Khaleej Times
    Rift over FTA could harm Gulf economic integration
    The Saudi-Bahraini dispute over Manama’s free trade pact with Washington that overshadowed a summit of Gulf Arab states could derail their bid for economic integration, economists said yesterday.
  • 23-Dec-2004 EFTA Secretariat
    EFTA and Korea launch free trade negotiations
    The Member States of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) - Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland - and the Republic of Korea met in Geneva on 16 December 2004 to launch negotiations on a comprehensive Free Trade Agreement, which they agree to aim at concluding before the end of 2005.
  • 23-Dec-2004 EFTA
    EFTA and Tunisia conclude free trade agreement
    On the occasion of their Ministerial Meeting in Geneva on 17 December 2004, the Member States of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) - Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland - signed a Free Trade Agreement with the Republic of Tunisia.
  • 23-Dec-2004 Tehran Times
    Turkey, Syria sign free trade agreement
    Turkey and Syria signed a free trade agreement on Wednesday and discussed how to keep Iraq united and stable despite the violence sweeping their neighbor.
  • 22-Dec-2004 Japan Times
    Japan adopts FTA policy focusing on partners in Asia
    The government on Tuesday approved a basic plan to promote free-trade agreements, prioritizing accords with Asian trading partners to help build an East Asian community. It also adopted a set of 12 criteria to choose potential FTA partners, envisioning future negotiations with trading partners outside East Asia.
  • 22-Dec-2004 News.com.au
    Rules of origin: US, Thai FTA’s ’most restrictive’
    An Australian Productivity Commission report into trade and assistance reviews found conditions attached to the free trade agreements signed with the United States and Thailand would be more restrictive than similar deals.
  • 22-Dec-2004 IPS
    US trade tactic splits Arab states
    A free trade deal between the United States and the tiny Persian Gulf Kingdom of Bahrain is causing friction with other Arab states, which say the pact could weaken their economic bloc ahead of future trade talks with Washington.