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  • 28-Aug-2006
    ’Caution required for cross-border services’
    A financial research institute urged Korea to take a cautious approach in allowing cross-border insurance brokerage services as it would be harder to protect local consumers from potential damages.
  • 28-Aug-2006
    U.S. trade issue looms over Colombia and Peru
    Major exporters from Colombia fear being blindsided by tariffs up to 20 percent on key exports to the United States unless special trade preferences designed to wean the Andean nations off of cocaine production are renewed before their expiration Jan. 1.
  • 28-Aug-2006
    Indonesia to exempt duty on Japanese auto parts
    Indonesia plans to exempt duty on several automotive parts imported from Japan to support local industries as both countries are moving closer to sign the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), an official said Thursday.
  • 28-Aug-2006
    Taiwan keen on free trade
    Taiwan is eager to enter into a free trade agreement (FTA) with Malaysia, according to its vice-president Annette Lu Hsiu-lien.
  • 28-Aug-2006
    Manufacturers face testing times with China, study shows
    Australian manufacturers are experiencing increased competitive pressures in their dealings with China, while at the same time they now see China as the most important market in which to grow their business outside Australia, according to a major new study released today by the Australian Industry Group.
  • 26-Aug-2006
    Indian businesses seek FTA with Bangladesh
    A business delegation of India yesterday underscored the need for inking a free trade agreement (FTA) between Bangladesh and India to boost trade between the two countries.
  • 26-Aug-2006
    Thailand hopes to resume FTA talks with S. Korea before next Asean Summit
    Thailand, the sole Asean country yet to sign the grouping’s Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with South Korea, hopes to resume negotiations with Seoul before the Asean Summit in Cebu in December.
  • 26-Aug-2006 ABS-CBN
    US signs trade pact with ASEAN
    The United States on Friday signed a trade and investment pact with Southeast Asia in a bid to bolster its influence in the region, which is growing closer to China.
  • 26-Aug-2006 The Economist
    Pisco sour
    Little by little, South America is dividing itself into two very different trade blocks. Mercosur, based on Brazil and Argentina and recently joined by Venezuela, is relatively protectionist and suspicious of bilateral trade deals with the United States. Most countries on the Pacific seaboard are committed to free trade with both el norte and Asia.
  • 25-Aug-2006
    A bridge between Asia and South America
    In the last few months, Chile has made it clear that it intends to become a trade platform between the vast Asia Pacific region and the Andean countries, by means of trade treaties and political integration. Prompt re-entry into the Andean Community of Nations (CAN) would be a step in that direction.
  • 25-Aug-2006
    US: No plans to begin new trade talks
    The United States has no plans to begin new bilateral free trade negotiations with other nations, and will focus on successfully concluding the four it is actively pursuing, Washington’s top trade envoy said Friday.
  • 25-Aug-2006
    India offers economic pact to Nepal
    India has offered to deepen its bilateral trade relations with Nepal by mooting a comprehensive economic parternship agreement (CEPA) to include services and investment. It has also offered to negotiate a more liberal bilateral investment promotion and protection agreement (BIPPA).
  • 25-Aug-2006
    ASEAN countries accept N. Korean park in free trade deal with S. Korea
    ASEAN countries agreed to accept South Korea’s request to recognize some products from a North Korean industrial park as South Korean as part of their plan for a free trade pact, officials here said Thursday.
  • 25-Aug-2006
    Asean-Australia-NZ FTA may be concluded in 2007
    The Asean-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (FTA) talks could be concluded in 2007, despite some wrangling over issues like government procurements and environment.
  • 25-Aug-2006
    Plan B: keep talking
    Having initiated the idea of a free trade agreement with China, the Howard Government has been stung by its implications and has fallen back to a strategy of caution and protracted negotiation that will extend beyond the 2007 national election.
  • 25-Aug-2006
    Bush asks congress to approve trade agreement with Colombia
    President George W. Bush asked US congress to approve a free trade agreement with Colombia, saying it would strengthen a democracy in Latin America.
  • 25-Aug-2006
    Singapore, China to launch talks for bilateral FTA
    Singapore and China will start negotiations for a bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
  • 25-Aug-2006
    M’sia among top priority countries for US in FTA negotiations
    Malaysia is among the few countries given priority by the United States in its free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations before the expiry of the Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), said US Trade Representative Susan C. Schwab.
  • 25-Aug-2006
    Australia wants access to Malaysian govt procurement market in trade deal
    Australia wants access to Malaysia’s government procurement market, which currently favors the country’s majority ethnic Malays, enshrined in a free trade deal, Trade Minister Mark Vaile said.
  • 25-Aug-2006 FAS
    Trade agreements work for America
    Gains to US trade from FTAs, as of July 2006.