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Adoption par les députés marocains de l’accord de libre-échange avec les Etats-Unis
14-Jan-2005 Yabiladi.com
L’accord de libre-échange conclu entre le Maroc et les Etats-Unis en 2004 a été adopté le 13 janvier à Rabat par la Chambre des députés.
Business group calls for dynamic global trade policy
13-Jan-2005 Business Roundtable
In a white paper released today, Business Roundtable called on Congress and the Bush Administration to continue the nation’s history of economic growth through liberalized trade and investment policies by pursuing a vigorous international trade agenda for 2005.
Zoellick plies a new trade
13-Jan-2005
Although not part of the new right’s militarist and neo-conservative camps, Zoellick’s personal arrogance, his unilateralism, and his loyalty to Bush and the Republican Party’s new radical elite make him a perfect fit for Bush’s new foreign policy team.
FTA: Facing The Apocalypse?
12-Jan-2005
The graffiti on the walls in Quito ask if the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) that the US is pushing on Colombia, Peru and Ecuador means that our days are numbered.
A world united? The US approach to the protection of regulatory data
12-Jan-2005 Patent World
The US has been using Free Trade Agreements to push a US-style system for data exclusivity.
Yemen, US planning free trade
12-Jan-2005 Yemen Times
The UPI has reported that Yemen and the United States of America are preparing a plan to start a free trade zone between the two countries.
Conrad: Sugar negotiations are a recipe for disaster
11-Jan-2005
"Negotiating sugar trades in bilateral free trade agreements is a recipe for disaster for the U.S. sugar industry," warned Sen. Kent Conrad Friday.
Stiglitz raps bilateral trade pacts
10-Jan-2005 Bangkok Post
Unilateralism, in which the largest economies, notably the United States, impose their will on smaller ones, is the main driver for the proliferation of bilateral trade agreements and represents a growing risk for the global economy, according to Joseph Stiglitz, the 2001 Nobel laureate for economics.
The quest for the holy grail
8-Jan-2005 AmCham Egypt
The push is on once again to secure an Egypt-US free trade agreement (FTA) with the usual optimism in the state press, but few are buying it this time.
Taiwan: MOEA position paper to promote FTA with the US
5-Jan-2005 Taipei Times
The Bureau of Foreign Trade plans to hold a publicity campaign in cities across the US this year to promote the benefits of signing a deal
Saudis threaten action over US-Bahrain FTA deal
4-Jan-2005 Khaleej Times
Saudi Arabia threatened yesterday to impose customs duties on foreign goods imported duty-free through Gulf Arab countries, intensifying a Saudi-Bahraini row over a trade agreement with the United States.
Australia-US FTA goes into effect
2-Jan-2005 The Age
The agreement was first mooted in November 2002 and has been strongly backed by Australian Prime Minister John Howard, who claims it as a major achievement of his government. But critics have derided it as a sell-out to US interests.
Korea warming up for global FTA race
31-Dec-2004 Korea Times
Free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations between South Korea and the United States is expected to pick up speed in 2005 as the two countries have agreed to hold the first preliminary meeting to examine the feasibility of the Korea-US FTA early next year.
US drug makers pressure Canberra
28-Dec-2004
US drug manufacturers are planning a New Year’s push to pressure Canberra to unwind initiatives to cut medicine prices.
Competitive Liberalization and a US-SACU FTA
28-Dec-2004
This paper evaluates a possible US-SACU (Southern African Customs Union) free trade agreement as part of a US approach to new preferential trade agreements characterized by the term ’competitive liberalization.’
Trade expert says US should sign FTA with Taiwan
27-Dec-2004
The US should sign a free trade agreement (FTA) with Taiwan, Greg Mastel, an international trade adviser at the law firm Miller & Chevalier in Washington said in an article published in today’s issue of the Washington-based Weekly Standard.
GCC states ’in talks over FTAs’
25-Dec-2004
TALKS are pushing ahead for individual free trade agreements with the US for all the GCC states, it was declared yesterday.
‘We will discuss FTA with our neighbors’
25-Dec-2004
Bahrain once again defended its free trade agreement with the United States.
The potential impact of US-SACU FTA negotiations on public health in southern Africa
24-Dec-2004 tralac
This Working Paper was written by Tenu Avafia, a tralac researcher, and examines the potential impact of the proposed Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between SACU and the United States from the perspective of public health.
Rules of origin: US, Thai FTA’s ’most restrictive’
22-Dec-2004 News.com.au
An Australian Productivity Commission report into trade and assistance reviews found conditions attached to the free trade agreements signed with the United States and Thailand would be more restrictive than similar deals.