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Malaysia urged to diversify trade pacts beyond Asean
13-Sep-2006 Business Times
Malaysia should diversify its trade agreements beyond its traditional trading bloc in the Asean region and focus on expanding liberalisation of trade policies to enhance its competitiveness in global trade.
Tokyo concessions bared
13-Sep-2006 Manila Standard
A free trade pact with Japan has given Philippine agricultural products like sugar wider access to the world’s second-largest economy, an agriculture official said yesterday.
‘Kaesong Complex Agreement Unlikely in FTA Talks’
12-Sep-2006
Many U.S. experts think South Korea and the United States are unlikely to produce an agreement regarding the Kaesong Industrial Complex in North Korea in the free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations, the results of a survey showed yesterday.
Joint business council opens in Washington
12-Sep-2006
US Ambassador William Monroe yesterday announced the inauguration of a Bahraini-US Business Council in Washington on Thursday under the patronage of Bahraini Ambassador Nasser Al Balooshi.
Democrats outline plans for trade and investment
12-Sep-2006
Trade and investment will be an integral part of the Democrat Party’s economic policies to convince the private sector of Thailand’s sustainable development.
Japan eyes investment treaty with Cambodia, Laos
12-Sep-2006 Kyodo
Japan is considering starting negotiations on signing a bilateral investment treaty with Cambodia and Laos to promote the entry of Japanese businesses in the developing economies’ markets.
Pakistan-US talks on Bilateral Investment Treaty next month
12-Sep-2006 Asia Pulse
Pakistan and the United States will hold the fifth round of negotiations on the draft Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) early next month in a bid to develop consensus on the remaining disputed clauses of the agreement.
With free trade zones, what’s the fate of communities?
12-Sep-2006 AllAfrica.com
As Chinese companies prepare to invest in Lekki Trade Free Zone, about 300,000 dwellers of 26 Lagos suburbs, who are primarily farmers and fishermen, are faced with displacement from their fatherland.
Japan to accept 1,000 Filipino nurses, caregivers under FTA
12-Sep-2006 Japan Times
Japan will accept 400 nurses and 600 caregivers from the Philippines under the bilateral free-trade agreement signed over the weekend, the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry said Monday.
Indian trade officials will travel to Sri Lanka to discuss Vanaspathi oil
12-Sep-2006
A high level team of Indian trade officials will arrive in Sri Lanka next week to finalise the quotas for cooking oil and bakery shortening exported from Sri Lanka to India, says the Secretary to the Sri Lankan Ministry of Trade, R.M.K. Rathnayaka.
Groups worried over FTA with US
11-Sep-2006
For people living with HIV/AIDS, access to anti-retroviral drugs is a crucial factor in helping them lengthen their lives.
FTA hits snags
11-Sep-2006
The trade liberalization talks between Korea and the United States have passed a turning point but have made little agreements of substance. The third-round negotiations, which ended a four-day session in Seattle Saturday was another letdown, as each side sought to give the least and take the most.
RP-Japan pact must be scrutinized by Senate — Pimentel
11-Sep-2006 INQ7.net
The newly signed Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement must be scrutinized by the Philippine Senate because of apprehensions over its alleged disadvantages to the country, Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr. said on Monday. Workers’ and other groups also slammed the signing of the agreement, while a Department of Labor and Employment official said he doubted many Filipino health care workers would want to go to Japan.
Ecuador Prez: No Oxy arbitration
11-Sep-2006
Ecuadorian President Alfredo Palacio has rejected arbitration against his nation for annulling in May the contract with US Oxy oil company that operated there.
Korea, US agree to wrap up FTA talks by year-end
11-Sep-2006
The third round of free trade talks between Korea and the US saw some progress in key sectors like agriculture and textiles but failed to narrow differences on easing US anti-dumping measures.
Ruling party divided over SK-US free trade pact
11-Sep-2006
The ruling Uri Party is divided over the recent decision by some of its National Assembly members to file charges that call the government’s pursuit of a free trade agreement with the United States "one sided."
Dubai Chamber says Jordan is a potential market for UAE
11-Sep-2006
The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) said that Jordan is a potential market for the UAE, and the UAE could win a good chunk of Saudi Arabia’s trade with Jordan.
Cullen confident re NZ-China FTA
11-Sep-2006
New Zealand Finance Minister Michael Cullen is confident trade talks with China can be completed successfully.
Nations rush to make trade pacts
10-Sep-2006
Within days of taking office, Peruvian President Alan García named economist Hernando de Soto — a man he calls ’’the most prestigious Peruvian’’ — as his chief lobbyist to push a free trade agreement through the U.S. Congress.
Some progress in trade talks; 15 protesters arrested outside
10-Sep-2006
U.S. and South Korean negotiators concluded a challenging third round of trade talks in Seattle Saturday, with some progress but much ground to cover toward a proposed free-trade agreement between the two nations.