5th Feb 2008
WASHINGTON (AFP) — The United States will join trade negotiations on investment and financial services next month among Singapore, Chile, New Zealand and Brunei, the top US trade negotiator said Monday.
"We see these investment and financial services negotiations as an opportunity to further our engagement with countries committed to high-standard trade agreements," US Trade Representative Susan Schwab said in a statement.
The so-called "P-4" group of countries negotiated its own Free Trade Agreement (FTA), the Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership, based largely on the United States's FTAs with Singapore and Chile, the statement said. >>>> More
