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ECO agrees to sign FTA next year
17-Jul-2005     Dawn
Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) has agreed to sign a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in 2006 to facilitate greater trade and investment activities in the region.
Indonesia, Japan agree to hold free trade talks every 2 months
17-Jul-2005     Kazinform
Indonesia and Japan ended the first round of negotiations on a bilateral free trade agreement Friday, aimed at establishing a new partnership, and agreed to hold the talks every two months.
EU, ASEAN view FTA to boost trade
17-Jul-2005     Jakarta Post
Owing to slow multilateral trade negotiations, the European Union and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) -- two of the world's most important trading blocs -- are moving toward a free trade agreement as a means of boosting two-way trade.
'Sino-Indian FTA will not work'
17-Jul-2005     Financial Express
India feels that a free trade agreement (FTA) with China will not work as it is not a market economy.
Go slow on Central America Free Trade Agreement
17-Jul-2005     Hollister Free Lance
A few words of unsolicited advice to Congress and the President, who appear bent on approving a Central America Free Trade Agreement to go along with the North American one best known as NAFTA: Please go slowly.
EU hopes to reach free trade agreement with Mercosur in 2006
17-Jul-2005     People's Daily
The European Union hopes to reach a free trade agreement with Latin American trade group Mercosur by May 2006. But some Brazilian diplomats said Brazil wishes to delay the signing of the agreement till the end of the Doha round so as to seek more concessions from the EU on issues regarding agricultural products.
India has doubts about a successful FTA with China
16-Jul-2005    
India feels that a free trade agreement with China will not work as it is not a market economy. But India wants its relations with China to shift from the political to the commercial domain and has suggested both sides should ensure that they are not played against each other by the rest of the world.
Mubarak, Zoellick discuss regional issues, bilateral relations
16-Jul-2005    
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak held talks Thursday with visiting US Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick on regional issues and bilateral relations, the official MENA news agency reported.
Peruvians protest at US impositions in FTA
16-Jul-2005    
A huge protest march was carried out Wednesday in the capital of Peru against US impositions in the negotiation of a free trade agreement (FTA) with the Peruvian government.
Bush seeks to sew up CAFTA support in NC
16-Jul-2005    
Workers and lawmakers in the textile belt fear that the deal, which is the president's trade priority, will send more production abroad.