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  • 11-May-2005 TRALAC
    Trade talks between SACU and USA cancelled
    Talks were scheduled to restart this week between deputy trade ministers of South Africa and the United States regarding a free trade agreement (FTA) between the US and the Southern African Customs Union (SACU). These have now been cancelled and no new date set.
  • 10-May-2005 New York Times
    Free trade pact faces trouble in Congress
    The current centerpiece of President Bush’s trade agenda, the Central American Free Trade Agreement, is facing unusually united Democratic opposition as well as serious problems in overcoming well-entrenched special interest groups like sugar producers and much of the textile industry.
  • 9-May-2005
    Open up FTA talks to wider participation
    Free trade area agreements made between Thailand and some foreign trade partners have caused a lot of concern and unhappiness among farmers and business operators.
  • 9-May-2005 Xinhua
    GCC-China FTA talks on ’fast track’
    Free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations between the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and China are on fast track and expected to be completed before the end of 2006, the Times of Oman daily reported on Saturday.
  • 9-May-2005 Philippine Star
    DTI to fasttrack study on free trade agreement between RP and US
    Trade and Industry Secretary Juan B. Santos has agreed to accelerate the completion of a cost-benefit analysis study by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies regarding a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the Philippines and the United States.
  • 9-May-2005 Frontline
    Free trade fears
    China’s proposal for a free trade agreement with India meets with resistance from Indian industry.
  • 8-May-2005
    Rafidah wants private sector to continue to be proactive in FTA, WTO processes
    International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz wants the Malaysian private sector to continue to be proactively engage in the country’s Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) and World Trade Organisation (WTO) processes.
  • 8-May-2005
    Tuzmen: We will complete signing of FTA with Arab countries
    Turkish State Minister Kursad Tuzmen said on Thursday, "we will complete signing of free trade agreement (FTA) with Arab countries in a vast area from Morocco to Syria in the next few years."
  • 8-May-2005
    Gulf states discuss economic tie-up, FTA with the US
    Finance ministers from six Gulf states met yesterday to discuss economic integration, including a unified currency, and a free trade agreement with the United States, an official said.
  • 8-May-2005
    Canada contemplates innovative bilateral trade initiatives
    Canada has pursued trade opportunities beyond the U.S. by entering into a number of traditional and innovative bilateral agreements.
  • 7-May-2005
    China urges movement on trilateral FTA
    China called on Japan and South Korea on Saturday to expedite a trilateral study on a possible three-way free trade agreement, Japanese officials said.
  • 7-May-2005
    Singapore, SA eye trade pact
    Singapore and South Africa have agreed to begin free trade talks later this year, as the wealthy city-state seeks to expand its economic access to African states.
  • 7-May-2005
    Free trade with China is key
    Economic diplomacy was "a central pivot" around which the South African Foreign Affairs department was anchoring its efforts to address poverty and underdevelopment in South Africa and the continent, deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Aziz Pahad said on Friday.
  • 7-May-2005
    ’India under cheap textile imports threat’
    Though the end of the quota regime has made India a much sought-after destination in the textile sector, the industry here is reeling under fears of cheap imports from Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
  • 7-May-2005
    Thaksin tells businessmen to shape up for free trade
    Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra yesterday took local industrialists to task for criticising the government’s efforts to forge a free trade area (FTA) agreement with Japan, even as negotiators on both sides continued working to close a deal.
  • 7-May-2005
    ’India under cheap textile imports threat’
    Though the end of the quota regime has made India a much sought-after destination in the textile sector, the industry here is reeling under fears of cheap imports from Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
  • 7-May-2005 Philippine Star
    Zoellick hits RP violations of IPRs
    Washington said it would use the bilateral Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) and the out-of-cycle review to assist the Philippine government in strengthening its IPR regime.
  • 7-May-2005 BUA News
    SA to reopen US free trade talks
    The South African government is to revive talks with the US on trade policies between Washington and the Southern African Customs Union (Sacu).
  • 6-May-2005
    Vietnam-US: Former enemies to become WTO buddies
    With the painful chapter of war between them closed, both Vietnam and the United States seem to be moving to new horizons in the realm of business relations.
  • 6-May-2005
    Dominican president to visit US for FTA
    Dominican President Leonel Fernandez will visit the US next Monday to attend a meeting convened by President George W Bush to examine free trade agreements (FTA) together with several Central American counterparts.