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US-Vietnam FTA
30-Mar-2004
US-Singapore FTA
30-Mar-2004
US-Jordan FTA
30-Mar-2004
New Zealand-Singapore FTA (2000)
30-Mar-2004
Bombarded by bilateral trade and investment agreements
30-Mar-2004
Bilateral agreements are made between two countries, or a grouping of countries (like the European Union) and another country. Throughout the world, many governments have signed, are negotiating, or contemplating new bilateral free trade and investment agreements.
Bilateral free trade costlier than WTO
29-Mar-2004 http://www.manilatimes.net/national...
The option of forging separate bilateral free-trade agreements (FTAs) with various countries could put the Philippines at a tighter disadvantage than it presently is under the World Trade Organization (WTO), government negotiators and economic experts admitted.
Costa Rica may derail US free trade plans
29-Mar-2004
As befits a man whose very surnames are enough to conjure up images of Latin American radicalism, Fabio Chaves Castro is threatening to derail an ambitious plan to open up trade between the United States and the five small republics of Central America.
Trade agreements: Govt ups pressure to win new pacts
29-Mar-2004
The government yesterday announced a proactive policy thrust to reach comprehensive free trade agreements with the United States of America, Japan and China.
Text of South Asian Free Trade Area (Safta) accord
28-Mar-2004
Following is the text of Agreement on South Asian Free Trade Area (Safta) signed at the 12th Saarc Summit, concluded here on Tuesday: Agreement on South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA)
FTA Would Hurt Thais, Expert Warns
28-Mar-2004
A free trade agreement with the United States would lead to a broader application of intellectual property rights that could hurt Thais — from farmers to internet users — an expert has warned.
U.S.-Morocco FTA: Michael Koplovsky, Economic Counselor, U.S. Embassy, Rabat, Morocco
27-Mar-2004 US Embassy, Rabat, Morocco
You are conducting your sister city partnership during an extremely timely week, for it was just days ago that the United States and Morocco elevated their already robust and vibrant bilateral relationship to a new level by completing a bilateral free trade agreement.
Government spokesman deplores false ideas about free-trade agreement with USA
27-Mar-2004
Morocco’s communication minister, Nabil Benabdellah, deplored on Thursday the "false ideas being circulated" about the free-trade agreement (FTA) that Morocco is currently negotiating with the USA.
Senators want to screen FTA deals
27-Mar-2004
A group of senators yesterday called for the government to seek parliamentary approval before signing any more free-trade agreements (FTAs).
Thailand starts touchy free trade talks with US
27-Mar-2004
A large Thai delegation led by Commerce Minister Watana Muangsook yesterday opened crucial preliminary talks in Washington aimed at reaching a free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States by the end of the year.
Cotonou Agreement (2000)
26-Mar-2004
Is Africa for sale?
26-Mar-2004 Is Africa for sale?
This Sunday, trade representatives from member states of the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) will meet their counterparts from the United States in Walvis Bay, to resume negotiations for a bilateral Free Trade Agreement, expected to be concluded by the end of this year.
Analysis: Singapore-New Zealand: Human reality hidden in new free trade deal
26-Mar-2004
The Singapore and New Zealand Governments are selling their new free trade and investment agreement as an abstraction, unlinked to people’s lives.
Analysis: We Must Mobilise Against A Miasma of Mini-MAIs
26-Mar-2004 ZNet
You’ve got to wonder at the nerve of New Zealand trade officials. During the furtive Multilateral Agreement on Investment negotiations and the subsequent international waves of opposition they were quietly hatching binding bilateral investment deals containing provisions resembling some of the most controversial elements of the MAI.
Analysis: Sleeping Beauty And Prince Charming: Bilateral Deals Are No Fairytale
24-Mar-2004
The recent explosion of bilateral investment and trade agreements and investor-state disputes is of growing concern. Many mobilisations against the World Trade Organisation (WTO) aim to stop attempts by industrialised countries to kickstart talks on a multilateral investment agreement at September’s Cancun Ministerial meeting.
Analysis: U.S. Seizing Initiative in Pushing Trade Liberalization
24-Mar-2004 Bulatlat.com
Writing in the Financial Times (Sept. 22, 2003) after the collapse of the fifth WTO Ministerial Conference, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick lamented the “broader culture of protest” that characterized negotiations at Cancun, correctly (if sarcastically) noting that “countries that feel victimized are unlikely to agree to anything.”