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Pawar urges SAARC countries to strengthen SAFTA
5-Mar-2008    
Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Wednesday urged the SAARC countries to strengthen the regional trade and pointed out that the region does not correspond to the so-called natural trading partner hypothesis and "SAFTA's economic relevance is being questioned".
Thai Exhibition 2008 begins in city: Bangkok proposes FTA with Dhaka
5-Mar-2008    
The four-day Thailand Exhibition 2008 began at Dhaka Sheraton Hotel yesterday with Bangkok renewing its proposal for bilateral FTA with Dhaka for boosting the two-way trade.
Ecuador and investment treaties
5-Mar-2008     Latin Business Chronicle
The government of Ecuador recently announced plans to withdraw from at least nine bilateral investment treaties, a move that follows the country's partial withdrawal last October from the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) and comes amid growing discontent among some South American governments with the system for international investment protection. What's wrong with the system?
Bush urges Congress to pass Colombia trade pact
4-Mar-2008    
President George W. Bush urged U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday to put aside differences over a free trade agreement with Colombia and approve the pact to show support for a strong U.S. ally at the center of a crisis in Latin America.
Shoemakers fear FTA
4-Mar-2008    
Carcar City's shoemakers are looking with dread at 2010, the year the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean)-China Free Trade Area is set to be created.
Jean Charest disturbed by U.S. talk of reopening free-trade deal
4-Mar-2008    
Premier Jean Charest is using talk of reopening the North American free-trade deal to help his efforts to get a free-trade accord between Canada and the European Union.
ESA Region Keen to Conclude EPA Mission - Minister
4-Mar-2008    
Commerce, Trade and Industry Minister, Felix Mutati, has reiterated Eastern and Southern African (ESA) countries' commitment to conclude a comprehensive, inclusive and development friendly Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union (EU).
India looks to new Govt. in Pak to implement SAFTA
4-Mar-2008    
India on Monday exuded confidence that the new government in Islamabad will take immediate steps to implement the South Asian Free Trade Agreement with New Delhi and take necessary measures, including duty changes, to facilitate trade.
Trade deals spark warning
4-Mar-2008    
The Pacific Network on Globalisation warned Pacific governments to be wary of viewing Pacific Island Countries Trade Agreement as "stepping stone" towards free trade deals with rich nations.
Gildan may get caught up in U.S. election politics on Honduras tariff ruling
4-Mar-2008    
Canadian sock manufacturing giant Gildan Activewear Inc. (TSX:GIL) could get caught in the middle of U.S. election-year politics as the Bush administration decides whether to end the company's duty-free shipments of socks from Honduras.