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Text: Framework Agreement For India-Thailand FTA
12-May-2004    
US & Pakistan sign TIFA
12-May-2004     US & Pakistan sign TIFA
U.S. Trade Representative Robert B. Zoellick and Pakistan Minister of Finance Shaukat Aziz signed an agreement today that provides a forum for Pakistan and the United States to examine ways to expand bilateral trade and investment.
Food, Trade And US Power Politics In Latin America
11-May-2004     Food, Trade And US Power Politics In Latin America
The difference between what Bush officials say to Congress and the pap they feed foreign audiences makes interesting reading for anyone trying to figure out US government rhetoric on Latin America.
About the US government's Trade Policy Advisory Committee system
11-May-2004     Trade Policy Advisory Committee system
The U.S. Congress established the private sector advisory committee system in 1974 to ensure that U.S. trade policy and trade negotiation objectives adequately reflect U.S. commercial and economic interests.
Panama Proposal Is One of Many: Onslaught of FTAs Threatens U.S. Sugar Industry
11-May-2004    
A representative of the American sugar industry cautioned the Office of the United States Trade Representative today that a proposed trade agreement with Panama cannot be viewed in isolation.
US trade negotiations in the 108th Congress
11-May-2004    
The Bush Administration has made bilateral and regional free-trade agreements (FTAs) more important elements of U.S. trade policy, a strategy known as “competitive liberalization.” This strategy is designed to push forward trade liberalization simultaneously on bilateral, regional and multilateral fronts.
Intensifying Free Trade Negotiating Agenda Calls for Better Allocation of Staff and Resources
11-May-2004    
US Government Accounting Office's January 2004 assessment of US's FTA negotiating plans and whether it has the means to carry them out.
T&T: Parliamentary OK for trade pacts
11-May-2004     Parliamentary OK for trade pacts
Trinidad & Tobago's Constitution has to remove from the Executive the power to make unilateral decisions on trade and investment.
PNAC Paper: A US-Taiwan Free Trade Agreement
11-May-2004     PNAC Paper: A US-Taiwan Free Trade Agreement
A review, published by the right-wing Project for a New American Century, of reasons why the US should go into an FTA with Taiwan.
Critics Sound Alarm in Free Trade Talks with U.S.
11-May-2004     Critics Sound Alarm in Free Trade Talks with U.S.
The Thai government is facing a growing chorus of outrage over its plans to ink a free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States by next year.