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9-Nov-2004
Rediff.com
A comprehensive FTA with India would be of strategic importance to the US in its current policy of competitive liberalisation.
8-Nov-2004
The Bush administration is working to strip the Dominican Republic out of a wider free trade pact if the Caribbean nation does not repeal a recently implemented tax on soft drinks that affects U.S. exporters.
8-Nov-2004
Negotiations on the proposed ASEAN-Korea Free Trade Agreement (AKFTA) is expected to commence next year as ASEAN and Korean leaders are seen to favorably endorse the recommendations at the forthcoming ASEAN-Korea Summit this month.
8-Nov-2004
An inquiry into computer and television piracy could break the impasse threatening to delay the start of the free trade deal with the US.
8-Nov-2004
Taipei Times
Taiwan is struggling to find ways of making free trade agreements (FTAs) with its trading partners, even as China and ASEAN are set to sign two landmark agreements this month establishing the world’s largest Free Trade Area, which is scheduled to come into being by 2010.
8-Nov-2004
Mother Jones
The tentative agreement reached between the EU and Iran yesterday on uranimum enrichment hinges on an EU pledge to resume suspended negotiations on a Trade and Cooperation Agreement [read: FTA] between Iran and the EU.
7-Nov-2004
Pakistan is keen to enter into a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Bangladesh to foster bilateral trade and economic cooperation, Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said here on Thursday.
7-Nov-2004
The Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina expressed readiness to start the negotiations on Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Kosova, UNMIK officials said in press conference.
7-Nov-2004
Japan Times
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono expressed his commitment Saturday to continue talks for an economic partnership with Japan, the head of a visiting delegation of Japanese business leaders said.
6-Nov-2004
AFP
Japan and Malaysia ended three days of talks on a free-trade agreement (FTA) on Saturday still divided over removing import duties on certain products such as Japanese cars, a news report said.
6-Nov-2004
Asia Times
Trade liberalization and a push toward enhancing trade and economic cooperation between the 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China are high on the agenda of the new administration of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
5-Nov-2004
A comprehensive report on research undertaken by a London-based consultancy firm has revealed tremendous export opportunities for export of Zambian products into selected countries of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Free Trade Area.
5-Nov-2004
A better way for India might be to pursue an FTA on services with a developed country.
5-Nov-2004
Over the past year, the George W. Bush administration has prepared a comprehensive political and economic reform initiative aimed at promoting democracy in the Middle East.
5-Nov-2004
Algeria has inked an agreement for improving trade and facilitating commercial exchanges among Arab countries that constitute the basis for the Arab Free Trade Zone
5-Nov-2004
The United States must come to grips with the China juggernaut and assert its role as a stabilising force in the region, say analysts
5-Nov-2004
Australia and the United States have missed a key deadline for their free trade agreement but Australian Trade Minister Mark Vaile remains confident the deal will start as planned on January 1.
5-Nov-2004
Sri Lanka will enter into a free trade agreement with Egypt in January next year.
5-Nov-2004
Federal Cabinet has approved the summary for Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Pakistan, Yemen and Mauritius.
The summary was presented before federal cabinet after a trade delegation headed by Federal Commerce Minister Humayun Akhtar Khan attended a joint Ministerial Commission conference in Yemen and Mauritius in March 2004 and inked a Memorandum of Understanding about FTA.
5-Nov-2004
A call for organizational sign-ons from the Central America is Not For Sale Coalition
