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Discussions on a possible free trade agreement (FTA) between India and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) are gaining momentum with the two sides deciding to meet early next year to thrash out important issues like rules of origin (ROO) and differential tariffs which are key to such agreements.
The European Union and the GCC wound up talks on a long stalled free trade deal yesterday without agreement on opening up the region's lucrative services sector.
Move over World Trade Organization (WTO), regional trade arrangements are here to rule.
The European Union and the oil-rich Gulf Cooperation Council will meet this week to discuss a long-stalled free trade deal, officials said yesterday.
Pakistan will soon sign free trade agreement with the member countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), a senior official at the ministry of commerce told the Daily Times on Monday.
The first round of free trade negotiations between the Gulf Cooperation Council and India and Pakistan will commence by the middle of November 2005.
Oman came to the closing stages of its Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations with the US on October 3, after talks on the final details closed successfully. Omani and US officials say the final signing should now take place early in 2006.
The Gulf Cooperation Council and the European Union are very close to striking a free trade agreement as coordination on this issue is in its final stages, an informed diplomatic source close to the process told Kuwait News Agency.
The Japan Business Federation, the nation's biggest business lobby, urged the government on Tuesday to start negotiations at an early date on concluding a free trade agreement with the Gulf Cooperation Council, which consists of six oil producers.
The second meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and Indian businessmen will be held from January 28-29 next year in Muscat, Oman.
