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Council created to boost US-Arab trade
10-Jul-2005     Daily Star
The new body will work to fully open region's markets to American firms.
Of rice and men
10-Jul-2005     Tech Central Station
For US and Thai trade negotiators meeting next week in Montana, intellectual property rights protections for plant breeders and pharmaceutical innovators are proving to be the most contentious issues in negotiating a Thailand-US Free Trade Agreement (TUSFTA).
Statement of National Corn Growers Association on US-Morocco FTA
10-Jul-2005     US HoR
The Morocco FTA cuts the tariff on US corn initially in half and then proceeds to zero by year six. This provides a significant advantage to US exporters and could potentially allow them to capture near 100 percent of the Moroccan market.
Interview: Free trade hurting India vanaspati makers
10-Jul-2005     Dow Jones Newswire
India's vanaspati industry, already plagued by excess capacity, has been cast into deeper gloom lately by trade agreements that have opened the way for cheaper imports from neighboring Sri Lanka and Nepal.
Sacu-US trade talks to resume
9-Jul-2005     Sunday Times
The year-long deadlock in free-trade negotiations between the Southern African Customs Union (Sacu) and the US appears to have been broken with talks set to resume in September.
US-Thai FTA: Framework needed before discussions on finance sector
9-Jul-2005     Bangkok Post
Financial sector liberalisation is a sensitive subject for the talks. US authorities have insisted that no FTA agreement can be negotiated without it. Thai authorities have been reluctant to make any commitments on opening up the banking, insurance, asset management or securities sectors.
South Africa, Japan plan panel to get FTA ball rolling
9-Jul-2005     Japan Times
Japan and South Africa agreed Thursday to form a study group to examine the feasibility of striking a bilateral free-trade agreement. Japan will proceed with South African FTA talks with an eye to eventually concluding a free-trade pact with the entire SACU.
Chinese Amb. Wang calls for preparations for Japan-China FTA
9-Jul-2005     Kyodo
Chinese Ambassador to Japan Wang Yi called on the Japanese business community Friday to launch preparations for negotiations on a Japan-China free trade agreement.
Malaysia should improve IPR protection, says US
8-Jul-2005     The Edge Daily
The protection of intellectual property rights (IPR) has been identified as being one of the main concerns for US investors to come into Malaysia, said the United States ambassador to Malaysia, Christopher J LaFleur.
Japan, SAfrica agree to study launching free trade agreement talks - report
8-Jul-2005     AFX
Japan and South Africa have agreed to examine the feasibility of striking a free trade agreement, Kyodo News reported, citing sources in the trade ministry here.