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Mitsubishi eyes Asia for expansion
19-Oct-2005     Business Report
Japan's Mitsubishi Motor has set its sights on Thailand and other Asian nations for future expansion, the president of the automaker said on Tuesday. "With FTAs (free trade agreements) envisioned with Asian countries, such as ASEAN and India, we should reap benefits of such initiatives," Masuko said.
Japanese investment in Indonesia to double
19-Oct-2005     Asia Times
The Indonesian government expects Japan's investment and the value of export by Japanese companies in Indonesia to double in the coming five years, as the first-round negotiation between the Indonesian and Japanese governments on the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) has run smoothly.
Filipino solons to probe 35 unratified bilateral agreements
18-Oct-2005     Asia Pulse
Philippine House Committees on globalization and trade will study 35 bilateral agreements the Philippines forged over the past decades with some countries.
Top US executives set for FTA tour of Central America
18-Oct-2005     Taipei Times
Taking advantage of a newly approved free trade agreement, the US begins a commercial offensive in Central America this coming week, prompting concerns that local economies weakened by recent floods could represent easy targets for US corporations.
Bush notifies Congress of intent to sign FTA with Oman
18-Oct-2005     White House
"Entering into an FTA with Oman will build on the FTAs that we already have with Israel, Jordan, and Morocco, as well as the FTA that we have concluded with Bahrain, and will be an important step on the path to fulfilling my vision of developing economic growth and democracy in the Middle East and creating a US Middle East Free Trade Area (MEFTA) by 2013."
BOK head calls for FTAs in N-E Asia
18-Oct-2005     Korea Times
The nation's top central banker Monday stressed the need for speeding up the formation of free trade agreements (FTAs) among Korea, China and Japan, to boost regional cooperation and mutual investment.
An eye for an eye? Disregarding fairness, disconnecting from the FTAA
18-Oct-2005     COHA
Latin American countries have rightly learned to be apprehensive over the domination of the United States, and it is this reluctance that is behind their slowdown over the FTAA.
Dangerous liaison
18-Oct-2005     Kathmandu Post
Under the guise of freeing trade, bilateral trade agreements (BTAs) are being used as a tool to further an absolute top-down Northern agenda, at the victimization of the poor and marginalized groups and communities of the South.
Developed world undermining WTO spirit through FTAs
18-Oct-2005     Financial Express
FTAs are being designed by the developed countries to get more than what the WTO and TRIPS could give at this stage.
Finance liberalisation: Cabinet baulks on alien law changes
18-Oct-2005     The Nation
Thai Commerce Minister Somkid Jatusripitak said yesterday that proposed amendments to the Alien Business Act would not be presented to the Cabinet today, apparently because of growing public resentment about further opening up the country to foreign investors.