21-Jul-2005
The prospects for an Egypt-US free trade agreement came into question last week with US Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick's visit to Cairo.
21-Jul-2005
Saudi Arabia will sign a trade agreement with the United States in the next two days to pave the ground for entering the World Trade Organization.
21-Jul-2005
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations is said to be on track to achieve a zero-tariff regime by 2015, a key ingredient for its ambitious plan to create a single market and production base by 2020.
21-Jul-2005
The battle over a free trade agreement with Central America spilled over Tuesday in Miami to the Andean nations of South America.
21-Jul-2005
Canada is close to launching formal free-trade negotiations with South Korea as part of the federal government's efforts to gain a firmer - and more lucrative - foothold in the massive and booming Asian region.
21-Jul-2005
China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are taking a tangible step towards creating the world's most populous free trade area (FTA).
21-Jul-2005
Trade talks with three Andean countries get underway in downtown Miami, but for free-trade supporters the key issue in town is still the Congressional vote on the Central American Free Trade Agreement.
21-Jul-2005
After seven years of negotiations carried out in fits and spurts - and the near-death of talks under the previous government of Atef Ebeid - Turkey and Egypt are finally set to sign a free trade agreement in the coming two months.
21-Jul-2005
Commerce minister Kamal Nath's position that a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with China would not work until it becomes a market economy is not unreasonable.
21-Jul-2005
Despite a list of reforms enacted in the last six months, Egypt seems no closer to a free-trade deal with the United States as the current ambassador heads back to Washington for a high-powered new post.
