Canada and South Korea open talks for potential free-trade agreement
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SANTIAGO, Chile (CP) - Canada hopes to nail down a free-trade treaty with South Korea that could offer major inroads into the booming Asian market, Prime Minister Paul Martin said Friday.
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Singapore and six Gulf Arab states  have agreed to start talks for a free trade agreement (FTA),  the government said on Saturday.
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Asia-Pacific leaders will face challenges posed by a wave of bilateral free trade agreements when they meet for their summit in Chile Saturday.
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South Korea agreed to resume high-level talks with North Korea that could restart major aid shipments despite calls for caution over an international deal on Pyongyang's nuclear programmes.
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The two Koreas set up a meeting for Thursday to discuss resuming high-level talks, the first sign of tensions relaxing on the divided peninsula after North Korea signed a breakthrough nuclear disarmament agreement.
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Japan and North Korea hold talks Wednesday for the first time in six months to discuss tense ties amid rare, albeit cautious, signs of optimism between the arch-foes.
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Top generals from North and South Korea have held the first day of talks focusing on a disputed sea border.
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South and North Korea held  formal ministerial talks on Wednesday for the first time since  Pyongyang sparked a crisis with missile tests as a rift among  regional powers widened despite U.S. calls for unity.
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North Korea heads into talks with the region's main powers this week with signs the impoverished state may be ready to agree to an initial deal over demands it stop building a nuclear arsenal in exchange for aid.
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South Korea and United States have picked up the pace of talks on a trade deal with an end-March deadline looming, aiming to strike an agreement both countries' legislatures will approve, the chief U.S. envoy said on Friday.
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U.S. and North Korean negotiators start talks on Monday aimed at eventually normalizing diplomatic ties as part of a agreement under which Pyongyang has pledged to scrap its nuclear arms programs for aid.
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North and South Korea meet for a new round of talks, with tensions expected over delayed rice shipments.
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Canada will host international talks in May on what needs to be done to protect the world's dwindling fish stocks from rampant overfishing, officials said on Thursday.
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Nicaragua and Taiwan opened talks aimed at drafting a free-trade deal by the end of 2005, officials said.
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Negotiators at the World Trade Organization (WTO) began talks on Monday aimed at eventually forging a global pact to end delays in customs procedures that cost many economies millions of euros (dollars) annually.
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US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and South Korean Finance and Economy Minister Kwon O-Kyu agreed Wednesday to try to wrap up free trade negotiations smoothly and quickly, officials said.
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Canada and China will aim to boost trade in energy and minerals when Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin begins an official visit on Thursday, with human rights also on his agenda.