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  • 19-Apr-2005
    New Zealand-Thailand FTA deal likely to boost exports
    The free trade area (FTA) agreement, to be signed by New Zealand and Thailand soon, is likely to help make exports grow as targeted since various kinds of products will benefit from the deal, according to the KASIKORN Research Center.
  • 19-Apr-2005
    Singapore, Kuwait discussing Investment Chapter as part of FTA
    Singapore and Kuwait are discussing an Investment Chapter as part of the free trade agreement that’s currently being negotiated between the two countries.
  • 19-Apr-2005
    Would a free trade agreement with China be a sensible move?
    I recall two incidents. One, a meeting with a senior functionary in the Chinese embassy in 2002. His comment: China’s main grouse with Pakistan after 9/11 was that they had allowed the US into our backyard. Second, the same year, at a seminar in JNU, a Japanese delegate was explaining why the Japanese were cutting aid to India-India’s nuclear explosion was difficult to justify to the paranoid Japanese public.
  • 19-Apr-2005
    The journey has begun, but it’ll take long to arrive
    “To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive,” wrote noted English novelist Robert Louis Stevenson. For me, a free trade agreement (FTA) with China is something similar. A free trade agreement with China could be a final destination and we can travel hopefully to it.
  • 19-Apr-2005
    Australian Miners Place Big Hopes On China FTA
    If the proposed free-trade agreement between Australia and China can cut the long delays faced by Australian mining companies to get projects off the ground in China, it could give a major boost to Australian mining investments in China.
  • 19-Apr-2005
    Thailand signs FTA with NZ
    Thailand signed a free trade agreement with New Zealand yesterday.
  • 19-Apr-2005
    Senators voice concerns over CAFTA
    The Bush administration’s proposed free trade agreement with Central American nations was met with a barrage of objections from senators Wednesday, signaling a hard road ahead.
  • 19-Apr-2005
    Bush to woo Hispanic support for CAFTA trade pact
    President Bush is expected to step up pressure for Congress to quickly pass a new free trade agreement with Central America, beginning with a speech this week to a Hispanic business group, industry officials said on Monday.
  • 19-Apr-2005
    China free trade: icing on the cake or sugar coating?
    As with the US-Australia FTA, there will be winners and losers.
  • 19-Apr-2005
    Give and take as China inches towards trade talks
    Australia has recognised China as an "equal trading partner" under anti-dumping laws but will give negotiating concessions to China because it is a developing economy.
  • 19-Apr-2005
    Business groups seek a bold but balanced FTA
    All barriers to trade and investment must be tackled in a "bold" China free trade agreement that Australian business groups said should even lead to easier visas for travel, education and tourism.
  • 19-Apr-2005
    Changes likely to laws for investors
    Australia will consider changes to foreign investment guidelines to give China preferential treatment in buying into Australian resource projects under a free trade deal, John Howard confirmed yesterday.
  • 19-Apr-2005
    Joint statement New Zealand-Thailand Prime Ministerial meeting
    Prime Ministers Thaksin Shinawatra of Thailand and Helen Clark of New Zealand today announced the signing of a Closer Economic Partnership (CEP) Agreement between their two countries.
  • 19-Apr-2005
    Japan could back off FTA with Australia
    Japan has decided not to pursue free trade talks with Australia because of concerns that its agricultural industry could be harmed, a news report said yesterday.
  • 19-Apr-2005
    No support in Japanese beef industry for FTA with Australia
    When he leaves China for Japan tomorrow, Prime Minister, John Howard, will still be focusing on a free trade deal. He will be asking his Japanese counterpart, Junichiro Koizumi, to start down the track of a Free Trade Agreement between Australia and Japan.
  • 19-Apr-2005
    FTA rush ignores workers’ rights
    Workers’ rights were being ignored in the rush to sign a free trade agreement (FTA) with China, a leading group of opponents said today.
  • 19-Apr-2005 Prensa Latina
    Smaller Ecuadorian delegation attends 9th FTA round
    Ecuador is attending the ninth round of negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement with the US from Monday, with a smaller delegation and amid the pharmaceutical sector’s rejection of any kind of discussion.
  • 19-Apr-2005 Sydney Morning Herald
    Union slams China FTA, industry wary
    Australia’s proposed free trade agreement with China is on early shaky ground with a union leader claiming it’s based on a lie and industry warning it should not be accepted at any cost.
  • 19-Apr-2005 Financial Times
    Spectre of lawsuit losses hangs over Bucharest
    Romania’s past treatment of foreign investors may soon come back to haunt its new government and an economic plan agreed with Brussels ahead of membership of the European Union. A World Bank arbitration panel, the Icsid, is expected to rule in coming weeks on a lawsuit seeking $350m (€270m, £180m) from the state brought by Noble Ventures, an American investment group.
  • 18-Apr-2005
    FTA deal on course
    Australia and Indonesia will develop a framework that could provide the building blocks for a free trade deal between the two countries