ASEAN
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24-Apr-2019 The Interpreter
Economic diplomacy: ASEAN trade, BRI deals and ageing Asia
Australia keep up its process of integration with the ASEAN, even though it now has bilateral agreements with four ASEAN members.
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24-Apr-2019 Malay Mail
Malaysia signs Asean trade in services agreement
Malaysia has signed the Asean Trade in Services Agreement (ATISA) and the Fourth Protocol to Amend the Asean Comprehensive Investment Agreement (ACIA).
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8-Apr-2019 The Japan Times
RCEP trade pact likely to be concluded in November: ASEAN chief Lim Jock Hoi
An Asiawide free trade deal involving 16 countries will likely be concluded in November at a summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to be held in Thailand.
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8-Apr-2019 The Diplomat
The risk of e-commerce provisions in the RCEP
ASEAN members will need to resist the new normative regime proposal if they are to maintain their regulatory sovereignty and the policy space to capitalize on the 21st century digital revolution.
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12-Mar-2019 Manila Standard
Asean, Japan sign protocol revising regional free trade treaty
The ASEAN and Japan signed the first protocol to amend the Asean-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership agreement.
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11-Mar-2019 Vietnam Plus
Mercosur hopes to become main food supplier of ASEAN
The South American trade bloc Mercosur hopes to become a main food supplier of the ASEAN in the next 50 years
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4-Mar-2019 Khmer Times
Myanmar parliament approves Asean-Hong Kong investment agreement
Myanmar’s Union Parliament approved an agreement on investment between the ASEAN and China’s Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR).
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4-Mar-2019 Urdu Point
ASEAN mulling possibility to start talks over free trade deal with EAEU - Sergey Lavrov
ASEAN is considering the possibility to start negotiations with the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) on creation of a free trade agreement
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28-Feb-2019 Le Courrier du Vietnam
Le gouvernement japonais envisage de signer l’accord de libre-échange révisé avec l’ASEAN
Le gouvernement japonais a adopté mardi 26 février un plan pour signer un accord de libre-échange révisé avec l’Association des nations d’Asie du Sud-Est (ASEAN), ont rapporté les médias locaux.
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27-Feb-2019 The ASEAN Post
India seeks better trade, connectivity with ASEAN
India is hoping that better connectivity will help boost trade ties with ASEAN and decrease its trade deficit with the 10-member bloc
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25-Feb-2019 Nikkei Asian Review
ASEAN and Japan to ink revamped economic pact in March
Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations are finalizing updates to their economic partnership agreement to resolve shelved issues on liberalizing the investment and service fields, completing a deal that took effect over a decade ago.
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21-Feb-2019 The ASEAN Post
How the CPTPP could widen inequality
The ways that the CPTPP could harm developing countries and widen inequality
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14-Feb-2019 SGGP Online
ASEAN – Hong Kong FTA likely to come into force in 2019
The ASEAN – Hong Kong Free Trade Agreement (FTA) is now in its final stage and is hoped to take effect within 2019.
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13-Feb-2019 Vietnam +
Prevén ASEAN y Hong Kong poner en vigencia este año TLC bilateral
La ASEAN y Hong Kong aspiran que el TLC bilateral entre en vigor a mediados de este año, reveló hoy el director general de la Oficina Comercial y Económica de la región administrativa especial china en Indonesia, Law Kin-wai.
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13-Feb-2019 The Nation
Asean credibility at stake if RCEP not concluded this year, forum hears
Concluding the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) will be the biggest challenge during Thailand’s Asean chairmanship this year.
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30-Jan-2019 The Edge Markets
Leiking hopes RCEP talks can be concluded by year’s end
Malaysian Minister of International Trade and Industry (MITI) Datuk Darell Leiking is hopeful that the ongoing negotiations on the RCEP will be concluded by the end of the year.
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30-Jan-2019 The Phnom Penh Post
Thailand to push RCEP deal
Thailand, as Asean chair, will push for conclusion of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) negotiations by the year-end in order to counterbalance the negative impacts of the US-China trade war.
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24-Jan-2019 Xinhua Net
Laos cuts import tariffs on over 8,000 ASEAN goods
Lao authorities have reduced import tariffs on 8,536 items to zero as part of efforts in establishing the ASEAN Free Trade Area, which currently Laos is already flooded with foreign product.
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12-Dec-2018 The Hindu Business Online
India’s FTAs with ASEAN, Japan and Korea have widened trade deficit: Study
Over the past decade, India’s trade imbalance vis-à-vis its existing CEPA partners has steadily increased, says a study by Third World Network.
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16-Nov-2018 City News
Canada wants free trade deal with southeast Asian nations: Trudeau
Canada wants to walk down the path towards a free trade agreement with a bloc of 10 Asian nations as early as next spring.
