5-Mar-2006
Bahrain Tribune
A joint Bahrain-US business board is being set up as part of a major initiative to speed up the implementation of the Bahrain-US Free Trade Agreement (FTA) as well as enhance the scope of benefits for both sides.
4-Mar-2006
Economic Times
The Indian government gave its approval to the proposed Bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement with Bosnia and Herzegovina.
3-Mar-2006
New York Times
While the delay is in part a sign of how complex the negotiations have been, it also reflects the extent of the concerns about the agreement in the tiny economies it will affect.
3-Mar-2006
Dominican Today
Don’t be fooled by the images of street protests against free trade that you often see on TV. In the real world, the most powerful opposition to US-Latin American free-trade agreements does not come from radical leftist workers and students, but from potentially damaged business tycoons.
2-Mar-2006
Upside Down World
CAFTA creates a new legal framework for the sale of water and other public services, although it allows countries to "opt-out" of the public services of their choosing. El Salvador’s President Tony Saca chose no service exemptions, and thus opened the entire water sector to competition by international corporations.
