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  • 24-Aug-2006
    AMCHAM M’sia denies patent provisions in US FTAs
    The American-Malaysian Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM Malaysia) Thursday refuted press reports that the US Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) in Chile and Singapore seeks to extend patents for 30 to 40 years through TRIPS-Plus.
  • 24-Aug-2006
    Rules of origin regulations no hinderance, says NZ’s Goff
    Asean’s plan to narrow the gap on rules of origin regulations pose no hinderance to the proposed Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with New Zealand and Australia.
  • 24-Aug-2006
    India to review sensitive list, says Nath
    Despite the tense negotiations behind doors, India said it will now study Asean’s sensitive list comprising 1,900 goods before pursuing its free trade negotiations with the 10-member grouping.
  • 24-Aug-2006 Choike
    US-Uruguay free trade agreement
    Two articles by Roberto Bissio, analysing the irreparable mistakes that Uruguay could be making in case of signing an FTA with the United States with regards to the imposition of intellectual property regulations and the opening of state services to competition.
  • 24-Aug-2006
    Deng pushes for US FTA talks next year
    An official expressed the hope on Tuesday that Taiwan and the US could start negotiations on the signing of a free trade agreement (FTA) next spring.
  • 24-Aug-2006
    ASEAN, India agree to resume FTA talks
    ASEAN today requested that India make further tariff concessions in its list of goods and services offered under a beleaguered Free Trade Agreement (FTA) as the two sides agreed to resume FTA talks suspended by the 10-member grouping because of alleged lack of progress.
  • 24-Aug-2006
    Korea seeks to keep 288 farm products out of FTA
    Korea has asked the US for “exceptional treatment” of 288 agricultural products or 20 percent of 1,452 agricultural items in their planned free trade agreement, a high-ranking government official said Wednesday.
  • 24-Aug-2006
    Korea, Thailand- rice issue not resolved
    Thailand and South Korea failed Thursday to reach an agreement in negotiations into the issue of rice trade between the two nations, impeding the implementation of a regional trade pact between Southeast Asia and Seoul.
  • 24-Aug-2006
    SADC investment protocol welcomed
    The association of Southern African Development Community (SADC) Chambers of Commerce and Industry cautiously welcome the signing of the finance and investment protocol by leaders of the 14-member regional trading bloc in Lesotho’s capital Maseru last week Friday.
  • 24-Aug-2006
    Ghana solicits Integration in ECOWAS
    Countries within the African region have been implored not to allow nations standards to continue to present technical barriers to the free flow of goods both within and beyond the borders of he Economic Community of West African States.
  • 24-Aug-2006
    EU begins to soften its position on EPA negotiations
    In what could be described as a softening of its position on the Economic Partnership Agreements negotiations between EU and ECOWAS, the EU’s Ghana office says it is hopeful that the concerns of ECOWAS would be addressed “before” the implementation of the EPAs begin.
  • 24-Aug-2006
    Chile formally requests incorporation to CAN
    Chile formally requested incorporation to the Andean Community of Nations, CAN, in a letter sent by President Michelle Bachelet to her counterparts from Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia and Peru, reported Foreign Affairs minister Alejandro Foxley.
  • 24-Aug-2006
    Mercosur official says "FTAA is dead"
    A top Argentine trade official was quoted in Bs. Aires Tuesday as saying the Free Trade Area of the Americas, or FTAA, a hemispheric commerce initiative pushed by the Bush administration, "is dead."
  • 24-Aug-2006
    Indo-Pak relations obstacle for SAFTA: FBCCI
    Bilateral relations between India and Pakistan are posing "threat" to SAFTA, the apex business chamber of Bangladesh said on Thursday.
  • 24-Aug-2006
    GCC-EU trade pact talks make remarkable progress
    The ongoing negotiations between the GCC and the EU to reach a free trade agreement are achieving remarkable progress and the agreement is expected to be signed before the end of this year as planned, according to an EU official.
  • 24-Aug-2006
    US Trade Rep ’Cautiously Optimistic’ Of Mutually-beneficial FTA
    The US Trade Representative is "cautiously optimistic" that the US and Malaysia will be able to conclude a mutually-beneficial free trade agreement (FTA) during the remaining rounds of the negotiations despite the tight deadline.
  • 24-Aug-2006
    Court denies Occidental bid for assets - Ecuador
    An international arbitration court has rejected a request by Occidental Petroleum Corp. to stop Ecuador from seizing its assets in the Andean country, a government official said on Tuesday.
  • 23-Aug-2006
    Japan wins Asean support for Nikai initiative
    Japan won support from Asean Wednesday for a study into a free trade area in East Asia covering 16 countries but the grouping wants Tokyo to prioritise clinching a trade pact with it beforehand.
  • 23-Aug-2006
    US trade chief comments on ASEAN pact
    The United States trade chief said Wednesday a trade pact to be signed with ASEAN nations this week is a great boost to economic relations, but she urged the bloc to do more to push Myanmar toward democracy.
  • 23-Aug-2006
    M’sia & US Agree Not To Rush Into Signing FTA
    Malaysia and the United States have agreed not to rush into concluding a mutually-beneficial free trade agreement (FTA) until both parties are satisfied with what was being negotiated.