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The US-Jordan FTA: Defogging the Myth
3-Dec-2004    
The U.S-Jordan FTA is a “first” FTA in two ways. It is the first FTA to be ever concluded with an Arab country. It is also the first FTA to include labor and environment within the text of the FTA itself.
Euro-Med Association Agreements: the Partnership is moving forward
27-Nov-2004     EU
An essential feature of the implementation of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership has been the negotiation of Association Agreements between the European Union and nine of its Mediterranean Partners to replace the 1970s Co-operation Agreements.
A serendipitous exception in FTAs
26-Nov-2004    
At the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Chile last weekend, leaders discussed economic issues, especially trade. Singapore and Peru, for example, agreed to initiate talks for a free trade agreement.
Musharraf keen to seal FTA deal with Dhaka fast
26-Nov-2004    
Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf has expressed his keenness for early conclusion of bilateral free trade agreement between Bangladesh and Pakistan for further expansion of economic cooperation between the two countries.
SPS issues and free trade agreements
25-Nov-2004    
While the main US goal on agriculture in many FTA negotiations often is to secure non-SPS related concessions such as lower tariffs, the foreign partners often see the FTA as an opportunity to resolve outstanding SPS issues with the US as well as seek accelerated new market access to the US for their animal and plant products.
India, SACU gearing up for FTA
24-Nov-2004     Financial Express
India and members of the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) hope to have a “limited scope agreement” for more liberal trading by next year, the first concrete step towards a free trade agreement (FTA).
Seoul to start FTA talks with ASEAN in 2005
24-Nov-2004     Korea Times
South Korea will start negotiations next year for a free trade agreement (FTA) with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
SA near to clinching another trade deal
24-Nov-2004     AllAfrica.com
SACU's deal with Efta will be a scaled-down version of the original: Efta members have agreed to Sacu's request to shelve complex issues such as government procurement, intellectual property and investment.
Driving a hard bargain: Trade agreements easier said than done
24-Nov-2004     Asahi
Japan is proving a tough negotiator for countries with their hopes pinned on FTAs.
Agriculture: Thais urged to reject political parties which support bilateral FTAs and GM crops
24-Nov-2004     MCOT
Thailand's leading agricultural activist network has urged Thais not to vote for political parties which back free trade agreements and genetically modified (GM) crops research at next February's general election.