Lanka, Pak to enter FTA by Jan
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Sri Lanka and Pakistan will enter into a long-awaited free trade agreement by January. The pact will be signed during a visit to Islamabad by President Chandrika Kumaratunga.
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Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is about to begin a visit to Japan where he is expected to sign off on the framework for a trade deal that could let Indonesians work here.
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The foreign ministers of Japan and South Korea agreed Saturday to strengthen bilateral cooperation and push forward the ongoing negotiations on reaching a free trade agreement (FTA).
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Trade between ASEAN and India is on track to more than double to reach $30 billion dollars by 2007, Foreign Minister Natwar Singh said on Sunday.
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Sri Lanka's peacebroker Norway and the country's main financial backer Japan are due to step up diplomatic efforts to salvage a faltering peace process, officials and diplomats said.
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India wants to explore possible free trade agreements with Japan, China and the United States, as negotiations on such deals with Southeast Asian countries progress, the commerce minister says.
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NEW DELHI: Moving ahead in the composite dialogue process, India and Pakistan today finalised dates for experts-level talks on nuclear and conventional confidence building measures (CBMs) as well as discussions on the proposed Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus
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The World Trade Organization (WTO) gave final approval on Friday to the European Union, Japan and others to hit the United States with some $150 million in trade sanctions
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Israel, Egypt and the United States are to set up four free-trade zones under an agreement to be signed on December 14, which will give certain goods duty-free entry to the American market, according to the office of Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon.
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Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz is visiting Nepal Monday on the first leg of a tour to strengthen trade and cooperation between South Asian nations.
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Trade, the future of the Doha world trade negotiations and joint counterterrorism work will be on the agenda when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh meets Britain's Tony Blair in London next week.
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Sri Lanka have virtually secured their place in the final of the Paktel Cup against Pakistan after easing to a comfortable seven-wicket victory over Zimbabwe on Saturday.
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JAKARTA -- Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have agreed to launch free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations in April 2005, sources said over the weekend.
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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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JAKARTA -- The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is to start free-trade negotiations with Japan and South Korea next year and expects to wrap up talks within two years, ministers said.
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Australia and the United States have missed a key deadline for their free trade agreement (FTA) but Australian Trade Minister Mark Vaile said on Monday he remained confident the deal would start as planned on January 1.
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WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy on  Saturday said a global trade deal was now within reach but  political leaders needed to give a &quot;final push&quot; to complete the  current round of negotiations.