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Avoid marginalization by China, analysts urge
20-Dec-2005
While it’s too early to judge the prospects for the "pan-Asian" free trade community mentioned in the inaugural East Asia Summit (EAS), Taiwan, which has been excluded from participating, should devise a strategy to avoid being marginalized before it’s too late, analysts said.
Some Asian nations eye free trade pact
20-Dec-2005
A free trade pact between seven South and Southeast Asia nations was likely to be in place by July 2006, Bangladesh’s foreign minister said Monday after a meeting of a regional economic forum.
Agro producers favor postponing DR-CAFTA
20-Dec-2005
The Pork Industry Association, president Jose Alba, considered that not entering the Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) in January 2006 would be a welcomed break for the productive sector. This grace period, in his view, would be well-used to correct distortions in the tax system and enable competitiveness.
Chiang Rai meeting probes Thai-China trade barriers
20-Dec-2005
Thailand and China have begun a joint meeting here to strengthen ties and remove trade barriers, hoping to increase bilateral trade under the free trade area (FTA) framework.
10 reasons why Latin American women oppose Bush’s free trade agenda
20-Dec-2005 MADRE
Bush is branding Latin Americans’ broad rejection of his trade agenda at last month’s Summit of the Americas in Argentina as an attempt to "roll back the democratic process of the past two decades". What Latin Americans are actually rolling back is the US-driven economic process of the past two decades, which worsened poverty, income inequality, displacement, and cultural and environmental destruction.
Natural resources in the US-Andean Free Trade Agreement
20-Dec-2005 IRC Americas Program
The three Andean countries currently negotiating a free trade agreement with the United States, in their double capacity as signatories to the CBD and members of the group of biologically “mega-diverse” countries, are demanding that the agreement establish regulations that clearly specify the terms of access to genetic resources and the population’s traditional knowledge, and in which proper economic consideration, conservation, and development act as guiding principles.
Thailand’s new FTAs and its trade policies post-Asia crisis: an assessment
20-Dec-2005 London School of Economics
How credible is Thailand’s FTA policy? What can be done to improve it?
Colombia, US to resume talks in January
19-Dec-2005
Stalled U.S.-Colombia free-trade talks will resume next month, Colombia’s trade minister said Monday.
Economic integration of GCC states on cards
19-Dec-2005
The Abu Dhabi Summit, which kicked-off yesterday evening, will come up to the expectations of 40 million Gulf nationals as it is likely to incorporate a road map for greater economic integration of the oil rich region.
BIMSTEC ministerial meet to implement FTA on schedule, fight terror
19-Dec-2005
The seven-nation Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation ministerial meet ended here today with a resolve to deepen economic integration by implementing FTA on schedule, relax visa rules and enhance cooperation in counter-terrorism and trans-nation crimes.
Kenya, Sudan solve dispute
19-Dec-2005
Kenya and Sudan have sorted out differences over the compliance of Comesa rules of origin.
Pakistan and Tajikistan to sign trade agreement
19-Dec-2005
Pakistan and Tajikistan will enter a preferential trade agreement (PTA) soon and Islamabad has already sent proposals to Dushanbe, sources said on Sunday.
Free trade
19-Dec-2005
THE idea of a Balkan General Free Trade Agreement, to replace existing bilateral free trade agreements, received support at an Athens meeting of the Association of Balkan Chambers, the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) said on December 12.
First trade & investment mission to the USA completes successfully
19-Dec-2005
A 14-member delegation from the Bahrain American Chamber of Commerce has returned after a successful trade mission to the US.
BIMSTEC countries to sign FTA early next year
19-Dec-2005 Asia Pulse
BIMSTEC (Bangladesh-India-Myanmar-Sri Lanka-Thailand Economic Co-operation) Trade Ministers will sign a free-trade deal on goods at their Dhaka meet early next year.
Ecuador indigenous expect FTA defeat
19-Dec-2005 Prensa Latina
The fight against the Free Trade Area treaty with the US constitutes one of the priorities for the Ecuadorian Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities (CONAIE), the largest in the country.
What is the cost for missing the WTO train?
18-Dec-2005 VietNamNet
Is Vietnam capable of signing an FTA when the essence of such an agreement is WTO++, with rules based on WTO rules? If we have not joined the WTO yet, how can we reach an FTA with Japan?
BIMSTEC meet
18-Dec-2005
Like SAARC, the South and Southeast Asian BIMSTEC has also become another seven-nation grouping with the inclusion of Bhutan and Nepal in the first BIMSTEC Bangkok summit in 2004 and its 8th ministerial meeting will now take place in Dhaka on 19 December.
Nation up against last WTO barrier
18-Dec-2005
Viet Nam was awaiting the removal of the last major barrier to its entry to the World Trade Organisation - the successful conclusion of bilateral negotiations with the United States - Deputy Trade Minister Luong Van Tu has told a Vietnam News Agency correspondent.
GCC needs Fair Trade Agreements
18-Dec-2005
The GCC does not need Free Trade Agreements (FTAs), what it needs is Fair Trade agreements, said Mishal Hamed Kanoo, Deputy Chairman, the Kanoo Group, at the 4th GCC Economic Forum.