bilaterals.org logo
bilaterals.org logo

Latest

US supports Vietnam's WTO bid, works toward FTA
29-May-2005     Thanh Nien News
The United States fully supports Vietnam's efforts to join the World Trade Organization (WTO), said US Ambassador to Vietnam Michael Marine at a press conference in Washington on May 25.
Burma-Bangladesh trade agreement expires
29-May-2005     BNI
With no transactions in the past two years, the term of the Account Trade Arrangement (ATA) between Burma and Bangladesh has expired without any initiative for renewal.
BIMSTEC meet on June 1: Six priority sectors to be discussed
29-May-2005     New Nation
A BIMSTEC Free Trade Area agreement was signed in last February. The agreement covers trade in goods, services and investment. Negotiations are progressing well on specific issues. The Agreement would come into force from July 2006.
Colombian farmers blackball FTA negotiations
27-May-2005     Prensa Latina
Colombia's Farmers Association has urged its government not to attend the 10th Free Trade of Americas (FTA) Round of Negotiations with the US, to be held in June in Guayaquil, Ecuador.
Latinos debate free trade's cost
27-May-2005     Washington Post
In the Dominican enclave of Upper Manhattan, where street life thrives on mom-and-pop stores and the sound of bachata, trade debates are scrutinized through the lens of daily survival in the city and on the island.
FTA requires backing of Congress
26-May-2005    
The Bush administration will do nothing to advance a free trade agreement (FTA) with Taiwan unless Taiwan mobilizes a widespread coalition of US businesses in favor of an FTA to lobby Congress to pressure the administration into action, a key US congressman told a Washington symposium on a US-Taiwan FTA on Tuesday.
EU studies free trade agreement with Malaysia - report
26-May-2005     Forbes
The EU is studying the feasibility of a free trade agreement between it and Malaysia, national news agency Bernama reported.
Japan to drive into Malaysian auto sector with FTA
26-May-2005     PDI
Japan and Malaysia on Wednesday sealed the outline of a free-trade agreement (FTA) that will open up a major new market for Japanese automakers with the lifting of heavy tariffs on Japanese cars within 10 years.
Smaller auto component firms threatened by Asian FTAs: KPMG report
25-May-2005    
Smaller and indigenous automotive and component companies may find themselves at a disadvantage due to the Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) being put into place across Asia, says a report released by KPMG.
One big step for free trade (again) with the US
25-May-2005    
The long-standing close relationship between the Philippines and the United States may lead us to think that a free-trade agreement between the two countries should come naturally.