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China pitching for FTA with India
25-Mar-2005     Financial Express
China is pushing for a free trade agreement (FTA) with India which, it claims, would result in the biggest free trade region in the world.
UAE to only amend existing labour law
24-Mar-2005     Khaleej Times
Dr Khalid Mohammed Al Khazraji, UAE Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, denied reports that the country would be enacting a new labour law, stressing that the UAE Labour Law No. 8 of 1980 is undergoing several amendments. He also denied any link between the amendments under way and proposals submitted by the US delegation in the context of the US-UAE FTA negotiations.
Thai FTA accord in sight
24-Mar-2005     Asahi Shimbun
Japan and Thailand are expected to reach basic agreement as early as next week on agricultural, forestry and fishery products, moving closer to the conclusion of a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA).
China, Australia inch closer to FTA talks
24-Mar-2005     Asia Times
China and Australia may be one step nearer to launching talks on a free trade agreement (FTA), and a feasibility study to be released this month strongly proposes the deal.
Australia: Push to free up Japan on trade
23-Mar-2005     The Australian
John Howard will ask Japan to support an official feasibility study as the first substantial step towards a bilateral free trade agreement when he visits Tokyo next month.
Indigenous groups against the FTA
23-Mar-2005    
On March 6, six indigenous communities in the Cauca valley in southwest Colombia voted in a referendum to reject the signing of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States.
Japan-South Korea ties on the rocks
23-Mar-2005     Asia Times
When are a few sea-swept, uninhabited rocky islets more than a bunch of rocks? When they involve lucrative fisheries and emotional issues that hark back to the days of the Japanese Empire.
Italy claims SA in breach of treaty
23-Mar-2005     Business Day
The minerals and energy department is engaged in talks with Italian companies operating in SA over possible breaches of the SA-Italy bilateral investment treaty in the implementation of the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act.
RI-Japan partnership too exclusive
23-Mar-2005     Jakarta Post
The public, along with NGOs, academics and business groups -- both pro- and anti-free trade -- should be well-informed about the development of the Indonesia-Japan EPA.
China fears FTA's impact on farming
22-Mar-2005    
As the prospect of Australia and China negotiating a free trade agreement (FTA) appears increasingly likely, China has flagged that Australian farmers may not get all they wish for.