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No 'secret deals' being made: Faruq
5-Feb-2009     BD News
The Bangladesh government will not sign any "secret deal" with any country without a transparent decision from parliament, commerce minister Faruq Khan said on Wednesday. "The ongoing discussions on a possible TIFA with the USA and a likely transit accord with India will be tabled in parliament and drafts will be prepared with the help of highest-level experts."
Amendment to Mexico-Israel accord to ease trade
5-Feb-2009     Jerusalem Post
Recently it was reported that Israel and Mexio signed an amendment to their FTA of 2000 aimed at solving a problem faced by many companies that want to transit products made in either Israel or Mexico through a third country, such as the US or the EU.
Bangladesh to resume TIFA negotiation talks with US
4-Feb-2009     New Nation
Bangladesh will resume the pending talks with the United States on reaching a deal--Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA)--as new governments in both the countries have assumed offices.
A way forward for hemispheric trade
4-Feb-2009     AS/COA
The existing US strategy of hemispheric trade expansion has reached a point of diminishing returns and a new course must be pursued
Uncertainty over hope
4-Feb-2009     bt
Egypt has never been a major trading partner for the US, and after a Free Trade Agreement between the two failed to get off the ground during the previous two administrations, the question now is whether Obama's team will be open to new negotiations or whether Egypt should focus its efforts more narrowly.
Pakistan-Jordan agree to sign Free Trade Agreement
4-Feb-2009     APP
Pakistan and Jordan have agreed to sign Free Trade Agreement (FTA) to deepen their existing economic and trade relations
Undercutting Africa
3-Feb-2009     TNI
Why EPAs threaten the world's forests and forest peoples
Green light for Colombia to discuss FTA with the EU
2-Feb-2009     Semana
In the second week of February Colombia will start to negotiate a Free Trade Agreement with the European Union. Semana International interviews Fernando Cardesa García, Ambassador of the Delegation of The European Commission to Colombia and Ecuador.
EU-ASEAN FTA - draft IPR chapter (April 2008)
2-Feb-2009    
Financial regime change? by Robert Wade - A comment
2-Feb-2009     Norman Girvan
In an article titled “Financial Regime Change” published in New Left Review, September-October 2008, Robert Wade has made a number of points which have salience in the context of the CARIFORUM-EU Economic Partnership Agreement