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  • 22-Sep-2004 Dawn
    US investment treaty: advantages and risks
    Pakistan is among dozens of countries with whom the United States is seeking to sign, or has already signed, a bilateral investment treaty (BIT) as part of a calculated strategy to bypass the WTO where it finds little hope of any agreement on investment and other Singapore issues being clinched in the foreseeable future.
  • 22-Sep-2004
    Squire Sanders Represents Czech Republic, National Property Fund in Massive Arbitration
    The Czech Republic can argue its case that Japanese investment bank Nomura is liable for billions of crowns in damage, according to an interim award issued Sept. 7 by an UNCITRAL arbitral tribunal seated in Zurich.
  • 22-Sep-2004
    FTA talks with US on track, says Thai minister
    Thailand’s negotiations with the United States for a free trade agreement (FTA) are ’on track’ despite delays, Thai Foreign Minister Surakiart Sathirathai said here yesterday.
  • 21-Sep-2004
    Foreign Investors Can Now Access Justice
    Recently, a central bank revoked the license of a bank owned by a foreign investor. The procedure followed conformed to domestic law to the letter, and it did not amount to a denial of due process.
  • 21-Sep-2004
    Rough going for D.R. free-trade agreement
    U.S. corn producers complained to U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick after the Dominican Republic (D.R.) Congress decided to impose a 25% surcharge on imports of cheaper U.S. corn syrup for use as a sweetener.
  • 21-Sep-2004 PTI
    Malaysia to push for India-ASEAN FTA
    Malaysia today said it was leading the negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement between India and ASEAN and would offer a ’springboard’ for Indian corporates willing to tap the potential markets in the region.
  • 21-Sep-2004
    Mexico FTA paves way for Asian trade agreements
    Japan signed a free trade agreement (FTA) with Mexico on Friday, the first such pact to cover the politically sensitive agricultural sector, officials said.
  • 20-Sep-2004
    Kharbash calls for a Free Trade Agreement with US to boost business relationships
    H.E. Dr. Mohammed Khalfan bin Kharbash, UAE Minister of Finance and Industry today called for a fully-fledged Free Trade Agreement between the UAE and the United States of America.
  • 20-Sep-2004
    Why SA and the US need each other
    "In many ways, South Africa’s role in sub-Saharan Africa is analogous to the role of the US in the world." — US Ambassador Jendayi E Frazer
  • 20-Sep-2004
    Committee to discuss issues related to FTA - Bahrain
    THE joint committee of the Capital Governorate and the Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry will meet next week to outline programmes for new business ventures following the formalisation of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Bahrain and the USA.
  • 20-Sep-2004
    Maqbool to attend Oman-US trade and investment meeting
    Maqbool bin Ali Sultan, minister of commerce and industry, will lead the Sultanate’s delegation to the first meeting of the Omani-American Council for Trade and Investment scheduled to be held in Washington today.
  • 20-Sep-2004
    Talks On Taiwan-Nicaragua FTA Start In Taipei
    Taipei, Sept. 20 (CNA) The first round of talks on a Taiwan-Nicaragua free trade agreement (FTA) started in Taipei Monday. Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) officials said that a 20-member Nicaraguan delegation is visiting Taipei to negotiate with its Taiwanese counterparts.
  • 20-Sep-2004 Japan Ministry of Foreign Affairs
    Japan-Mexico FTA (2004)
    Agreement between Japan and the United Mexican States for the Strengthening of the Economic Partnership September 2004 for the Annexes, click here
  • 20-Sep-2004 Financial Express
    India: BIPA with China?
    Notwithstanding border and other political problems and the low base, India’s trade with China has increased phenomenally. A preliminary study has been done on a possible free trade agreement (FTA) with China.
  • 20-Sep-2004 IPS
    Japan: Trade deal with Mexico culminates Latin America visit
    Mexico signed a free trade agreement Friday with Japan, reconfirming its world record in free trade accords — which have failed, however, to bear the promised fruits.
  • 20-Sep-2004 Asahi.com
    Japan, Mexico ink landmark accord
    After months of drawn-out negotiations, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi Friday signed an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with Mexican President Vicente Fox.
  • 20-Sep-2004 Japan Today
    Japan needs more FTAs
    In the face of the rapidly growing Chinese economy and a rising number of free trade agreements, Japan is scrambling to reinforce its flagging leadership status in Asia by accelerating FTA negotiations with regional trading partners.
  • 20-Sep-2004 STI
    Global trade: Creating a new mindset with FTAs
    Although FTAs have both trade-creating and -diverting effects, overall they serve the objective of multilateral trade liberalisation.
  • 20-Sep-2004 CONCORD
    Why the EU approach to regional trade negotiations with developing countries is bad for development
    Briefing Paper on the so-called EPA negotiations between EU and ACP countries within the framework of the Cotonou Agreement
  • 19-Sep-2004 inq7money.net
    US businessmen back Arroyo reform agenda
    American businessmen have given the thumbs up to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s move to undertake "painful" reforms in solving the fiscal crisis and a projected power crisis, Philippines-US Business Council chairman Ramon del Rosario Jr. said Thursday.