Archive - Apr 11, 2005 - Article

Progress Made on WTO Trade Deal

10 April, 2005
<a href='http://www.forbes.com/business/feeds/ap/2005/04/11/ap1935651.html'>Associated Press</a>
World Trade Organization members are inching closer to a preliminary free trade agreement ahead of the body's December ministerial meeting in Hong Kong.

Japan hopes to break tariffs deadlock

10 April, 2005
By Mariko Sanchanta (<a href='http://news.ft.com/cms/s/18a50f28-aa26-11d9-aa38-00000e2511c8.html'>news.ft.com</a>)
Shoichi Nakagawa, Japan's trade minister, yesterday pledged to push ahead with informal meetings with other World Trade Organisation members ahead of the next official round of trade talks in December.

Asian eco to aim preliminary non-farm WTO accord by July

10 April, 2005
<a href='http://www.zeenews.com/links/articles.asp?ssid=51&aid=211510&newsid=BUS'>www.zeenews.com</a>
Ministers and senior trade officials from seven Asian economies have agreed that they should aim for a preliminary accord on non-farm trade liberalisation by the end of July under the World Trade Organization.