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Korea has high hopes of Canada FTA talks
29-Mar-2005    
Korea and Canada will hold their second round of preliminary meetings for a free trade agreement in Ottawa, Canada, from Thursday.
S. Korea, Canada to discuss feasibility of FTA
29-Mar-2005    
South Korea and Canada will hold their second round of meetings in Ottawa, Canada, between March 31 and April 1 to study the feasibility of a free trade agreement (FTA), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) said Tuesday.
Open letter from civil society on the US-Thailand FTA negotiations
29-Mar-2005     FTA Watch
On 4-8 April 2005, negotiations on the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Thai and the US will take place in Pattaya. Following two previous rounds in Hawaii, the US is expected to submit demands on remaining issues, the most important of which is the issue of patents. This is a sign-on statement to call on the Thai government to halt the third round of negotiations in order to conduct a through review of the outstanding points and the negotiating position towards the FTA.
Mideast building trade ties with US
29-Mar-2005     LA Times
The Bush administration's plan: to negotiate a series of trade agreements that would eventually fuse one of the world's most economically and politically unstable regions into a giant free-trade zone.
India-Singapore FTA to be ready in weeks
29-Mar-2005     UPI
A Free Trade Agreement between India and Singapore should be ready during the next couple of weeks, India's finance minister said Monday.
Malaysia, India to sign FTA by year-end
29-Mar-2005     New Straits Times
India and Malaysia are on the verge of signing a comprehensive economic co-operation agreement by year-end. It will include free trade between the two nations.
FTA shakes up government procurement
29-Mar-2005     CIO
The Australia-US Free Trade Agreement will bring major changes to Australian government procurement.
Korea to step up free trade talks
28-Mar-2005     Korea Times
The government will continue working toward free trade agreements (FTA) with major trading partners as part of South Korea's aim to emerge as one of the most open economies in the world.
Losing out in Asia: The perils of principle
28-Mar-2005     Newsweek
Europe is on the high road to big business losses. As the US races to make trade deals with nations across the world, Europe has held back, on lofty principle. That, in any event, is the message European businesses in Singapore will deliver to EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson when he arrives in the city-state in April.
India to sign free trade agreement with Mauritius
28-Mar-2005     The Tribune
The agreement will liberalise trade in goods and services and even facilitate joint ventures, besides encompassing the existing double taxation avoidance agreement between the two countries.