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King’s reforms had positive impact on Morocco-US FTA, prime minister
13-Mar-2004
Initiatives and reforms conducted by Moroccan king Mohammed VI in various fields have had "a positive and decisive impact" on the conclusion of a free trade agreement with the United States, said, here Thursday, Moroccan Premier Driss Jettou.
Police break up Morocco protest against trade deal.
13-Mar-2004 Friends of Morocco
Moroccan police armed with truncheons on Wednesday broke up a sit-in by protesters opposed to a free trade deal with the United States which they say could hurt the North African country’s most vulnerable people.
Multilateral, Regional, Bilateral: What Is The Way?
12-Mar-2004 Multilateral, Regional, Bilateral:What Is The Way
The Chicago Conference on the Global Economy ’The Future of the Global Trading System’
Stick approach: Police break up free trade demo in Morocco
12-Mar-2004 raioo.com
Witnesses say police used batons to break up 200 people protesting in Rabat against US-Morocco free trade deal.
Viet Nam, Laos sign bilateral agreement for 2002
8-Mar-2004 VIET NAM, LAOS SIGN BILATERAL AGREEMENT FOR 2002
Viet Nam’s Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and his Lao counterpart, Thonglune Sisoulit, today, Jan. 15, signed in Vientiane an agreement on economic, cultural, scientific and technical cooperation for 2002 between the two countries.
EU-Israel FTA (2000)
7-Mar-2004
No plans for a US-EU free trade pact
5-Mar-2004
A top European Union trade official ruled out chances on Friday of the world’s two largest economic powers, the United States and the EU, negotiating a free trade agreement.
TRIPS-plus through the backdoor
5-Mar-2004
Bilateral agreements are a powerful but hidden tool to achieve uniform market conditions for transnational corporations in developing countries. Silently hammered out between individual governments, they offer a direct means to cut deals over market access privileges, foreign investment, research funding or anchor-free profits.
Colombia-US free trade treaty - far more than trade
2-Mar-2004
Arguments against bilateral US "free trade" agreements with other countries that make it into mainstream Anglophone media tend not to come from industrialists or business people.
Can Safta lead to a South Asian economic union?
2-Mar-2004 Can Safta lead to a South Asian economic union?
Can the South Asian Free Trade Agreement lead to an economic union? By all counts, and indications, such a union is still a distant dream.
US-SACU trade talks takes on centre stage
1-Mar-2004 US-SACU trade talks takes on centre stage
The fourth round of negotiations between the Southern African Customs Union and the US took place this weekend in Walvis Bay, Namibia.
Why Asian countries are racing to sign bilateral trade deals with each other
26-Feb-2004
With everyone but Mongolia and North Korea doing it, even South Korea’s protectionists could not resist any longer. After three failed attempts, the National Assembly finally ratified the country’s first-ever free-trade agreement (FTA) last week.
PM urges US-type rules
25-Feb-2004
Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has ordered the Commerce Ministry to quickly address the issue of intellectual property-right violations to facilitate the creation of the Thailand-US Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
US draft model BIT
14-Feb-2004 Update of US model BIT
Taiwan-US TIFA expected to resume this fall
3-Feb-2004 Taiwan-US TIFA expected to resumed this fall
Bilateral U.S.-Taiwan consultations under the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement are expected to be resumed this year, probably in the fall, a senior U.S. trade official said yesterday.
Bechtel and GE mount investment treaty claim against India
26-Sep-2003 Alexander’s Gas and Oil Connections
Two minority investors in India’s largest foreign investment, the ill-starred Dabhol Power Plant, have launched a bilateral investment treaty (BIT) claim against India in an effort to recoup their losses related to the plant.