6-Jan-2006
An official from Thailand's bilateral Free Trade Agreement negotiating team today disputed claims by opposition groups that a free trade agreement with the US would adversely affect the country's prescription drug market.
6-Jan-2006
The Senate committee on foreign affairs will petition the Constitutional Court on Tuesday to seek a review of Free Trade Agreement (FTA) proceedings, claiming they have contravened the constitution.
6-Jan-2006
Korea and the U.S. could start negotiations for a free trade agreement in April, an insider said Friday. The government is reportedly thinking of announcing the expected benefits of an FTA in President Roh Moo-hyun's New Year's meeting with the press around Jan. 17. The FTA could be concluded around next March after a year or so of negotiations, the source added.
6-Jan-2006
Opposition to a proposed Thai-US free-trade pact is threatening to escalate into a political time bomb, as a senator yesterday moved to challenge the deal's constitutional legitimacy and called for Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to step down.
6-Jan-2006
Asia Pulse
South Korea and India adopted a final framework Friday to begin talks on a free trade agreement, Seoul officials said.
6-Jan-2006
Manager
The heated debate over intellectual property is one of the sticking points in the free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations between Thailand and the United States, which are scheduled to resume next week.
6-Jan-2006
PhRMA
PhRMA believes that a strong FTA is in the interests of Egyptian patients
as well as the business community.
5-Jan-2006
TWO new developments have raised alarm bells about the free trade agreement between Australia and the US.
5-Jan-2006
Days before 2005 closed, Egypt and Turkey finally signed a free trade agreement (FTA) the negotiations of which began in 1997.
5-Jan-2006
The Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) yesterday asked the Supreme Court to reconsider its decision allowing the government to take over Terminal 3 of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) only after payment of an initial P3.002 billion to the Philippine International Air Terminals Co. (PIATCO) representing the proffered value of the facilities.
