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Mercosur and Andean Community sign free trade pact
20-Oct-2004     IPS
South America's two large trade blocs, the Mercosur and Andean Community of Nations (CAN), have signed an agreement to phase out all import tariffs over the next 15 years, with a view towards eventually creating an immense free trade zone in the region.
Bangladesh-Nepal Economic Ties
20-Oct-2004    
Excerpts from the welcome address of H.E. Huyamun Kabir, Ambassador of Bangladesh to Nepal, at the Bangladesh Trade Fair, 8 October 2004
EU-Brazil agreement for scientific & technological cooperation (2003)
20-Oct-2004    
Proposal for a Council Decision on the signing of the Agreement for scientific and technological co-operation between the European Community and the Federative Republic of Brazil
EU and Syria initial long-awaited association pact
20-Oct-2004     EU Business
The European Union and Syria have initialled an association agreement that commits both sides to work towards free trade -- as well as against weapons of mass destruction and terrorism.
EU-Mercosur resume trade talks in Lisbon
20-Oct-2004     MercoPress
The European Union and Mercosur will resume trade negotiations today and decide whether the association agreement -- an “utmost geo-strategic and commercial interest” for Brussels -- can be reached before November 1 when a new team of European Commissioners takes over in Brussels.
Korean screen quota system in dispute - again
20-Oct-2004     Korea Herald
The dispute about Korea`s screen quota system is flaring up again, with government officials squaring off against the local movie industry over whether the "protectionist" measure should be scrapped.
Stiglitz: New trade pacts betray the poorest partners
19-Oct-2004    
In negotiating trade agreements with Morocco, Chile and other countries, the Bush administration has used the same approach that earned us the enmity of so much of the rest of the world. The bilateral agreements reveal an economic policy dictated more by special interests than by a concern for the well-being of our poorer trading partners.
Peru to review ban on Thai rice imports
19-Oct-2004     TNA
Thailand and Peru have edged closer to forming a free trade area (FTA) following discussions between Thai Trade Representative Kantathir Suphamongkhon and Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo, in which the Peruvian leader promised to exercise greater trade flexibility with Thailand than with other countries, and to review a ban on the import of Thai rice.
Protective law demanded ahead of Korea-Japan FTA
19-Oct-2004     Korea Times
Korea's four major business organizations have urged the government to enact a special law ahead of a free trade agreement (FTA) with Japan in order to protect domestic companies from negative effects of the pact.
Joint Japan-China study to examine FTA impact
18-Oct-2004     Daily Yomiuri
The Japan External Trade Organization has established a joint research group with a Chinese government institute to examine the possible impact on the Japanese and Chinese economies of a bilateral free trade agreement.