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Pak-Lanka trade has doubled after FTA, says Humayun
17-Mar-2007    
The ministry of commerce on Friday claimed that after the enforcement of the Pakistan-Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement, bilateral trade has doubled, without giving any figures in this regard.
Anti-FTA voices slowly growing at the National Assembly
17-Mar-2007    
There are growing voices of opposition within the National Assembly to a free trade pact with the United States. On Friday, 38 legislators signed a statement saying the "best thing we can do at the current juncture is to immediately halt FTA negotiations that have hastily been pursued because the government is trying to meet the U.S.-set negotiation time limit."
Dominican Republic warned about lawsuit
17-Mar-2007     Business Week
Foreign energy investors said on Friday that they warned the Dominican Republic it had to mend its crippled power sector months before filing a US$680 million (euro510 million) lawsuit against the country for lost electricity revenue.
New $19B arbitration case threat to Turkish government from Dutch company on Telsim sale
17-Mar-2007     The New Anatolian
Dutch investment company Saba Fakes, who claim to hold the biggest part of shares of Turkey's second big GSM operator Telsim, is preparing to file an arbitration case at International Arbitration amounting to 19 billion dollars in reparations.
Agriculture sticking point in Japan, Australia free trade deal
17-Mar-2007     AHN
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has come under increasing pressure from Japan's farming sector not to sign a free trade deal involving agriculture with Australia.
Middle East moves towards VAT
16-Mar-2007    
The taxation environment in the GCC may be on the cusp of significant change.
The people have decided! The Cabinet is still pondering!
16-Mar-2007    
While a group of us were waiting anxiously at the entrance of Prime Minister's office at about 8.45 am today, suddenly we heard a loud chanting in the air and then we realized about 500 over people were walking from the Putrajaya mosque towards where we are standing and made one full circle around the PM office before the crowd stopped at the front gate of the PM office.
Commission takes Finland to EU court over investment deals
16-Mar-2007    
The Finnish government said in a statement Wednesday that the European commission had brought legal action against Finland.
India: Study commissioned to rationalise rules of origins
16-Mar-2007    
A study has been commissioned by the government to rationalise various provisions in Rules of Origins (RoO) contained in many agreements
US negotiator says KORUS FTA can be concluded by deadline
16-Mar-2007    
The lead US negotiator on a free trade agreement (FTA) with South Korea said Friday the two countries can meet the end-of-March deadline, although they "still have a long way to go."