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Musharraf says Sino-Pak agreement on free trade will be finalised this year
15-Jun-2006     Daily Times
Pakistan can be an energy corridor for China and it wants the Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline extended up to China, President General Pervez Musharraf told a group of Chinese traders during a meeting on Wednesday.
Baseline positions of Bolivian Government for association agreement with the EU
15-Jun-2006     Movimiento Boliviano de lucha contra el TLC y el ALCA
If the CAN countries work out their differences, including establishment of a common tariff, EU-CAN talks could get under way in January 2007, and the association agreement, which includes political, economic, and trade chapters, would come online in May 2008.
Japan Inc smitten by Vietnam
15-Jun-2006     Asia Times
Japanese firms' investment spree in Vietnam comes amid an increasing number of free-trade agreements (FTAs) being concluded or negotiated in East Asia.
Humayun proposes PTA talks with Kabul
15-Jun-2006     Dawn
Pakistan's Commerce Minister Humayun Akhtar Khan on Wednesday suggested initiation of talks on preferential trade agreement (PTA) with Afghanistan, which would lead to free trade agreement (FTA) between the two countries.
Bilderbergers slither away
15-Jun-2006     Tehran Times
Sources say Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's challenge to the Free Trade Area of the Americas was on the top of the agenda of the Bilderberg Group meeting in Canada last week.
EU and Egypt fail to unblock association deal
15-Jun-2006     Reuters
Egypt and the European Union failed to wrap up a "neighbourhood action plan" because of differences over human rights in Egypt and nuclear weapons in the Middle East, an EU official said yesterday.
India seeks Japanese investment
15-Jun-2006     Times of India
If you can't beat them, join them. That seems to be India's mantra in its attempt to get more Japanese investments in the manufacturing sector, with some companies using New Delhi's bilateral trade agreements to use another country as an export base for the Indian consumer.
Bush, Uribe discuss details of trade pact
15-Jun-2006     AP
President Bush reassured Colombian President Alvaro Uribe on Wednesday that the United States would work quickly to sort out remaining details of a free trade pact signed in February.
Will recent nationalisations in Bolivia give rise to claims under political risk insurance policies?
15-Jun-2006     Mondaq
It may be advantageous for foreign investors to pursue a claim under a Political Risk insurance policy and allow the insurers to recover subsequently under any applicable investment treaty by way of subrogation.
ASEAN chief supports establishment of FTA in East Asia
15-Jun-2006     VNA
Visiting General Secretary of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Ong Keng Yong has said that he supports a proposal by Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Toshihiro Nikai to establish a free trade area in East Asia and a regional policy coordinating organisation following the model of the Organisation of Economic and Cooperation Development.