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Canada-China Investment Protection Agreement - A significant stepping stone to deeper economic co-operation
22-Dec-2005     Mondaq
The pieces of the Canada-China economic puzzle are starting to come together and the picture that emerges reveals a slowly developing but inevitably closer economic relationship between these two economies.v
Pakistan: FTAs with 4 states likely in 2005-06
22-Dec-2005     Dawn
China, Malaysia, Thailand and Turkey have agreed to separately sign Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with Pakistan preferably during the current fiscal year.
Japan pushes for trade accord with GCC states
22-Dec-2005     Gulf Daily News
Japanese Ambassador to Bahrain, Takao Natsume, said his government has proposed an FTA to GCC governments but has yet to schedule the beginning of negotiations. "The main stumbling blocks with previous free trade agreements we have been involved in were in the area of agriculture and since the GCC countries are not huge agriculture producers, we don't see this as a problem here," he said.
Govt proposes to begin talks with GCC on FTA
22-Dec-2005     Financial Express
The Indian government proposes to initiate negotiations with the Gulf Cooperation Council to conclude a free trade agreement (FTA), Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday.
Egypt and Turkey to sign free trade agreement
22-Dec-2005     Bahrain News Agency
Egyptian Minister of Foreign Trade and Industry, Rasheed Mohammed Rasheed, said a free trade agreement will be signed by Egypt and Turkey during next week's visit of Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer to Cairo.
Legislature ratifies Taiwan-Guatemala free trade agreement
22-Dec-2005     Asia Pulse
The Legislative Yuan on Tuesday ratified the Taiwan-Guatemala free trade agreement (FTA), which will now take effect Jan. 1, 2006 as scheduled.
Chine, Thailand to wipe out trade obstables
22-Dec-2005     Asia Pulse
Thailand and China have begun a joint meeting in the former's northern city of Chiang Rai to strengthen ties and wipe out trade obstacles, hoping to increase bilateral trade under the free trade area (FTA) framework.
EU-AGCC FTA to be signed next year
21-Dec-2005    
A free trade agreement (FTA) between the EU and the AGCC, the first region to region trade agreement outside Europe, will not be concluded by the end of this year as originally scheduled, according to a high-ranking EU official.
US ratifies DR not on board for DR-CAFTA in January
21-Dec-2005    
The United States ratified implementation of the Free Trade Agreement as of January 1st, 2006 with the sole inclusion of El Salvador and Honduras, since these were the only countries that met all requirements by the set deadline.
BIMSTEC trade negotiation to begin today
21-Dec-2005    
Trade officials from seven South and Southeast Asian countries are convening in the capital from Wednesday for the 10th BIMSTEC Trade Negotiation Committee (TNC) meeting to finalize a free trade accord on trade in goods.