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Is an 'FTAA Lite' a real possibility?
10-Nov-2005     IPS
Most of the countries in Latin America and the Caribbean want a Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), even in a less ambitious form, as opposed to a handful of nations - albeit an economically powerful minority - that reject the idea.
Chilean FM breaks FTA date with Japan
10-Nov-2005     Prensa Latina
Chilean Foreign Minister Ignacio Walker suspended Tuesday a visit to Japan to discuss a free trade agreement as a result of Peruvian ex-President Alberto Fujimori's arrival in the country, local media said on Tuesday.
UAE and US in third round FTA negotiations
10-Nov-2005     Asharq Awalsat
The UAE and US will resume their FTA negotiations on the 12 through the 16 of November in London.
S'pore benefits to all under new Bipa
9-Nov-2005     Financial Express
Pre-establishment national treatment to foreign investors in India, now a prerogative of Singapore-based entities, will soon be a generic benefit India would offer all eligible investors under the bilateral investment protection agreements (Bipas).
US links beef import to FTA with South Korea
9-Nov-2005     Korea Times
Alexander Vershbow, Washington's top diplomat to Seoul, said Tuesday that South Korea's lifting of the ban on US beef could trigger talks on a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA).
US exports to Arab nations may touch new highs
8-Nov-2005     MENAFN
With many Arab nations going ahead with their plans to sign free-trade agreements (FTAs) with the US, trade and industry associations are projecting extraordinary growth in US exports to the Arab world in the years to come.
Chile seeks FTAs with 11 Asian countries
8-Nov-2005     Ohmynews
After the negotiations on a possible Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with China, the Chilean government already started a route to conquer the rest of the market in the Asia-Pacific region. The list has 11 countries.
Fox wants Mexico in the Mercosur in 2006
8-Nov-2005     Agência Brasil
On the final day of the 4th Summit of the Americas, in Mar del Plata, Argentina, the president of Mexico, Vicente Fox, said that he is negotiating his country's entry into the Mercosur in the middle of next year.
Despite FTAA defeat at Americas Summit, free trade to be imposed on Colombians
8-Nov-2005     Colombia Journal
In the aftermath of the U.S. failure in Argentina, the Bush administration continues to work for bilateral or sub-regional free trade agreements throughout the Americas.
No pax americana
8-Nov-2005     Khaleej Times
Indigenous movements are indeed a threat to the free-trade policies Bush is hawking, with ever fewer buyers, across Latin America. Their power comes not from terror but a terror-resistant strain of hope, so sturdy it can take root in the midst of Colombia's seemingly hopeless civil war.