Says governments must have clear commitment to market liberalization
The U.S. trade representative consults with senior leaders of the United Arab Emirates about launching negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States. Robert Zoellick next travels to Oman to assess that government's interest in negotiating a FTA. (complete text)
Zoellick sees free trade as key to Middle East peace, prosperity
International trade and investment can create a context for greater peace, democracy and prosperity in the Middle East, according to U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick. "International commerce requires ongoing cooperation and compromise, the exchange of ideas across cultures and the peaceful resolution of differences through negotiation and the application of the rule of law," Zoellick says the launch of the U.S.-Middle East Free Trade Coalition. (complete text)
New York -- Business executives and government officials from the United States and Bahrain celebrated the U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement at a gala luncheon at the New York Palace Hotel September 22.
USTR Zoellick says FTA will create prosperity, opportunity, hope
The United States and Bahrain sign the U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in a move that drastically reduces trade barriers, expands economic opportunities and encourages reformers. The FTA "will enhance commercial relations with an economic leader in the Gulf, and set the stage for improving trade relations and expanding openness with other countries in the region, creating prosperity, opportunity, and hope," according to U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick. (complete text)
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