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S. Korea, US remain divided in FTA agriculture talks
19-Mar-2007
Agriculture free trade talks between South Korea and the United States remained in a stalemate on Monday as neither side made any concessions on critical issues, South Korean negotiators said.
Key sticking points in talks for South Korea-US free trade deal
19-Mar-2007 Yonhap
Chief trade negotiators from South Korea and the United States are set to meet in Washington on March 19-21 to settle their differences over sensitive issues as they are eager to conclude a free trade deal by the end of this month.
Free trade deal cannot make deadline, says US
19-Mar-2007 NST
The United States government on Friday all but ruled out the chances of a free trade deal with Malaysia before a crucial deadline expires in two weeks.
PM Lee to sign update to S’pore-Japan FTA
18-Mar-2007
A review of the Singapore-Japan Free Trade Agreement (FTA) has concluded very satisfactorily.
Goff pushes Mexican trade deal
18-Mar-2007
Trade Minister Phil Goff leaves for Mexico this morning to push for a trade deal that could boost exports to New Zealand’s fourth largest market dairy market.
NZ faces barriers to free trade deal with US - Clark
18-Mar-2007
New Zealand faces several barriers to getting a free trade deal with the United States, Prime Minister Helen Clark says.
Is a South Asia Free Trade Agreement sailing down?
18-Mar-2007
The hoped for trade cooperation in South Asia remains a dream, six decades down the line. Even the much trumpeted South Asia Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA), by some accounts, seems to be sailing down to the sea — the Indian Ocean — unless the region’s leaders cooperate.
KL not bound by timeframe to decide on M’sia-US FTA - Najib
18-Mar-2007
Malaysia is not bound by any timeframe to give a decision on the issues at stake in the ongoing Free Trade Agreement (FTA) talks with the United States, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said Sunday.
EU wants new deal with ACP partners
17-Mar-2007
The European Union said it wants to complete new trade agreements with 78 African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries by the end of the year despite opposition from developing countries.
Fran O’Sullivan: United States owes NZ a free trade deal
17-Mar-2007
Helen Clark needs to muscle up to George Bush this week and directly push the case for a bilateral free trade deal with the United States.
India, ASEAN to finalise negative lists in Jakarta
17-Mar-2007
India and ASEAN are likely to finalise and exchange their negative lists (items to be excluded) when they meet to conclude negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement at a three-day meeting in Jakarta from Tuesday.
Pak-Lanka trade has doubled after FTA, says Humayun
17-Mar-2007
The ministry of commerce on Friday claimed that after the enforcement of the Pakistan-Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement, bilateral trade has doubled, without giving any figures in this regard.
Anti-FTA voices slowly growing at the National Assembly
17-Mar-2007
There are growing voices of opposition within the National Assembly to a free trade pact with the United States. On Friday, 38 legislators signed a statement saying the "best thing we can do at the current juncture is to immediately halt FTA negotiations that have hastily been pursued because the government is trying to meet the U.S.-set negotiation time limit."
Dominican Republic warned about lawsuit
17-Mar-2007 Business Week
Foreign energy investors said on Friday that they warned the Dominican Republic it had to mend its crippled power sector months before filing a US$680 million (euro510 million) lawsuit against the country for lost electricity revenue.
New $19B arbitration case threat to Turkish government from Dutch company on Telsim sale
17-Mar-2007 The New Anatolian
Dutch investment company Saba Fakes, who claim to hold the biggest part of shares of Turkey’s second big GSM operator Telsim, is preparing to file an arbitration case at International Arbitration amounting to 19 billion dollars in reparations.
Agriculture sticking point in Japan, Australia free trade deal
17-Mar-2007 AHN
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has come under increasing pressure from Japan’s farming sector not to sign a free trade deal involving agriculture with Australia.
Middle East moves towards VAT
16-Mar-2007
The taxation environment in the GCC may be on the cusp of significant change.
The people have decided! The Cabinet is still pondering!
16-Mar-2007
While a group of us were waiting anxiously at the entrance of Prime Minister’s office at about 8.45 am today, suddenly we heard a loud chanting in the air and then we realized about 500 over people were walking from the Putrajaya mosque towards where we are standing and made one full circle around the PM office before the crowd stopped at the front gate of the PM office.
Commission takes Finland to EU court over investment deals
16-Mar-2007
The Finnish government said in a statement Wednesday that the European commission had brought legal action against Finland.
India: Study commissioned to rationalise rules of origins
16-Mar-2007
A study has been commissioned by the government to rationalise various provisions in Rules of Origins (RoO) contained in many agreements