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India's new investment norm
17-Aug-2005     Rediff
The tax holiday provided under the India-Singapore agreement, which Indian companies may take advantage of, is part of a trend that will make it increasingly difficult to tax capital in almost any country.
Green light for talks on GCC-India FTA
17-Aug-2005     Bahrain Tribune
India will begin negotiations with the GCC as a single bloc as well as with individual member countries of the GCC for a comprehensive economic cooperation agreement, covering the service sector and investment, along the lines of the pact signed between India and Singapore recently.
Biodiversity and intellectual property rules in the Andean Free Trade Agreement
16-Aug-2005     CIEL
Letter from five US NGOs to the USTR advocating that patents on plants and animals be dropped from the FTA negotiations with Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, in favour of the current WTO TRIPS Agreement.
Can CAFTA save textile and apparel producers?
16-Aug-2005     EPI
The notion that 283,000 textile and apparel jobs will be created in Central America as a result of CAFTA is a pipedream.
The FTAA: A recipe for economic disaster?
16-Aug-2005     Political Affairs Magazine
As indicated by CAFTA's ratification, instead of pushing for the enactment of the FTAA, the Bush administration has re-evaluated its strategy, now attempting to build up momentum by establishing separate free trade agreements with the different regions in the hemisphere through a "divide-and-conquer" strategy.
Free trade deal with Chile in the pipeline
16-Aug-2005     China Daily
China is expected to ink its first free trade agreement (FTA) with a single country this year: Chile.
Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement (2005)
16-Aug-2005    
Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement. Brunei Darussalam, Chile, New Zealand and Singapore (P4)
Mainland and Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (2003)
16-Aug-2005     Trade & Industry Department, Government of Hong Kong SAR
CEPA Legal Text
Downer's Asia trade vision
16-Aug-2005     Herald Sun
The Federal Government wants to establish a powerful free trade bloc with Asia, giving Australia unprecedented economic access to almost half the world's population.
Mauritius in talks for economic pact
16-Aug-2005     Times of India
With the recent signing of the India-Singapore comprehensive economic cooperation agreement (CECA) which threatens to reduce the importance of Mauritius as the investment gateway to India, Port Louis has began talks with New Delhi on a similar deal.