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Text of South Asian Free Trade Area (Safta) accord
28-Mar-2004    
Following is the text of Agreement on South Asian Free Trade Area (Safta) signed at the 12th Saarc Summit, concluded here on Tuesday: Agreement on South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA)
FTA Would Hurt Thais, Expert Warns
28-Mar-2004    
A free trade agreement with the United States would lead to a broader application of intellectual property rights that could hurt Thais -- from farmers to internet users -- an expert has warned.
Thailand starts touchy free trade talks with US
27-Mar-2004    
A large Thai delegation led by Commerce Minister Watana Muangsook yesterday opened crucial preliminary talks in Washington aimed at reaching a free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States by the end of the year.
U.S.-Morocco FTA: Michael Koplovsky, Economic Counselor, U.S. Embassy, Rabat, Morocco
27-Mar-2004     US Embassy, Rabat, Morocco
You are conducting your sister city partnership during an extremely timely week, for it was just days ago that the United States and Morocco elevated their already robust and vibrant bilateral relationship to a new level by completing a bilateral free trade agreement.
Senators want to screen FTA deals
27-Mar-2004    
A group of senators yesterday called for the government to seek parliamentary approval before signing any more free-trade agreements (FTAs).
Government spokesman deplores false ideas about free-trade agreement with USA
27-Mar-2004    
Morocco's communication minister, Nabil Benabdellah, deplored on Thursday the "false ideas being circulated" about the free-trade agreement (FTA) that Morocco is currently negotiating with the USA.
Cotonou Agreement (2000)
26-Mar-2004    
Is Africa for sale?
26-Mar-2004     Is Africa for sale?
This Sunday, trade representatives from member states of the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) will meet their counterparts from the United States in Walvis Bay, to resume negotiations for a bilateral Free Trade Agreement, expected to be concluded by the end of this year.
Analysis: We Must Mobilise Against A Miasma of Mini-MAIs
26-Mar-2004     ZNet
You've got to wonder at the nerve of New Zealand trade officials. During the furtive Multilateral Agreement on Investment negotiations and the subsequent international waves of opposition they were quietly hatching binding bilateral investment deals containing provisions resembling some of the most controversial elements of the MAI.
Analysis: Singapore-New Zealand: Human reality hidden in new free trade deal
26-Mar-2004    
The Singapore and New Zealand Governments are selling their new free trade and investment agreement as an abstraction, unlinked to people's lives.