23-Apr-2007
India and New Zealand have agreed to study the potential for a free trade agreement between the two countries.
23-Apr-2007
New Zealand has agreed to study the potential for a free trade agreement with India, Trade Minister Phil Goff said at the weekend.
23-Apr-2007
DG Trade
The European Commission has welcomed the formal adoption by European Member
States of negotiating mandates for a new generation of Free Trade Agreements with
India, South Korea and ASEAN.
23-Apr-2007
EUROPA
The EU and the Andean Community announced yesterday in Santo Domingo their intention to start negotiations for an Association Agreement in the margins of the next EU-Andean Community Joint Committee that will be held in La Paz at the end of May 2007.
22-Apr-2007
PDI
Two trade ministers from Asia-Pacific nations -- Singapore and Australia -- on Saturday defended bilateral and regional trade agreements as potentially contributing to, not detracting from, the global trade regime.
22-Apr-2007
ZNet
What remains to be seen is who can exert more influence on the Democratic majority in Congress. Will it be US transnational corporations that apply pressure because of the profits they expect from the FTA, or the democratic sectors and workers who elected Democrats to Congress with their votes?
22-Apr-2007
Taipei Times
The South Korean-US FTA will have the greatest impact on Taiwan of all the agreements signed in the world thus far. Current estimates predict Taiwan will suffer trade losses to the tune of US$2 billion -- about 5 percent of Taiwan's total exports.
22-Apr-2007
MENAFN
Several agreements are in the pipeline to accelerate Jordan's free trade drive and maximise the advantages of Qualified Industrial Zones (QIZs), Industry and Trade Minister Salem Khazaaleh said on Saturday.
22-Apr-2007
Earth Times
India and New Zealand have initiated steps to ink a free trade agreement (FTA) but it could be a while before this becomes a reality.
22-Apr-2007
ANND
It is important to consider the level to which Lebanon is ready to negotiate and implement the various free trade agreements, how much Lebanon is clear on the costs and benefits of the agreements it is negotiating, and the restrictions of policy space that is imposed through these agreements.
