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Korea, Israel to push for FTA: Israeli minister
18-Jan-2005
South Korea and Israel are set to hold formal discussions on a Free Trade Agreement in a joint committee meeting next year, Israel’s Vice Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said yesterday.
WTO hampered by ’spaghetti bowl’ deals
18-Jan-2005 FT
The World Trade Organisation is being undermined by the intransigence and short-sightedness of its member countries, according to the report of a high-level commission released on Monday.
Tokyo in push on trade deals
17-Jan-2005
Japan will push to conclude a basic bilateral trade agreement with Thailand and Malaysia within the next few months, according to a senior trade official, who denied suggestions from a member of his own ministry that talks with those two countries had stalled.
Korean carmakers prepare plans for AFTA
17-Jan-2005
South Korean carmakers Hyundai and KIA are considering setting up a production base in Southeast Asia to take advantage of the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA).
Free trade: Time to take your partners
17-Jan-2005
Queensland could reap $1b a year from the Free Trade Agreement with the US, but it’s not going to be easy.
Chile president to sign draft FTA with India
17-Jan-2005
The visiting Chilean president will sign a framework free trade agreement with India.
UAE, Oman must make new move for FTA, says US
17-Jan-2005 Khaleej Times
The United Arab Emirates and Oman must make new efforts to qualify for proposed free trade pacts with the United States, a US official said on Friday in response to objections raised by labour groups.
Pakistan to buy Nepali tea, drugs under FTA
16-Jan-2005
Pakistani ambassador to Nepal Zamir Akram said Thursday that Nepal and Pakistan were looking forward to sign a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) to boost trade between the two countries.
Mending broken fences
16-Jan-2005
It seems neighbours Malawi and Zimbabwe are kissing and making up after a couple of years of strained trade relations.
Bill Day: Bring back the multilateral pact
16-Jan-2005
Now that Trade Representative Robert Zoellick is moving to the State Department as Condoleezza Rice’s deputy, U.S. trade policy may see a shift from small bilateral pacts back to big, sweeping multilateral trade agreements.
End the Saudi-Bahrain FTA row
16-Jan-2005
As a Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) citizen, it is extremely disappointing to note that the controversy surrounding Saudi Arabia’s objections to the Bahrain-US free trade agreement (FTA) is threatening the future of the GCC economic integration.
Egypt, US consider free trade talks
15-Jan-2005
The United States and Egypt are studying the possibility of opening talks for Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in 2005, a U.S. Trade Representative release said.
Israel seeks bilateral FTA deal with Thailand
14-Jan-2005 Asia News Network
Israel is interested in a free-trade agreement with Thailand in order to enhance economic and political ties between the countries and triple trade value in the next four years.
Adoption par les députés marocains de l’accord de libre-échange avec les Etats-Unis
14-Jan-2005 Yabiladi.com
L’accord de libre-échange conclu entre le Maroc et les Etats-Unis en 2004 a été adopté le 13 janvier à Rabat par la Chambre des députés.
Basic Policy towards further promotion of Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs)
14-Jan-2005 MOFA
As approved by the Council of Ministers on the Promotion of Economic Partnership on 21 December 2004
Business group calls for dynamic global trade policy
13-Jan-2005 Business Roundtable
In a white paper released today, Business Roundtable called on Congress and the Bush Administration to continue the nation’s history of economic growth through liberalized trade and investment policies by pursuing a vigorous international trade agenda for 2005.
El Salvador: Congress approves FTA
13-Jan-2005
The Legislative Assembly on Dec. 18 ratified the Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), signed in May by Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua with the United States. El Salvador was the first country to ratify the accord.
Zoellick plies a new trade
13-Jan-2005
Although not part of the new right’s militarist and neo-conservative camps, Zoellick’s personal arrogance, his unilateralism, and his loyalty to Bush and the Republican Party’s new radical elite make him a perfect fit for Bush’s new foreign policy team.
Thailand makes progress on FTA talks with Europe
13-Jan-2005
Concrete progress is being made in negotiations between Thailand and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), with the talks focusing on the liberalization of trade in all commodities and services.
Call for comments: IISD’s draft Model International Investment Agreement
13-Jan-2005
In what marks the first fundamental effort to review the nature and purpose of international investment agreements since the current model was developed almost 50 years ago, IISD is preparing a Model International Investment Agreement for Sustainable Development.