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US bilateral free trade accords: Why Canada should be cautious about going the same route
18-Aug-2005     CD Howe Institute
Canada should focus on improving its access to the US market rather than trying to complete a host of FTA negotiations that are unlikely to result in large payoffs - despite the fact that the United States and many other countries are doing so.
PNG Minister warns over tapping EU funds
18-Aug-2005     Asia Pulse
Continued delay by Pacific Island countries to negotiate a successful Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) could result in the region missing out in millions of European Union (EU) funds.
In the trade zone: Georgians assess effects of CAFTA deal
18-Aug-2005     AJC
Georgia's poultry industry is gearing up to ship more frozen chicken abroad under the Central American Free Trade Agreement, while parts of the state's textile industry also stand to gain.
Caribbean: Trade winds gusting as region faces WTO meet
18-Aug-2005     IPS
Recent developments in international trade highlight the difficulties facing the 15-member Caribbean Community (Caricom) as it prepares for a key World Trade Organisation (WTO) ministerial meeting in Hong Kong this December.
Official: CAFTA would hurt Mexico industry
18-Aug-2005     BusinessWeek
Mexico's assembly-for-export industry, which has struggled to compete with China, will likely be hurt further by the proposed Central American Free Trade Agreement, officials said Wednesday.
Taiwan, Guatemala expected to ink free trade accord before Oct
17-Aug-2005     Asia Pulse
Visiting Guatemalan President Oscar Berger said Tuesday that he expects a Taiwan-Guatemala free trade accord (FTA) to be signed in September or October.
Agadir Agreement (2004)
17-Aug-2005     Embassy of Jordan (Washington DC)
Agreement for the Establishment of a Free Trade Zone between the Arabic Mediterranean Nations
There goes the neighborhood?
17-Aug-2005     Egypt Today
As the European Union enters a difficult watershed moment in its internal affairs, Egypt and the partner countries in the EU's ten-year Euro-Mediterranean Partnership ponder their own new administrative spiderweb. The new European Neighborhood Policy was designed to speed up free trade and strengthen human rights and political reforms - but it could pass us over altogether.
Indonesia, China find love
17-Aug-2005     Asia Times
China's sustained growth will depend on how well it manages its political and trade relationships. Acquiring concessions and investing directly in natural-resource-based projects in Indonesia makes a great deal of sense for China.
BIMSTEC trade experts to settle FTA issues in July 2006
17-Aug-2005     Mizzima News
Trade experts of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) are working on settling various issues pertaining to trade and investment in a bid to start a journey towards free trade area (FTA) among member countries from July 2006.