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Chen: Taiwan and China should sign FTA, not CEPA
30-Apr-2005     ET Today
Meetings for the first time in 56 years between leaders of the KMT and Chinese Communist Party, were staged on Friday. President Chen Shui-bian closely monitored the proceeding of such a meeting, worried that the KMT will ignore the government's opposition against signing a Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement with China.
India looks for FTA ray from land of rising sun
30-Apr-2005     Economic Times
Setting the stage for a quantum jump in economic ties, India and Japan have decided to look at the formation of a free trade area (FTA), with an eye on more than doubling bilateral trade to $10bn.
Least favored nation: Impact of EU trade agreements on US agriculture
30-Apr-2005     FAS
A review of European Union free trade agreements in agriculture - looking at Morocco, Egypt, South Africa, Chile - and the impact on US interests.
Questions raised over benefit to Australia of trade deal with China
29-Apr-2005    
A former leader of Australia's governing Liberal party, John Hewson, has questioned whether a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with China will provide any great benefits for Australian exporters.
FTA with Sri Lanka to double bilateral trade
29-Apr-2005    
As free trade agreement between Pakistan and Sri Lanka is set to be effective from June 1st exporters believe the development would prove a boon to increase the trade figures by 100 percent and major imports from the Island are expected to cost 50 percent lesser.
Thailand has little to gain in trade pact with US
29-Apr-2005     Bangkok Post
The FTA with the US would tighten the intellectual property rights regime even further, offering no perceptible benefit to Thailand
FTAs key to accessing new markets
29-Apr-2005    
Despite the pitfalls and opportunities inherent in FTAs, they are sweeping the world and will continue growing as long as the World Trade Organisation is unable to coordinate comprehensive tariff reductions worldwide, experts said at a Bangkok seminar yesterday. Thus, Thai exporters were advised to try to work within the confines of bilateral and regional pacts.
Framework agreement between Mercosur and GCC is ready to be signed
28-Apr-2005    
The text of the framework of the free trade agreement between the Mercosur and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is ready to be singed, a Brazilian foreign ministry official has disclosed.
EU worries that Thai-Japan FTA could hit auto industry
28-Apr-2005    
The proposed Thai-Japanese free trade agreement should be carefully considered so as not to disadvantage other trading partners, European Union Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson told Thailand yesterday.
S.Korea, US to hold FTA feasibility meeting in Washington
28-Apr-2005    
South Korea and the United States will hold a third working-level meeting this week to review the feasibility of a free trade agreement (FTA) between the two countries.