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Singapore mulls FTA with Lanka
17-Mar-2006 Daily News
Singapore is keen on entering into an FTA with Sri Lanka, Minister of Enterprise Development and Investment Promotion Rohitha Bogollagama said on Wednesday.
Saharan states call for free trade agreements
17-Mar-2006 People’s Daily
The Saharan states have called for free trade agreements to help the region achieve peace, stability and prosperity.
Inching closer to a bilateral deal
17-Mar-2006 TMCnet
Indian and Chinese economic relationship is set to get a leg up with the two countries closing in on signing a Bilateral Investment Protection Agreement (BIPA), which will help investments from across the border, some of which have been seen with suspicion in the recent past.
Farmers plan to protest EPA talks
17-Mar-2006 CBC
Farmers from the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean states have expressed interest in holding some form of action similar to that at the launch of the Economic Partnership Agreement in St. Lucia last September.
Morales will never agree FTA
17-Mar-2006 AP
President Evo Morales vowed never to negotiate a free-trade agreement with the United States — then lunched Thursday with the US ambassador and said he wanted to meet with President George W Bush on “fair trade.’’
Decision on Asean-EU free trade pact in August
17-Mar-2006 Business Times
The European Union (EU) and the Association of South-East Asian Nations (Asean) are still studying the possibility of having free trade agreements (FTAs) either on a regional basis or bilaterally with individual countries, says European Commission ambassador and head of delegation Thierry Rommel.
US wants comprehensive RP trade deal
17-Mar-2006 Manila Bulletin
The Philippine exploratory mission to the US on the proposed specific preferential trading for the garment sector was met with cold treatment as top level government officials, Congress representatives and its private sector still prefer a comprehensive free trade area (FTA) agreement.
US industry’s free trade wish list
17-Mar-2006 Donga
With Korea-US Free Trade Agreement (FTA) talks scheduled to start in May, representatives from US industries bombarded the US government with their own wishes for a Korea-US FTA, asking the government to open the Korean service market and eliminate market regulations.
Penn serves notice on would-be trade agreement participants
17-Mar-2006 Delta Farm Press
Notice from USDA to countries that aren’t too well heeled but would like to try to negotiate a new free trade agreement with the United States: Don’t bother.
New Zealand offers free trade agreement
17-Mar-2006 TMCnet
New Zealand has offered to sign a free trade agreement with the Philippines to boost bilateral relations, an official said yesterday.
Peru, Colombia spark free-trade-pact déjà vu
17-Mar-2006 The Hill
Capitol Hill is starting to feel the pangs of trade déjà vu as two pending Latin American free-trade agreements prompt Democrats to demand stronger labor standards and business lobbyists push back.
Southern Africa: SADC hopeful of India, China trade negotiations
17-Mar-2006 The Reporter
Southern African Development Community (SADC) hopes to start trade talks with China and India at the forthcoming SADC Council of Ministers Consultative Conference in Windhoek, Namibia next month.
Investment text proposed by US to Thailand (2006)
17-Mar-2006
Draft investment chapter of US-Thailand FTA as proposed by US
Ecuador: social agitation against FTA
16-Mar-2006 Granma International
The battle against the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States is continuing in Ecuador.
US-Peru FTA in jeopardy
16-Mar-2006 Upside Down World
A trade agreement between the United States and Peru could be rejected in Congress because of Peru’s weak labor record and the agreement’s lack of labor provisions.
Ecuador president calls for calm
16-Mar-2006 BBC
Ecuador’s president has urged Ecuadoreans to stand together after nationwide protests threatened to destabilise the country. The demonstrations have been sparked by ongoing talks with the United States over a possible free trade agreement
Ecuador’s interior minister steps down
16-Mar-2006 AP
Ecuador’s interior minister resigned Wednesday as protests over a US free trade plan spread from the Andean highlands to the oil-producing southeast jungle, where police clashed with demonstrators.
US senators want Bush to back NZ trade deal
15-Mar-2006
Two United States senators have written to President George Bush to encourage him to start free trade talks with New Zealand.
Pakistan, Canada to further enhance trade potentials
15-Mar-2006 Pakistan Times
Pakistan and Canada said they may soon start talks on a Free Trade Agreement.
India-Brazil-South Africa: The southern trade powerhouse makes its debut
15-Mar-2006 COHA
Although India, Brazil, and South Africa share bilateral trade agreements amongst themselves, binding trilateral free trade arrangements between the countries are not an option at the present time because of previously signed multinational agreements involving their neighboring nations.