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Japan eyes investment treaty with Cambodia, Laos
12-Sep-2006     Kyodo
Japan is considering starting negotiations on signing a bilateral investment treaty with Cambodia and Laos to promote the entry of Japanese businesses in the developing economies' markets.
Pakistan-US talks on Bilateral Investment Treaty next month
12-Sep-2006     Asia Pulse
Pakistan and the United States will hold the fifth round of negotiations on the draft Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) early next month in a bid to develop consensus on the remaining disputed clauses of the agreement.
With free trade zones, what's the fate of communities?
12-Sep-2006     AllAfrica.com
As Chinese companies prepare to invest in Lekki Trade Free Zone, about 300,000 dwellers of 26 Lagos suburbs, who are primarily farmers and fishermen, are faced with displacement from their fatherland.
Japan to accept 1,000 Filipino nurses, caregivers under FTA
12-Sep-2006     Japan Times
Japan will accept 400 nurses and 600 caregivers from the Philippines under the bilateral free-trade agreement signed over the weekend, the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry said Monday.
Indian trade officials will travel to Sri Lanka to discuss Vanaspathi oil
12-Sep-2006    
A high level team of Indian trade officials will arrive in Sri Lanka next week to finalise the quotas for cooking oil and bakery shortening exported from Sri Lanka to India, says the Secretary to the Sri Lankan Ministry of Trade, R.M.K. Rathnayaka.
Groups worried over FTA with US
11-Sep-2006    
For people living with HIV/AIDS, access to anti-retroviral drugs is a crucial factor in helping them lengthen their lives.
FTA hits snags
11-Sep-2006    
The trade liberalization talks between Korea and the United States have passed a turning point but have made little agreements of substance. The third-round negotiations, which ended a four-day session in Seattle Saturday was another letdown, as each side sought to give the least and take the most.
RP-Japan pact must be scrutinized by Senate -- Pimentel
11-Sep-2006     INQ7.net
The newly signed Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement must be scrutinized by the Philippine Senate because of apprehensions over its alleged disadvantages to the country, Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr. said on Monday. Workers' and other groups also slammed the signing of the agreement, while a Department of Labor and Employment official said he doubted many Filipino health care workers would want to go to Japan.
Ecuador Prez: No Oxy arbitration
11-Sep-2006    
Ecuadorian President Alfredo Palacio has rejected arbitration against his nation for annulling in May the contract with US Oxy oil company that operated there.
Korea, US agree to wrap up FTA talks by year-end
11-Sep-2006    
The third round of free trade talks between Korea and the US saw some progress in key sectors like agriculture and textiles but failed to narrow differences on easing US anti-dumping measures.