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India replacing China as new trade attraction
24-Jun-2005    
With China-ASEAN free trade already under way, other free-trade agreements that are in the works include China-Australia, China-New Zealand, China-India, China-Pakistan and China-Chile as well as recent initiatives with Iceland, Japan, Korea and Thailand. However, this focus is likely to change, shifting slowly but steadily toward India.
India proposes FTA with Bangladesh
24-Jun-2005     Sify
India has proposed Free Trade Agreement with Bangladesh according transit rights for Indian goods through Bangladesh territory.
S. Korea, S. Africa to discuss possible FTA
24-Jun-2005     Yonhap
South Korea and South Africa will hold talks next week in Pretoria to discuss a variety of issues, including the possible signing of a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA), South Korean officials said Thursday.
Lanka sees end to trade bias
23-Jun-2005    
Sri Lanka is hopeful that whatever trade asymmetries remain, even after the adoption of the Indo-Sri Lanka free trade agreement (FTA), will be sorted out while finalising the comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA) with India by the end of this year. This is according to a high-ranking Sri Lankan official.
JPEPA: News in brief
23-Jun-2005     Manila Bulletin
The Philippines government is completing its "clean-up drive" on the country's legal and dispute settlement mechanism before finally giving its final go signal to the implementation of the country's first bilateral free trade area (FTA) deal, the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA).
OIC edges towards free trade area
23-Jun-2005     Business Recorder
Muslim nations moved closer to forming a free trade area (FTA) on Monday, with plans to adopt tariff-cutting steps by end-2005 to bridge a gap between oil-rich and poor members of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference.
United States and Mozambique sign TIFA
23-Jun-2005     USTR
US Trade Representative Rob Portman and the Mozambican Minister of Industry and Commerce Antonio Fernando signed a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) today that will provide a forum to address trade issues and will enhance trade and investment relations between the United States and Mozambique.
US-Mozambique TIFA (2005)
23-Jun-2005     USTR
US, Indonesia build on Trade and Investment Agreement
23-Jun-2005     US State Dept
US and Indonesian officials met in Washington June 20-21 for the second time in three months to discuss ways to deepen their trade relationship, according to a June 22 press release from the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR).
Pak, US discuss FTA
22-Jun-2005    
Commerce Secretary Tasneem Noorani held a detailed discussions at the Office of the United States Trade Representative in Washington DC the other day along with their team of experienced negotiators to study details of a free trade agreement (FTA) with USA.