ISDS Case Map
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Sources say Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's challenge to the Free Trade Area of the Americas was on the top of the agenda of the Bilderberg Group meeting in Canada last week.
If you can't beat them, join them. That seems to be India's mantra in its attempt to get more Japanese investments in the manufacturing sector, with some companies using New Delhi's bilateral trade agreements to use another country as an export base for the Indian consumer.
'Right now, the President and Congress are discussing a free trade agreement with Korea. This potential trade agreement is an opportunity to demand some reciprocity, including full and unimpeded access for US made vehicles to the Korean market. Anything less will not be worthy of our support.'
The head of Canada's largest stock exchange wants Prime Minister Stephen Harper to discuss the possibility of adding securities trading to the North American Free Trade Agreement when he meets with US President George W Bush next month.
David Hamod, president and CEO of the National US Arab Chamber of Commerce, speaks about US-Arab trade relations
Officials of the American Chamber of Commerce in Taipei said in Washington, DC Thursday that setting up direct cross-Taiwan Strait links could fast-track a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the United States and Taiwan.
The World Economic Forum on the Middle East concluded in Egypt last month with the drawing up of a list of objectives aimed at driving the growth of the regional economy. In the wake of these talks one thing is clear; business in many sectors is booming and Egypt's manufacturing industry is reaping the rewards of the Arab Free Trade Agreement (AFTA).
Bilateral free trade agreements are seen by the agricultural biotechnology industry as an
important conduit for spreading genetically modified organisms (GMOs) around the world.
"I felt like I was negotiating with US interest groups, not with the US government," says Alicia Frohmann, one of Chile's chief negotiators on the US-Chile FTA, to Korean negotiators.
Business leaders in South Korea and Japan need to play an active role in achieving a free trade agreement between the two countries, a Korean conglomerate owner said Thursday.
