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Bilateral investment treaties dangerous traps: experts
9-Dec-2005     New Age
Experts have cautioned that bilateral investment treaties with the rich countries will ultimately lead the developing and least developed countries towards dangerous traps at the cost of their national interests.
Rice row threatens ASEAN-South Korea free-trade deal
9-Dec-2005     AFP
A row over Asia's staple food, rice, is threatening to scuttle a proposed free-trade deal between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and South Korea, which wants to protect the key sector from tariff cuts.
Japan, Malaysia to sign FTA next week in Kuala Lumpur
9-Dec-2005     Antara News
apan and Malaysia are scheduled to sign a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) during their summit talks in Kuala Lumpur next week on the sidelines of the inaugural East Asian Summit, Japanese officials said Friday.
ASEAN to ink FTAs with India, S Korea
8-Dec-2005    
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is expected to sign free trade agreements next week with India and South Korea, Malaysian International Trade and Industry Minister Rafidah Aziz has said.
Second round of Pak-China FTA talks on
8-Dec-2005    
Pakistan and China on Wednesday started second-round of negotiations on Free Trade Agreement (FTA), with a pledge to make it an effective document, giving boost to their bilateral trade and establishing mutually beneficial cooperative partnership.
Regional, bilateral trade pacts to mushroom if WTO talks fail
8-Dec-2005     The News International
Regional and bilateral agreements will proliferate further and protectionist tendencies are likely to increase if the World Trade Organisation (WTO) talks in Hong Kong fail, business leaders and analysts say.
US, Peru reach free trade agreement
8-Dec-2005     AP
The US and Peru have wrapped up negotiations on a free trade agreement, officials from both countries said Wednesday. The pact was reached after Colombia and Ecuador halted their own discussions with Washington on what was expected to be a regional agreement linking all three countries with the United States.
US and Peru end trade impasse with agreement
8-Dec-2005     FT
The US and Peru struck a wide-ranging trade agreement on Wednesday after 18 months of talks that had been mired in disagreements over agricultural and intellectual property issues.
House OKs trade agreement with Bahrain
8-Dec-2005     AP
The US House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to make the small Persian Gulf nation of Bahrain one of the few Middle Eastern countries with a free-trade relationship with the United States.
Business chiefs urge METI to bolster Asian FTA efforts
8-Dec-2005     Japan Times
Japan's business leaders want Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Toshihiro Nikai to promote free-trade agreements between Japan and Asian economies as well as market-opening negotiations under the World Trade Organization.