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  • 31-Mar-2005
    FTA lays foundation for more open economy
    The first free trade agreement with Chile has brought an array of benefits to Korea in the past year, not least contributing to the speeding up of the nation’s FTA talks with other trade partners.
  • 31-Mar-2005
    Malaysia FTA on fast track
    The government wants to fast track a newly emerged free trade agreement proposal with Malaysia, getting it done within a year.
  • 31-Mar-2005 Japan Times
    Japan, Thailand strike pact on FTA talks’ farm aspects
    Japan and Thailand have struck a basic deal on the contentious farm products segment of trade talks, Japanese government sources said Wednesday. The deal is a major step toward striking a bilateral free-trade agreement as early as next month.
  • 31-Mar-2005 Scoop
    NZ and Malaysia launch FTA negotiations
    Prime Minister Helen Clark announced today that Malaysia and New Zealand have agreed to begin negotiations on a free trade agreement as soon as possible.
  • 31-Mar-2005 Asia Times
    The mother of all FTAs
    Riding on a 79% growth in bilateral trade in 2004 at US$14 billion, China has expressed an interest in formulating a free-trade agreement (FTA) with India, saying that closer trade relations could make it easier to solve political differences. If the FTA is achieved, it would result in the biggest free-trade region in the world.
  • 31-Mar-2005 Washington Post
    CAFTA’s profit motive
    The fundamental reality of most of the US’ trade accords is that they are designed to maximize corporate profits no matter the cost to the peoples of the signatory nations.
  • 31-Mar-2005 UPI
    Analysis: S. Korea’s FTA push
    Upbeat about surging exports following its first free trade accord with Chile a year ago, South Korea unveiled an ambitious plan on Wednesday to push for free trade agreements with more than 15 countries by 2007.
  • 31-Mar-2005 Deepika Global
    Business leaders recommend FTA between Bangladesh and Pak
    Business leaders of Bangladesh and Pakistan today recommended pursuing a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the two countries to help boost bilateral trade and investment.
  • 31-Mar-2005 Prensa Latina
    Sandinistas say FTA bad for health
    Sandinista National Liberation Front legislators will present a minority report against ratification of the FTA (Free Trade Agreement) with the United States, Nicaraguan Congresswoman Alba Palacio said.
  • 31-Mar-2005 TNA
    Thai govt urged to remove medicines from FTA deals
    Non governmental organizations (NGOs) yesterday made an impassioned plea to the government to remove the subject of medicines from negotiations on the proposed Thai-US free trade area (FTA), warning that Thai patients suffering from chronic conditions could be hit with sky-high costs for medication.
  • 31-Mar-2005 USTR
    USTR 2005 National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers
    Office of the US Trade Representative has released its 2005 report on country-by-country barriers to US global trade interests.
  • 29-Mar-2005
    Korea has high hopes of Canada FTA talks
    Korea and Canada will hold their second round of preliminary meetings for a free trade agreement in Ottawa, Canada, from Thursday.
  • 29-Mar-2005
    S. Korea, Canada to discuss feasibility of FTA
    South Korea and Canada will hold their second round of meetings in Ottawa, Canada, between March 31 and April 1 to study the feasibility of a free trade agreement (FTA), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) said Tuesday.
  • 29-Mar-2005 FTA Watch
    Open letter from civil society on the US-Thailand FTA negotiations
    On 4-8 April 2005, negotiations on the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Thai and the US will take place in Pattaya. Following two previous rounds in Hawaii, the US is expected to submit demands on remaining issues, the most important of which is the issue of patents. This is a sign-on statement to call on the Thai government to halt the third round of negotiations in order to conduct a through review of the outstanding points and the negotiating position towards the FTA.
  • 29-Mar-2005 LA Times
    Mideast building trade ties with US
    The Bush administration’s plan: to negotiate a series of trade agreements that would eventually fuse one of the world’s most economically and politically unstable regions into a giant free-trade zone.
  • 29-Mar-2005 UPI
    India-Singapore FTA to be ready in weeks
    A Free Trade Agreement between India and Singapore should be ready during the next couple of weeks, India’s finance minister said Monday.
  • 29-Mar-2005 New Straits Times
    Malaysia, India to sign FTA by year-end
    India and Malaysia are on the verge of signing a comprehensive economic co-operation agreement by year-end. It will include free trade between the two nations.
  • 29-Mar-2005 CIO
    FTA shakes up government procurement
    The Australia-US Free Trade Agreement will bring major changes to Australian government procurement.
  • 28-Mar-2005 Korea Times
    Korea to step up free trade talks
    The government will continue working toward free trade agreements (FTA) with major trading partners as part of South Korea’s aim to emerge as one of the most open economies in the world.
  • 28-Mar-2005 Newsweek
    Losing out in Asia: The perils of principle
    Europe is on the high road to big business losses. As the US races to make trade deals with nations across the world, Europe has held back, on lofty principle. That, in any event, is the message European businesses in Singapore will deliver to EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson when he arrives in the city-state in April.