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  • 22-Aug-2006
    Bachelet signs China-Chile free-trade agreement
    Chilean President Michelle Bachelet signed a free-trade agreement with China to increase sales of copper, fruit and fish oil to Asia’s second-biggest economy.
  • 22-Aug-2006
    Uruguay to negotiate trade with US
    Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez said after a meeting with opposition leaders on Monday that his country will negotiate a trade agreement with the United States "as far as possible".
  • 22-Aug-2006
    Bangladesh, Pakistan to discuss FTA issues
    The first meeting of the Bangladesh-Pakistan Joint Business Council expected to kick-off in Dhaka next week would give priority to issues relating to signing of a free trade agreement (FTA) between the two countries, sources said.
  • 22-Aug-2006
    Malaysian manufacturers wary of US move on patents
    Malaysian manufacturers are wary of any move by the US to incorporate software patents and pharmaceutical patents in ongoing Free Trade Agreement (FTA) talks between the US and Malaysia.
  • 21-Aug-2006
    SADC Peoples Summit declaration
    We are particularly concerned that the EU’s plan for so-called Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA’s) with our countries is having the effect of splitting SADC into two groups and undermining the potential for our future co-ordinated regional programmes for mutual economic and social development.
  • 21-Aug-2006
    SA bid to shield assets in Zim
    The South African government is trying to protect its citizens’ rights in the face of Zimbabwean nationalisation moves.
  • 21-Aug-2006
    Asean can thwart economic hegemony through FTA, says Laos
    The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the six East Asean members as proposed by Japan can help thwart the rich nations’ economic hegemony in the region, said Laos Minister of Industry and Commerce Dr Nam Viyaketh.
  • 21-Aug-2006
    Manufacturing tariffs to stay in China FTA
    The Federal Industry Minister has ruled out abolishing import tariffs in the automotive and clothing industries as part of a free trade agreement with China.
  • 21-Aug-2006
    ’Pacts on services, investment should follow Asean FTA’
    Having submitted a revised offer to break the deadlock over the free trade negotiations with the Asean, India has now made clear that the pacts on services and investment will have to be implemented within a year of the implementation of the free trade agreement on goods.
  • 21-Aug-2006
    Consider everyone’s interest in FTA, says Vietnam
    Vietnam wants ASEAN to weigh the interest of all its members before deciding on the Asean Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with its six East Asia partners, an official said Sunday.
  • 21-Aug-2006
    Goff cautiously supports massive trade bloc plan
    Trade Minister Phil Goff is cautiously keen on a plan to create the world’s largest trading bloc which would include Asean members and New Zealand and Australia.
  • 21-Aug-2006
    Tanzania turns to Southern African Customs Union
    Tanzania is likely to enter into a trade agreement with the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) allowing the East African nation to export textile and clothing material on preferential terms within the trading bloc’s countries.
  • 21-Aug-2006
    US welcomes S Korea’s new drug policy within FTA: Seoul official
    South Korea and the United States ended the first of a two-day meeting on pharmaceuticals and medical equipment on Monday, with Washington reiterating its acceptance of Seoul’s new drug policy plan within an envisioned free trade agreement (FTA), South Korean officials said.
  • 21-Aug-2006
    Japan must act amid trade talk rubble
    The World Cup of soccer wrapped up last month on an uncertain note. The unfortunate incident between French star Zinedine Zidane and Italian Marco Materazzi left an unsavory taste in the mouths of spectators worldwide. But there was probably a more significant though less closely watched international competition going on that month which may have resulted in all nations losing out.
  • 21-Aug-2006
    Must Asean be wary of FTAs while embracing them?
    While everybody has been rushing to ink Free Trade Agreements (FTAs), no thanks to the consistent failure in global trade talks, questions are raised as to whether its adverse consequences are being ignored.
  • 20-Aug-2006
    India-ASEAN Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Economic Cooperation (2003)
  • 20-Aug-2006 NDTV
    US rules out N Korea park in S Korea trade pact
    The United States cannot agree to South Korea’s request for a free trade pact between the two countries to include goods made in an industrial park in North Korea. "It won’t happen, can’t happen," US Trade Representative Susan Schwab said Friday.
  • 20-Aug-2006 Mondaq
    Canada examining its Foreign Investment Protection Treaty Program
    Canada’s Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade is currently considering expanding the countries covered by its bilateral investment protection agreements. Potential future partners include a number of Caribbean and Latin American countries, as well as Pakistan, Vietnam, South Korea, Japan, Libya, Israel, and South Africa, among many others.
  • 20-Aug-2006
    US-India Knowledge Initiative on Agriculture: Indian proposal (May 2006)
    A proposal to implement the US-India KIA from India
  • 20-Aug-2006 Houston Chronicle
    US-ASEAN deal won’t address Myanmar
    The United States will sign a pact with Southeast Asia next week to boost trade and investment, but the plan has been scaled down because of Myanmar, whose poor human rights record has hindered trade relations, officials said Saturday.