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Changes likely to laws for investors
19-Apr-2005    
Australia will consider changes to foreign investment guidelines to give China preferential treatment in buying into Australian resource projects under a free trade deal, John Howard confirmed yesterday.
Joint statement New Zealand-Thailand Prime Ministerial meeting
19-Apr-2005    
Prime Ministers Thaksin Shinawatra of Thailand and Helen Clark of New Zealand today announced the signing of a Closer Economic Partnership (CEP) Agreement between their two countries.
Japan could back off FTA with Australia
19-Apr-2005    
Japan has decided not to pursue free trade talks with Australia because of concerns that its agricultural industry could be harmed, a news report said yesterday.
No support in Japanese beef industry for FTA with Australia
19-Apr-2005    
When he leaves China for Japan tomorrow, Prime Minister, John Howard, will still be focusing on a free trade deal. He will be asking his Japanese counterpart, Junichiro Koizumi, to start down the track of a Free Trade Agreement between Australia and Japan.
FTA rush ignores workers' rights
19-Apr-2005    
Workers' rights were being ignored in the rush to sign a free trade agreement (FTA) with China, a leading group of opponents said today.
Smaller Ecuadorian delegation attends 9th FTA round
19-Apr-2005     Prensa Latina
Ecuador is attending the ninth round of negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement with the US from Monday, with a smaller delegation and amid the pharmaceutical sector's rejection of any kind of discussion.
Union slams China FTA, industry wary
19-Apr-2005     Sydney Morning Herald
Australia's proposed free trade agreement with China is on early shaky ground with a union leader claiming it's based on a lie and industry warning it should not be accepted at any cost.
Spectre of lawsuit losses hangs over Bucharest
19-Apr-2005     Financial Times
Romania's past treatment of foreign investors may soon come back to haunt its new government and an economic plan agreed with Brussels ahead of membership of the European Union. A World Bank arbitration panel, the Icsid, is expected to rule in coming weeks on a lawsuit seeking $350m (€270m, £180m) from the state brought by Noble Ventures, an American investment group.
FTA deal on course
18-Apr-2005    
Australia and Indonesia will develop a framework that could provide the building blocks for a free trade deal between the two countries
Turkey to sign PTA with Pakistan
18-Apr-2005    
Turkey will prefer signing a Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) with Pakistan Recept Demir, commercial counsellor, embassy of Turkey said during a meeting with the members of Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Friday.