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Bilateral truths
12-Dec-2005    
When was the last time you heard Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh talk about the World Trade Organisation?
Accord on early harvest programme with Malaysia next week
12-Dec-2005    
Pakistan and Malaysia are signing agreement on Early Harvest Programme (EHP) next week, reducing tariff on 239 industrial and agricultural products, to be effective from next calendar year.
Investment opportunities will continue to increase in the UAE
12-Dec-2005    
Investment opportunities will continue to increase in the UAE, according to the principal of one private Equity fund, who pointed to anticipated changes in the federal Company Law as further indication of the country's liberal economy.
Reciprocal investment protection
12-Dec-2005    
The Heads of State and/or Government of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS), during the Panama Summit held in July of this year, recognised in its Declaration, “the importance of having a Framework Agreement for the Promotion and Reciprocal Protection of Investments among ACS members, an instrument that will help to promote, protect and confer legal certainty on investments ...”
Australian ambassador's big regret: no FTA
12-Dec-2005    
Australian Ambassador Colin Heseltine left Seoul two days ago for home at the end of his assignment with one major bit of unfinished business - he was not able to push the excellent bilateral relations between both countries to an even higher level with a free trade agreement.
Manama welcomes US Congress approval of draft FTA with Bahrain
12-Dec-2005    
The Bahraini cabinet on Sunday welcomed the US Congress' endorsement of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Bahrain.
FTA with Asean provides level playing field for South Korea
12-Dec-2005    
With the preliminary Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations with Asean, South Korea is expected to compete with China and Japan on a level playing field, a South Korean minister said Monday.
PM makes out a strong case for Pan-Asian FTA
12-Dec-2005    
Saying that India was examining ways to develop regional trading arrangements with China, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today gave an affirmative commitment here that India will dismantle ''unwarranted'' barriers, expand global capital flows and bring down tariff rates to levels prevalent in ASEAN countries, as a build-up to creating an East Asian Community.
Venezuela gains Mercosur entry, deepening relations
12-Dec-2005     Bloomberg
Venezuela today gained entry into the South American trade group Mercosur, a move pursued by President Hugo Chavez to help strengthen regional agreements and thwart a US-sponsored accord for the hemisphere.
CARICOM signs free trade agreement with Cuba
12-Dec-2005     Caribbean Network News
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders and Cuban President Fidel Castro have made an agreement giving Cuba access to free trade in the region.