7-Aug-2006
Financial Express
The sagging negotiations on the proposed BIMSTEC Free Trade Area (FTA) agreement are likely to get momentum after a new government is installed in Thailand through October 18 elections, the Thai foreign minister said in the city Sunday, report agencies.
7-Aug-2006
The Australian
Separate trade agreements will allow China to cherry-pick the deals it wants.
7-Aug-2006
venezuelanalysis.com
Much has been written and theorized about the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) since President Chavez first proposed the idea at Isla Margarita at the III Summit of the Heads of State and the Government of the Association of Caribbean States in December, 2001.
7-Aug-2006
Financial Express
India has warned Sri Lanka that it will not proceed with the comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA) until Sri Lanka puts a check on its copper, pepper and vanaspati exports to the country.
7-Aug-2006
Charlotte Observer
Felipe Calderon’s contested, razor-thin victory in Mexico’s presidential election last month is likely to force his attention toward the underdeveloped south, where poor farmers want to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement.