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  • 22-Sep-2004
    Pakistan and GCC to sign trade treaty
    Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Dr Sheikh Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, Pakistani Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) General Secretary Abdul Rahman bin Hamad Al-Attiyah, will sign a framework economic agreement between Pakistan and the GCC states tomorrow (Thursday).
  • 22-Sep-2004
    CMS vs Argentina
    Decision of ICSID Tribunal (July 17, 2003) in regard to objections to jurisdiction in CMS Gas Transmission Company vs The Republic of Argentina. CMS bases its claim against Argentina on a 1991 Argentina-US Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT).
  • 22-Sep-2004 Entertainment Industry Coalition for Free Trade
    Entertainment Industry Coalition For Free Trade Hails U.S. - Australia Free Trade Agreement
    The Entertainment Industry Coalition for Free Trade (EIC), a group of leading entertainment companies, trade associations and entertainment unions and guilds, today applauded the conclusion of the U.S. - Australia Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
  • 22-Sep-2004
    Foreign investors alarmed by FTAs
    Foreign investors in Thailand are reconsidering their business plans in the Kingdom due to the spate of free-trade agreements the government is negotiating, representatives from European chambers of commerce said.
  • 22-Sep-2004
    US-Bahrain free trade pact approval unlikely soon
    The Bush administration is unlikely to push for congressional approval of a U.S.-Bahrain free trade agreement this year due to lawmaker concerns.
  • 22-Sep-2004
    Business Urged to Monitor Free-Trade Deals Closely
    The National Council of Trade Unions (Nactu) urged the business community yesterday to aggressively interrogate government’s action on job security and on the free-trade agreements that were being concluded with other countries.
  • 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.