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Text of South Asian Free Trade Area (Safta) accord

28-Mar-2004

Following is the text of Agreement on South Asian Free Trade Area (Safta) signed at the 12th Saarc Summit, concluded here on Tuesday: Agreement on South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA)

FTA Would Hurt Thais, Expert Warns

28-Mar-2004

A free trade agreement with the United States would lead to a broader application of intellectual property rights that could hurt Thais — from farmers to internet users — an expert has warned.

U.S.-Morocco FTA: Michael Koplovsky, Economic Counselor, U.S. Embassy, Rabat, Morocco

27-Mar-2004 US Embassy, Rabat, Morocco

You are conducting your sister city partnership during an extremely timely week, for it was just days ago that the United States and Morocco elevated their already robust and vibrant bilateral relationship to a new level by completing a bilateral free trade agreement.

Government spokesman deplores false ideas about free-trade agreement with USA

27-Mar-2004

Morocco’s communication minister, Nabil Benabdellah, deplored on Thursday the "false ideas being circulated" about the free-trade agreement (FTA) that Morocco is currently negotiating with the USA.

Senators want to screen FTA deals

27-Mar-2004

A group of senators yesterday called for the government to seek parliamentary approval before signing any more free-trade agreements (FTAs).

Thailand starts touchy free trade talks with US

27-Mar-2004

A large Thai delegation led by Commerce Minister Watana Muangsook yesterday opened crucial preliminary talks in Washington aimed at reaching a free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States by the end of the year.

Cotonou Agreement (2000)

26-Mar-2004

Is Africa for sale?

26-Mar-2004 Is Africa for sale?

This Sunday, trade representatives from member states of the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) will meet their counterparts from the United States in Walvis Bay, to resume negotiations for a bilateral Free Trade Agreement, expected to be concluded by the end of this year.

Analysis: Singapore-New Zealand: Human reality hidden in new free trade deal

26-Mar-2004

The Singapore and New Zealand Governments are selling their new free trade and investment agreement as an abstraction, unlinked to people’s lives.

Analysis: We Must Mobilise Against A Miasma of Mini-MAIs

26-Mar-2004 ZNet

You’ve got to wonder at the nerve of New Zealand trade officials. During the furtive Multilateral Agreement on Investment negotiations and the subsequent international waves of opposition they were quietly hatching binding bilateral investment deals containing provisions resembling some of the most controversial elements of the MAI.

Analysis: Sleeping Beauty And Prince Charming: Bilateral Deals Are No Fairytale

24-Mar-2004

The recent explosion of bilateral investment and trade agreements and investor-state disputes is of growing concern. Many mobilisations against the World Trade Organisation (WTO) aim to stop attempts by industrialised countries to kickstart talks on a multilateral investment agreement at September’s Cancun Ministerial meeting.

Analysis: U.S. Seizing Initiative in Pushing Trade Liberalization

24-Mar-2004 Bulatlat.com

Writing in the Financial Times (Sept. 22, 2003) after the collapse of the fifth WTO Ministerial Conference, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick lamented the “broader culture of protest” that characterized negotiations at Cancun, correctly (if sarcastically) noting that “countries that feel victimized are unlikely to agree to anything.”

FTA talks in cards with Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines - Japan

24-Mar-2004

Japan will hold free-trade talks early next year with Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Thursday.

US-Kazakhstan BIT (1994)

24-Mar-2004

US-Kyrgyzstan BIT (1994)

24-Mar-2004

US-Latvia BIT (1996)

24-Mar-2004

US-Lithuania BIT (1998)

24-Mar-2004

US-Moldova BIT (1994)