9-May-2005
Frontline
China's proposal for a free trade agreement with India meets with resistance from Indian industry.
8-May-2005
International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz wants the Malaysian private sector to continue to be proactively engage in the country's Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) and World Trade Organisation (WTO) processes.
8-May-2005
Turkish State Minister Kursad Tuzmen said on Thursday, "we will complete signing of free trade agreement (FTA) with Arab countries in a vast area from Morocco to Syria in the next few years."
8-May-2005
Finance ministers from six Gulf states met yesterday to discuss economic integration, including a unified currency, and a free trade agreement with the United States, an official said.
8-May-2005
Canada has pursued trade opportunities beyond the U.S. by entering into a number of traditional and innovative bilateral agreements.
7-May-2005
China called on Japan and South Korea on Saturday to expedite a trilateral study on a possible three-way free trade agreement, Japanese officials said.
7-May-2005
Singapore and South Africa have agreed to begin free trade talks later this year, as the wealthy city-state seeks to expand its economic access to African states.
7-May-2005
Economic diplomacy was "a central pivot" around which the South African Foreign Affairs department was anchoring its efforts to address poverty and underdevelopment in South Africa and the continent, deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Aziz Pahad said on Friday.
7-May-2005
Though the end of the quota regime has made India a much sought-after destination in the textile sector, the industry here is reeling under fears of cheap imports from Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
7-May-2005
Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra yesterday took local industrialists to task for criticising the government's efforts to forge a free trade area (FTA) agreement with Japan, even as negotiators on both sides continued working to close a deal.
