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Pak-US FTA to be finalized soon: Humayun Akhtar
Commerce minister Humayun Akhtar Khan has assured that series of talks are underway and agreement between Pakistan and United States would soon be finalized to initiate free trade between the two countries.
Panama to relaunch FTA with CentAm
The Central American Integration System (SICA) Special Meeting of Heads of State or Government will allow Panama to relaunch negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement with the area, official sources said.
SA must act on Zim property rights
The government should stop procrastinating over the implementation of an international agreement which would protect South African property rights in Zimbabwe - now that Harare planned to nationalise mines, says the official opposition.
‘Ensure customs relief to inputs in FTAs’
The finance ministry has asked the commerce ministry to cover raw materials and intermediates in the free trade agreements (FTAs) being signed.
Senate hears testimony before vote on US-Oman Free Trade Agreement
The US Senate Finance Committee heard testimony from Mideast and business experts mostly in support of enhancing economic cooperation in a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the United States and Oman, a Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member-state.
EPAs - another bad deal for Africa
First, a recap: the West has over the years used structural adjustment reforms to keep Africa economically weak and increase the continent’s dependence on external loans.
Dhaka may provide 522 products with free access
Dhaka is likely to provide 522 products of three least developed countries (LDCs) of Bimstec with duty-free access between June 2006 and June 2009. The country may also provide the same products of three other developing countries of the seven-nation bloc with duty-free access from June 2011.
Free-trade agenda has new momentum
Surprise! Last week’s completion of U.S. free trade talks with Colombia - and the likely signing of similar deals with Ecuador and Panama in coming weeks - may mean that U.S. plans to create a hemisphere-wide free-trade area may not be dead after all.
Trade balance in favour of Pakistan: FTA talks this month
Bangladesh and Pakistan are likely to begin negotiation on bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA) during a three-day visit of Pakistan Commerce Minister Humayun Akhtar Khan by the end of this month, sources said.
US investors seek to secure the level of rights enjoyed in their own country
The USTR clearly stated in a negotiation report submitted to the US Congress that American investors should be able to enjoy the same rights in Korea as the ones that they enjoy in the US according to legal principles and practices.
Meeting on SAFTA implementation on 20th
The first meeting of the South Asia Free Trade Area (SAFTA) Council of Ministers (SMC) will review and finalize the SAFTA implementation arrangements on March 20 at Dhaka.
Start of talks: Free trade accord should be based on popular support
The first preliminary meeting for a free trade agreement between Korea and the United States Monday marks the onset of the FTA process.
Salvadorians condemn FTA burden
Representatives of the Salvadorian Association of Cable Operators (ASCAES) has cautioned that the recently established free trade agreement with the US is already affecting 60 national companies.
Anti-FTA protest in Ecuador
Workers unions, social, political and student movements are concluding this Tuesday preparations for national strike against the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States.
Ottawa urged to make bilateral and regional free trade agreements a priority
A coalition of Canadian agricultural commodity groups and companies is encouraging the federal government to put a higher priority on the establishment of bilateral and regional free trade agreements.
Japan gives priority to seal FTA with GCC
Japan decided Tuesday to revitalize its efforts to expand trade ties with other countries via free trade agreements (FTAs) and investment accords, with focusing on Kuwait and other member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).
US negotiator seeks ’good’ and ’fair’ free trade agreement with South Korea
The chief U.S. negotiator in free trade talks with South Korea said Tuesday she is under orders to conclude an agreement by the end of this year good enough for lawmakers in Washington to accept.
Japan aims to accelerate FTA talks with model accords
Japan plans to accelerate its efforts to conclude free trade agreements with economic partners by holding negotiations based on "model accords," government officials said Tuesday.
’New laws key to FTA’
A FEW pieces of legislation, mainly related to intellectual property rights, need to be passed in Bahrain before its Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the US can be implemented, US Ambassador William T Monroe said yesterday.However, this should not prevent both sides from marketing the FTA in full force, he said.
US comes out on top in trade deal with Colombia
A rather strange sequence of events occurred in the final days of February related to the so-called free trade agreement negotiated between the Bush and Uribe administrations. With great fanfare, both the US and Colombian governments announced that they had finally reached agreement on a free trade pact on February 27.