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UAE upbeat on trade pact with US
4-Oct-2004 Gulf News
The UAE is ready to enter negotiations with the United States for a full-fledged free trade agreement that would dramatically boost trade and the flow of investment between both countries.
GCC: Benefits of signing free trade accords
4-Oct-2004 Zawya
The GCC states are seeking, both individually and collectively, to rapidly develop their foreign trade and economic relations.
Thailand: Lobbyists needed to guard interests
4-Oct-2004 The Nation
Thailand needs more lobbyists in the capitals of its major trading partners to protect its interests in the context of global, regional and bilateral forces, a senior official in the Commerce Ministry has said.
BGD: Decide fast about free trade deals
4-Oct-2004 Daily Star
A consultative committee on free trade has suggested the government to make urgent political decision regarding its position on bilateral free trade agreement (FTA).
Two-way deals fill free trade gap
3-Oct-2004 IHT
It may seem as though a deal is a deal, but experts in the field differ on the relative merits of bilateral and regional agreements, with each having its friends and foes.
Indo-Lanka economic partnership soon
2-Oct-2004 Indian Express
India and Sri Lanka are on the threshold of a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), Sri Lankan Minister of Trade, Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Jeyaraj Fernandopulle said Friday.
The secret trade courts - NYT editorial
2-Oct-2004 NYT
In Ecuador, residents of the country’s eastern rainforest are suing Chevron Texaco. They say that the methods Texaco used to drill for oil in the 1970’s and 1980’s caused billions of dollars in environmental damage and health problems that continue today.
EU-Mercosur: EU presents completed offer to Mercosur
2-Oct-2004 EU DG Trade
In the on-going negotiations for an EU-Mercosur Association Agreement, the EU has today sent Mercosur a completed offer.
US-Bahrein FTA: Potential Economywide and Selected Sectoral Effects
1-Oct-2004
An assessment by the US International Trade Commission of projected impacts of the US-Bahrein FTA on the US.
FTA Pushes Up India, Lanka Trade By 128%
30-Sep-2004
Bilateral trade between India and Sri Lanka has grown by 128% after the free trade agreement (FTA) became operational in March 2000.
‘IPR laws can expedite investment pact with US’
30-Sep-2004
The United States has said that the introduction and enforcement of Intellectual Property Right (IPR) laws and the resolution of existing investment disputes in Pakistan can expedite a bilateral investment treaty between the two countries.
Colombia top priority in Andean trade talks - U.S.
29-Sep-2004
The United States is prepared to drop Ecuador and Peru from a proposed U.S. free- trade pact with the Andean region if investment disputes with those countries threaten a deal with Colombia, a top U.S. trade official said on Wednesday.
US investors briefed on economic performance
29-Sep-2004
Humayun Akhtar Khan, federal commerce minister, who arrived here Monday from New York on a week-long visit said that Pakistan offers lucrative investment and trade opportunities and urged US businessmen to take a full advantage of the country’s conducive environment.
South Korea seeking trade agreement with Mercosur
29-Sep-2004
South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun will meet with Latin American leaders next months to seeka free trade agreement, local press reported Tuesday.
US-Dominican Republic FTA plan suspended
29-Sep-2004 Forbes
The U.S. government has suspended plans to ratify a free-trade agreement with the Dominican Republic after lawmakers passed a 25 percent import tax on corn syrup last week, a top U.S. official said Monday.
Farmers risk violating US patents
29-Sep-2004 Bangkok Post
Thai farmers risk being held liable for patent violations under patent application rights for genetically modified (GM) papaya being considered by American biotechnologists working with Thai scientists, experts said yesterday.
Taking liberties - new Christian Aid report
29-Sep-2004 Christian Aid
This bold new report from Christian Aid explodes the myth that free trade is the answer to poverty.
We denounce the Korea-Japan FTA
29-Sep-2004 Social Movements Network
The governments of Korea and Japan have come together today, 350km away from Seoul, for their fifth negotiation to consolidate a free trade agreement (FTA) between the two countries. Ever since the negotiations were initiated last December, many NGOs and people’s organizations have shown concern over the planned FTA.
United States, Pakistan Begin Bilateral Investment Treaty negotiations
28-Sep-2004 US Trade Representative
U.S. Trade Representative Robert B. Zoellick and Pakistan Minister for Commerce Humayun Akhtar Khan announced today that their two countries would begin negotiations on a bilateral investment treaty (BIT).
South Asian economic cooperation
28-Sep-2004
The three-day meeting of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) sub-group on Investment and Arbitration beginning today in Kathmandu seeks to further the understanding among member states to set up an investment regime and adopt a dispute settlement mechanism in order to increase economic cooperation throughout the region.