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TWN: Call to review bilateral trade deals
1-Sep-2004     Call to review bilateral trade deals
With a deal being struck at the World Trade Organisation on 31 July to revive negotiations, will the move towards bilateral trade agreements slow down?
EU-SA trade deal set for a tune-up
1-Sep-2004     EU-SA Trade Deal Set for a Tune-Up, Not an Overhaul
It has been almost five years since SA and the European Union (EU) last sealed a bilateral trade agreement and the current deal comes up for review in November.
FTA leaves us second among equals
1-Sep-2004     Australian IT
Access to the US market will be valuable, but Aussie consumers will lose, not gain, from the copyright provisions.
US ITC report on CAFTA
30-Aug-2004    
U.S.-Central American-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement: Potential Economywide and Selected Sectoral Effects
RP proposes selective FTA with US
30-Aug-2004     RP proposes selective FTA with US
The government will try a novel approach in securing a free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States since the US does not believe that the Philippines is ready for a full bilateral FTA.
EU insists on WMD clause in Syria accord -Fischer
28-Aug-2004     EU insists on WMD clause in Syria accord -Fischer
The European Union wants to sign a trade and aid pact that may ease Syria's diplomatic isolation, but only if Damascus agrees to renounce weapons of mass destruction, Germany's foreign minister said on Saturday.
Bullying big pharma puts pressure on Australians
28-Aug-2004    
US Trade Representative Robert Zoellick's warning to Australia that an amended free-trade agreement might conflict with the letter and spirit of the original agreement was prompted by bullying from the American pharmaceuticals industry, according to a US trade adviser.
Farm tariffs, IPRs seen as main obstacles to US-Andean FTA
27-Aug-2004    
Tariffs on agricultural products and definitions of intellectual property rights, particularly for pharmaceuticals, are shaping up as the most contentious issues in the free trade negotiations between the United States and three Andean nations, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
EU, Israel resolve trade dispute over settlements
27-Aug-2004     EU, Israel resolve trade dispute over settlements
Goods produced in Israeli settlements in the West Bank and Gaza Strip will no longer be allowed to enter the European Union tariff-free under an agreement initialed on Thursday.
Costa Rica: Protests bring country to the verge of paralysis
27-Aug-2004     Costa Rica: Protests bring country to the verge of paralysis
Nationwide protests in Costa Rica that started out with blockades of roads and freeways by truck drivers and which expanded Wednesday to include a broad range of groups threaten to paralyse this Central American country.