Washington: 10 Years of NAFTA have been disastrous for Mexican Human Rights The Americas Policy Group to host a civil society-government roundtable .... More

Ottawa: On the 15th anniversary of the Canada-US Free Agreement, a new report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives examines the free trade claims of the big business lobby, the BCNI (now the CCCE).... More

Monterrey: On the eve of a meeting with other Western Hemisphere leaders, Prime Minister Paul Martin expressed doubts that they can set up a massive free trade zone by next year. .... More

New Delhi: After missing deadlines to bring into fruition the South Asia Free Trade Area (SAFTA) agreement twice, the leaders of the South Asian countries at long last realised that openness to trade and .... More

Monterrey: Leaders from 34 American countries, including Canada, agreed to support a hemisphere-wide trade area without setting a firm deadline, a concession to Brazil and Venezuela. .... More

Mexico: Leaders of more than 30 American countries have wrapped up the Summit of the Americas in Monterey in Mexico with a final declaration on a free trade agreement (FTA). .... More

Jakarta: Southeast Asian economic ministers will gather in Central Java to push moves toward regional integration. .... More

Sydney: Acting Prime Minister John Anderson told US trade negotiators that Australia needs major concessions on agriculture before a free trade agreement between the two nations can proceed. .... More

Manama: The Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) has set up a committee to follow up the execution of a proposed Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the US. The committee, to be chaired by Dr Essam .... More

Dhaka: FBCCI Vice-president Abul Quasem Haider will present the Bangladesh country paper at the 3rd meeting of Economic Forum of BIMST-EC to be held in Bangkok. .... More

New Delhi: The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) has welcomed the signing of SAFTA (South Asian Free Trade Agreement) at the recently concluded SAARC Summit at Islamabad terming.... More

Dhaka: Visiting US Congressman Joseph Crowley has assured local businesspeople that the Congressional Caucus on Bangladesh will see to it that Dhaka is not excluded from future legislation aimed.... More

Washington: Costa Rica expects to finish negotiations in January on a free trade agreement with the United States after balking at the terms of a deal reached between Washington and four other Central American .... More

Islamabad: Pakistan and Turkey are likely to give duty concession on 50 tradable items to each other under the Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) to increase the current volume of trade between the two countries. .... More

Islamabad: Pakistan and Turkey are likely to give duty concession on 50 tradable items to each other under the Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) to increase the current volume of tre, investment .... More

Nairobi: The presidents of Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania will sign a protocol establishing a customs union for the East African Community (EAC) during a February 16 summit in Tanzania, the bloc said. .... More

Hong Kong: An increasing number of Hong Kong and Macao companies are expected to conduct export & import business on the Chinese mainland as the central government has given them the green light to operate .... More

Karachi: Calling the Islamabad conference of the South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation a successful event, speakers at a seminar called for making it a process guaranteeing good .... More

Colombo: With the granting of labour incentives by the European Union as of February 1, 2004 all Sri Lankan sensitive products which received a 3.5 percentage points reduction from the MFN rate will receive.... More

Hong Kong: Hong Kong company Wing Li Holdings Limited exported 235,212 HK dollars (30,155 US dollars) worth of CD Recordable with zero tariff to the Chinese mainland via Huanggang checkpoint. .... More

Mexico: North American countries are urging leaders from across the Americas to embrace a greater level of trade in a bid to fight poverty and clean up corruption. .... More

Colombo: The recently concluded SAARC conference has given a fresh initiative for business for the entire region and has increased the investor confidence said the Minister of Industries Rohitha Bogollagama. .... More

Dhaka: Terming a bilateral free trade pact between Bangladesh and India 'the ultimate route to removing trade barriers', newly appointed Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka Veena Sikri hoped that the FTA talks.... More

Mexico: The Summit of the Americas came to a close in the northern Mexican city of Monterrey with a declaration asserting that the hemisphere-wide trade treaty should move forward according to plan.... More

Islamabad: Gas pipeline from Iran to India via the land route of Pakistan could become a reality if Islamabad extends the Most Favoured Nation status on trade front to India. .... More

Washington: John Howard and George W. Bush will personally intervene in free trade talks between Australia and the US if this month's final round of talk fails to resolve outstanding issues. .... More

Dhaka: A high profile international business conference begins in Dhaka aiming to contribute significantly towards revival of multilateral trade talks. .... More

Karachi: President Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI) Siraj Kassam Teli welcomed the South Asia Free Trade Area (Safta) treaty and described it as a milestone in the regional economic cooperation. .... More

New Delhi: India, Brazil and South Africa which formed an alliance among 21 developing countries pre-Cancun for presenting a united stand on agricultural negotiations said that they would extend .... More

New Delhi: India and Singapore are negotiating flexible sector caps on foreign direct investment (FDI) and investment protection guarantees on inward inflows from either country. .... More

Mumbai: Thawing relations between India and Pakistan will boost investor sentiment but will have no material impact on capital or trade flows unless backed by concrete steps, business leaders say. .... More

Dhaka: Trade ministers and experts from 37 countries ended two days of brainstorming at a high-profile international business conference with a call for establishing an equitable global trade regime.... More

Islamabad: Japan has welcomed the signing of South Asia Free Trade Area (Safta) treaty and the additional protocol to the Saarc Regional Convention on Suppression of Terrorism which would help in bringing.... More

Colombo: The biggest joke since the Wright brothers invented the aircraft in the one hundred year old aviation history is Sri Lanka's Open Skies policy, says Lionair Chairman Chandran Rutnam. .... More

Vancouver: An American proposal to end the longstanding softwood lumber trade dispute is dead in the water unless there's a clearer path to free trade, B.C. Forests Minister Mike de Jong said. .... More

Dhaka: Over a dozen of Bangladeshi products will enter the Indian market in a bigger way soon after the implementation of the Safta framework agreement, Commerce Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury hoped. .... More

Colombo: The term 'Open Skies' is being heard more often, as airlines rush to add bigger aircraft and new destinations to their worldwide operations. Most countries have promulgated an 'open skies' policy .... More

Karachi: Pakistan has proposed to declare India as the Most Favorite Nation (MFN) in the civil aviation sector, which was positively responded by India. .... More

Canberra: The Acting Prime Minister John Anderson says a free trade agreement with the United States will not include changes to the Pharmaceutical Benefits scheme. .... More

Dhaka: Prime Minister Khaleda Zia stressed forging a common position of LDCs in world trade to secure an equitable benefit for them from globalisation, facing the emerging challenges. .... More

New Delhi: Political will and leadership are two critical factors to move towards creating a single currency and market in South-East Asia. This was the essence of a lecture - Construction of economic and .... More

Colombo: The address made by President, Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, at the SARRC Summit has increased investor confidence for Sri Lanka, said Chairman Caparo Group of United Kingdom, Lord Swraj Paul. .... More

Islamabad: Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga has said that Saarc could play a more vibrant role in the region if the political differences of two major players-India and Pakistan-are.... More

New Delhi: The commerce ministry is yet to put up the full text of the framework agreement envisaging free trade between South Asian countries. Some details are, however, available from the dispatches .... More

Islamabad: Unshackling the trade in south Asia, India and six other Saarc countries signed the historic treaty that would lead to free trade and movement of goods in the region, paving the way for a future.... More

Islamabad: Saarc member countries need to evolve closer ties with each other to make progress in a world that had become a global village. This was stated by minister for water and power, and leader of.... More

Karachi: The 12th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit opened in Islamabad on January 4, 2004 with calls for collective actions for peace and promoting economic prosperity in .... More

Islamabad: The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) 12th summit, which concluded here after adopting a joint declaration, was likely to spur Pakistan's economy as it focussed attention .... More

Dhaka: The economic integration of South Asian nations through implementing Safta (South Asian Free Trade Area) will help them attract more foreign investment to the region, Foreign Minister M Morshed Khan said. .... More

Karachi: Industrialists are optimistic about the outcome of the South Asia Free Trade Area (Safta) treaty and do not feel threatened by its implementation when regional economic relations specially .... More

Lahore: South Asia Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA) unanimously singed during the 12th SAARC summit in Islamabad will play a key role in promoting bilateral trade and strengthen economic ties among the member countries. .... More

New Delhi: The trade between India and Pakistan is set to get a boost with the resumption of Samjhauta Express. The first train comprising 10 passenger coaches and 10 goods wagons will be flagged off from Lahore. .... More

Islamabad: South Asian leaders wrote a new chapter in the region's history by signing a framework agreement on free trade that will open up new avenues of economic cooperation to the benefit of over.... More

Seoul: South Korea's Foreign Minister, Yoon Young-Kwan, has urged parliament to endorse a controversial free trade agreement with Chile as farmers prepared fresh protests against the pact. .... More

New Delhi: Pakistan has agreed to India's proposal for technical-level talks on bus links between Srinagar and Muzafarrabad in the Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir and Khokhrapar in Rajasthan and Munnabao in .... More

Washington: President Bush meets with North and South American leaders in Mexico. Immigration and regional trade will be key issues at the summit. .... More

Islamabad: The leaders of 12th Saarc Summit adopted Islamabad Declaration while committing to jointly eliminate menace of terrorism, to enhance economic and social cooperation and to mark 2005 as a.... More

Washington: Foreign Minister Alexander Downer warned there were still significant hurdles to overcome before Australia and the United States reached a trade deal. .... More

Ankara: State Minister Kursad Tuzmen and Moroccan Minister of External Commerce Mustapha Mechahouri will sign a free trade agreement in Ankara on January 27. .... More

Colombo: It's high time Sri Lankan businessmen unite to draw up strategies to use SAFTA tariff concessions to exploit maximum trade opportunities in the region said Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs.... More

Crawford: A US hard sell of plans for a Free Trade Area of the Americas will hit some turbulence at Summit of the Americas in Mexico, as some leaders balk at the notion free trade can cure their.... More

Beijing: Trade talks between the United States and China ended in an apparent stalemate with neither side able to defuse a textile row that resulted in a US threat to slap tariffs on Chinese bras, knit.... More

Canberra: Trade Minister Mark Vaile says he is still hopeful that he will conclude a free trade deal with the United States, even though some difficult issues remain unresolved with just two weeks of talks to go. .... More

New Delhi: Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee is heading to Thailand next month to attend the BIMSTEC (Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand - Economic Cooperation) summit to be held in the.... More

Monterrey: The United States reached out to its neighbours on free trade and battling corruption, smoothing tense relations with Latin American leaders as the 34-nation Summit of the Americas. .... More