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Pakistan, US to sign investment treaty soon
14-Sep-2004    
Pakistan and the United States will soon sign a bilateral investment treaty. Officials at the Board of Investment (BoI) disclosed this at a meeting with Alan Larson, the US under secretary, who called on Dr Hafeez Shaikh, federal minister for privatisation and investment, on Monday.
EU puts on hold free-trade deal with ASEAN bloc
14-Sep-2004     ABS-CBN News
The proposed free-trade agreement (FTA) between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the European Union (EU) have temporarily been placed on the back burner after European countries have made it clear that they would father pursue a multilateral trade scheme under the auspices of the World Trade Organization (WTO).
European Imperialism and Free Trade
14-Sep-2004     Indymedia Paris / Ile de France
The European Union is on the verge of implementing a series of free trade agreements and is leading a trade policy that can hold its own against the American policy.
PROSPECTIVE FTA WITH INDIA: Firms mull Thai bases
14-Sep-2004    
India's private sector is welcoming the Thai-Indian free-trade agreement (FTA), with an increasing number of Indian companies planning to set up their manufacturing bases in Thailand prior to the deal being signed.
Does EFTA scare SADC?
14-Sep-2004     tralac
Tralac's Hilton Zunckel comments on the Free Trade Agreement negotiations between the Southern African Customs Union and the European Free Trade Area.
China-ASEAN free trade area: Origins, developments and strategic motivations
14-Sep-2004    
This 2003 paper is a political study of the origins, developments and motivations on the Chinese side of the FTA, demonstrating its political, strategic, intellectual and economic basis.
Fashionable trade agreements all the rage in Asia
13-Sep-2004    
From Tokyo to Mumbai, FTAs - free-trade agreements - seem to be every Asian politician's favorite new phrase these days.
Saif leaves to sign FTA deal
13-Sep-2004    
Finance and National Economy Minister Abdulla Saif left for Washington DC, US, yesterday to sign a Free Trade Agreement between Bahrain and the US tomorrow. Signing on behalf of the US will be Trade Representative Ambassador Robert Zoellick.
AmCham lauds IPR law revisions
13-Sep-2004    
In light of Taiwan's efforts to improve intellectual property rights (IPR) protection, the American Chamber of Commerce in Taipei (AmCham) yesterday said that it has been urging the US government to take action to remove Taiwan from its "Special 301 Priority Watch List" of IPR violators as quickly as possible.
Japan, Thailand launch fourth round of free trade talks
13-Sep-2004    
Japan and Thailand launched a fourth round of talks on Monday toward signing a free trade agreement that would tear down economic barriers between the two countries.