8-Sep-2006
A summary report of the Fighting FTAs international strategy workshop (Bangkok, 27-29 July 2006)
8-Sep-2006
Foreign Ministers from the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states have agreed to commence negotiations for a free trade agreement with New Zealand, Trade Minister, Phil Goff announced today.
8-Sep-2006
The Dominican government will inform United States authorities as to how it prefers to handle export guidelines that are expected to enter the country en masse, should the DR-CAFTA be implemented before year's end.
8-Sep-2006
Chile plans to add Australia, Thailand and Malaysia to a growing list of free -trade partners as it pushes to become Asia's gateway to Latin America, Foreign Minister Alejandro Foxley said on Thursday.
8-Sep-2006
Japan has said it will sign a free-trade pact with the Philippines, ending prolonged negotiations that had stalled largely over how many Filipino nurses could come to work in the world's second-largest economy.
8-Sep-2006
The garments industry may not see the benefits of the new Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the US until early next year, said an industry leader.
8-Sep-2006
The US has reportedly insisted on excluding its state governments from many of the stipulations of the free trade agreement (FTA) currently being negotiated with South Korea.
8-Sep-2006
South Korean officials expressed disappointment Thursday at what they believed were low tariff concessions suggested by the US in free trade talks under way in Seattle.
7-Sep-2006
The Federation of Korean Industries, Korea's biggest business lobby group, has raised its voice against the United States' demand for stricter rules on chaebols or family-run conglomerates in the free trade agreement talks between the two countries.
7-Sep-2006
The latest round of free trade agreement talks in Beijing failed to make its expected start on the crucial issue of market access for goods, because China was unable to provide sufficient information.