12-Jan-2006
AFP
The United States warned Sri lanka against banking on a quick free trade deal to fix its economic woes and urged the island to restore peace and open its markets.
12-Jan-2006
Asia Pulse
Australia's booming trade relations with Thailand are in doubt as a constitutional court challenge against the countries' free trade pact looms in Bangkok.
12-Jan-2006
Miami Herald
The Central American Free Trade agreement faces skepticism and negative sentiment in countries working to implement the pact.
11-Jan-2006
The Nation
The Thai-US free-trade talks hit a snag yesterday after the head Thai negotiator for intellectual-property rights declared demands by the US for Thailand to tighten up drug patenting as “unacceptable”.
11-Jan-2006
"The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States opens the Moroccan economy towards a new world. It is an opportunity for us to diversify our partnerships, our markets and strengthen our means of competition in an increasingly global economy," said Mohamed Benayad, secretary general of the National Council for Foreign Trade (CNCE).
11-Jan-2006
The resignation Wednesday of a key minister at Panama-US Free Trade Agreement (FTA) talks added more fuel to the national atmosphere, which looks like it's heading for a revival of the union movement.
11-Jan-2006
A senior United States Senator, John McCain says New Zealand's nuclear free policy should not affect the country's chances of securing a free trade deal with the US.
11-Jan-2006
The Korea International Trade Association on Wednesday launched a web portal on the country's free trade agreements.
11-Jan-2006
THE Bracks Government yesterday called on the Federal Government to negotiate "urgent amendments" to the Free Trade Agreement with the United States, claiming Victorian manufacturers had become victims of artificial trade barriers.
11-Jan-2006
Thai AIDS activists and their international allies are
seeking suspension of scheduled trade talks that threaten to undermine
Thailand's lawful ability to produce, import/export, and market low-cost
generic versions of life-saving medicines.
