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MierScope: FTA with the US makes good sense
26-Apr-2004    
A US-Malaysia FTA will demand strong obligations from Malaysia. It will push us towards greater liberalisation. Complain as we may that such an FTA will be an instrument of economic imperialism, it will not be pragmatic to deny it.
Japan and Mexico agree on conclusion of free-trade agreement
24-Apr-2004     FPCJ
On March 12 Japan and Mexico reached virtual accord on the conclusion of a bilateral free-trade agreement following 16 months of negotiations.
US-Ukraine BIT (1996)
23-Apr-2004    
US-Paraguay MOU on IPR (2004)
23-Apr-2004    
Thailand Trade Talks with Australia Wraps Up
21-Apr-2004    
Thailand and Australia have completed talks on establishing a bilateral free trade area (FTA) agreement, and the pact will go before the Thai cabinet for approval within the next two weeks, according to Deputy Commerce Minister Pongsak Raktapongpaisal.
US Trade Promotion Authority Act (2002)
21-Apr-2004    
Regionalism and the multilateral trade system
20-Apr-2004    
Regional trade agreements (RTAs) are an integral part of international trade, accounting for almost half of world trade and expected to grow further in the next few years. These agreements operate alongside global multilateral agreements under the World Trade Organization (WTO), and have both positive and negative effects.
Big Brothers Behaving Badly: The Implications for the Pacific Islands of the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations
19-Apr-2004     Big Brothers Behaving Badly
The Implications for the Pacific Islands of the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations by Prof. Jane Kelsey - commissioned by the Pacific Network on Globalisation - interim report - April 2004
Bilateral Investment Treaties and Disputes
18-Apr-2004     IATP Trade Observatory
Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) have greatly proliferated in the last two decades, and play an increasingly significant role in global trade and investment protection.
NAFTA Tribunals Stir US Worries
18-Apr-2004    
After the highest court in Massachusetts ruled against a Canadian real estate company and after the United State Supreme Court declined to hear its appeal, the company's day in court was over.